British reinforcements arrive from India in the…

May 1841 CE

British reinforcements arrive from India in the late spring of 1841 in preparation for an offensive against Canton. 

A flotilla of transports brings six hundred men of the professionally-trained 37th Madras Native Infantry to Dinghai, where their arrival boosts British morale.

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Dinghai Zhejiang (Chekiang) China View →

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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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