The city of Amoy is abandoned on…
August 1841 CE
Twenty-six Chinese junks and one hundred and twenty-eight cannons are captured, with the captured guns being thrown into the river by the British.
As Lord Palmerston wants Amoy to become an international trade port at the end of the war, Gough orders that no looting be tolerated and has officers enforce the death penalty for anyone found to be plundering.
However, many Chinese merchants refuse to ask for British protection out of fear of being branded as traitors to the Qing dynasty.
The British withdraw to an island on the river, where they establish a small garrison and blockade the Jiulong River.
With the city empty of any army, peasants, criminals, and deserters loot the town.
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