Battle of Zhangjiawan

Battle of Zhangjiawan was fought at the village of Zhangjiawan (to the east of Tongzhou) by British and French forces during the Second Opium War on the morning of 18 September 1860.

Battle

The combined Anglo-French force which had recently occupied Tianjin engaged a Chinese army numbering some 30,000-strong at Zhangjiawan. British cavalry won a battle against Mongolian cavalry, French infantry crushed the defence of Chinese troops, and British-French artillery inflicting massive losses on the Chinese Qing army.

Aftermath

Infantry was the worst part of Qing army, hence Qing command-in-chief Sengge Rinchen decided to give another battle and use his cavalry to crush British-French forces. Battle of Palikao took place three days later.