The brief interlude in the fighting ends…

February 1841 CE

The brief interlude in the fighting ends in the beginning of February after the Chinese refuse to reopen Canton to British trade.

On February 19, a longboat from HMS Nemesis comes under fire from a fort on North Wangtong Island, prompting a British response.

The British commanders order another blockade of the Pearl River and resume combat operations against the Chinese.

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Hong Kong > Victoria Hong Kong China View →

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Daoguang Emperor View → Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston View →

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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Jardine, Matheson & Co. View →

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Opium War, First View → Chinese Rebellion & Reaction 1840-51 View →

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Narcotics View →

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Commerce View → Conflict View → Government View →

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