Battle of Fatshan Creek

1 June 1857, Fatshan Creek, between Canton and Foshan

Decisive British victory

A large fleet of war junks had gathered in the creek leading to Foshan, behind a fort and a barrier of junks moored across the channel. Seymour attacked with steam gunboats towing the ships' boats. The fort was stormed, and Commodore Henry Keppel led the boats in against the junks; his own boat was sunk under him, and he went on in another. The junks were driven up the creek, burned or captured. Some 70 junks were destroyed for the loss of about a dozen British killed.