Conflict: | Battle of Tzeki |
Partof: | the First Opium War |
Date: | 15 March 1842 |
Place: | Cixi, Zhejiang, China |
Result: | British victory |
Combatant1: | |
Combatant2: | Qing China |
Commander1: | Hugh Gough, William Parker |
Commander2: | General Yu Pu-yun |
Strength1: | 1,260[1] |
Strength2: | 8,000 Bannermen[2] |
Casualties1: | 3 killed[3] 22 wounded |
Casualties2: | 1,000+ killed |
The Battle of Tzeki, Cixi, or Tsz'kí[4] was fought between British and Chinese forces in Tzeki (Cixi), Zhejiang province, China on 15 March 1842 during the First Opium War.