砲轟淡水 The bombardment of Danshui

Oct 2, 1884: The bombardment of Danshui. In this picture, the French battleships are situated at the mouth of the Danshui River, to the left is Danshui (with Mt Da-Tuen in the background) and to the right is Ba-Li (with Mt Guan-Yin in the background). You can click on the picture to enlarge it. The captions from left to right: landing beach area of the French infantry marines, Chinese military camps, Chinese gun fortress, the Town of Danshui, New Fort, area of Fort San Domingo and British Consulate, White Fort, British warship the Cokshaffer, and the dam line (where the ships were deliberately sunk by the Chinese defenders to block the entry).

1884年10月2日,法國艦隊砲轟淡水的情景.艦隊位於淡水河口,左前為淡水,其後為大屯山,右為八里及觀音山. 可點擊上圖放大. 標示自左至右為: 法軍登陸海灘,清軍營, 沙崙砲台,淡水鎮,新砲臺,紅毛城一帶,白砲臺,英戰艦 Cokshaffer,及清方沉船海防線.