Shimonoseki campaign
Series of military engagements in 1863–1864 between Japan and Western Powers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Shimonoseki campaign (Japanese: 下関戦争/馬関戦争, Hepburn: Shimonoseki Sensō/Bakan Sensō, "Shimonoseki War") was a series of military engagements in 1863 and 1864, fought to control the Shimonoseki Straits of Japan by joint naval forces from the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States, against the Japanese feudal domain of Chōshū, which took place off and on the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan.[1]
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Shimonoseki campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Bakumatsu conflicts | |||||||
Capture of a Choshu battery at Shimonoseki by British sailors and marines; picture taken by Felice Beato | |||||||
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Chōshū Domain | |||||||
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Land: 2,000 Sea: 28 warships |
Land: 1,500 100 artillery pieces Sea: 6 warships 40 war-junks | ||||||
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12 killed 50 wounded |
18 killed 29 wounded 2 ships destroyed 1 ship damaged 60 cannons captured |
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