While the main British fleet prepared to…
March 1841 CE
The fleet, led by Captain James Scott and Superintendent Elliot, is composed of the frigate HMS Samarang and the steamships HMS Nemesis and HMS Atalanta.
Although the waterway is in places only six feet deep, the shallow drafts of the steamships allow the British to approach Canton from a direction the Qing had believed to be impossible.
In a series of engagements along the river from March 13-15th, the British have captured or destroyed Chinese ships, guns, and military equipment.
Nine junks, six fortresses, and one hundred and five guns have been destroyed or captured in what is known as the Broadway expedition.
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