American warships bombard Chinese forts in Canton Province

After one of their boats had been fired upon the previous day, the United States warships Portsmouth and Levant shelled and silenced two Chinese forts on the Canton river. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1858 (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1857), 367.
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Type
    Battles/Soldiers
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