Battle of Taku Forts (1860) - A successful Franco-British attack against the forts during the Second Opium War
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Battle of Taku Forts (1858) - A successful Franco-British attack against the forts during the Second Opium War
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Throughout history there have been several battles over control of the Taku Forts in China
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Battle of Taku Forts (1859) - A repulsed Franco-British attack against the forts during the Second Opium War
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Battle of Taku Forts (1900) - A successful Allied attack against the forts during the Boxer Rebellion
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He then commanded the 1st Division at the Battle of Taku Forts in August 1860 during the Second Opium War and took part in the burning of the Old Summer Palace at Peking in October 1860 as a reprisal for the torture and murder of British prisoners before being appointed Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong in 1861.