Six-Day War (1899)
Six-Day War of 1899 | |||||||||
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The ceremony marking the assumption of British control in the New Territories (1899) | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Punti clans Tungkun clans
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
~525 troops | ~2,600 militia | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
2 wounded[1] | ~500 killed[2] |
The Six-Day War was a brief
Background
On 9 June 1898, the
War
The war began on 14 April 1899 when the militia burnt down the matshed the British had prepared for a flag-raising ceremony at the Flagstaff Hill in Tai Po. 125 Indian soldiers of the Royal Hong Kong Regiment[notes 1] were sent to Tai Po on 15 April and were soon besieged by the militia. They were rescued after the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Fame shelled the militia's positions.[5] On 17 April, British forces launched an attack against the militia in Lam Tsuen Valley and chased them up nearby hills, eventually defeating them.
On 18 April, about 1,600 militiamen attacked a British force at
Aftermath
Suspicious of the Qing government's support for the punti clans during the war, British forces entered the
Notes
- ^ Disbanded in 1902, this regiment is not to be confused with the later Royal Hong Kong Regiment formed from the body of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps consisting primarily of Europeans and Chinese.
References
- ^ Hase 2008, p. 103.
- ^ Hase 2008, p. 116.
- ISBN 9789622098992.
- ^ Chung, David Wong Wing (March 1998). "The reason behind the resistance by the New Territories inhabitants against British takeover in 1899". Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Hase 2008, p. 15.
- ISBN 978-962-04-4764-8.
- ^ "《九龍城區風物-{志}-》" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Hase 2008, p. 16.
Bibliography
- ISBN 9789622098992.