The second capture of Chusan () occurred on 1October 1841 during the

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when British forces captured the city of

Dinghai () is a district of Zhoushan City made of 128 islands in Zhejiang province, China.The total area is 1,444 square kilometres.The land area is 568.8 square kilometers, the sea area is 875.2 square kilometers, and the coastline is more than 400 kilo ...

, capital of the Chusan (Zhoushan) islands off the east Chinese coast. The fortified city of Dinghai, with a population of 30,000, was defended by the Chinese under the command of Keo. After a brief one-sided seaborne operation involving the

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, the city fell to the far superior British forces which captured 100 iron guns, 36 brass cannon, and 540 gingalls (heavy muskets or light guns mounted on swivels) for the loss of 2 British killed and 28 wounded.The British Empire, Army Campaigns, Tinghai, September 1841 http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/asia/china/opiumwar.htm

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File:Capture of Tinghai, 1841.jpg, Map of the capture File:Attack on Chusan 1841.jpg, Attack on the heights of Chusan

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*MacPherson, Duncan (1843).
Two Years in China
' (2nd ed.). London: Saunders and Otley

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