William Kennedy described the use of a weapon called a 'stinkpot' in the opening battle of this war fought in the Bocca Tigris strait.
William Kennedy described the use of a weapon called a 'stinkpot' in the opening battle of this war fought in the Bocca Tigris strait. The phrase 'blood is thicker than water' was popularized in America during this war when Josiah Tattnall used it to justify the unauthorized shelling of the Taku forts. The cause of France's entry into this war was the beheading of the missionary Auguste Chapdelaine. This war culminated in the Battle of Eight-Mile Bridge, which was followed by the rescue of the imprisoned diplomat Harry Parkes and the (*) looting and burning of the old and new summer palaces on orders from Lord Elgin. At the end of this war the Self-Strengthening Movement began under Prince Gong, and Kowloon was ceded to Britain in the Treaty of Tientsin. For 10 points, name this war that began with the seizure of the ship Arrow and was fought over the right to trade in a certain narcotic.
William Kennedy described the use of a weapon called a 'stinkpot' in the opening battle of this war fought in the Bocca Tigris strait.
Second Opium War (accept Second Anglo-Chinese war or equivalent answers indicating it is the second war between the UK and China; accept Arrow War before "Arrow")