Shimonoseki campaign

Shimonoseki campaign
	Part of the Chōshū Rebellion
	; Capture of a Choshu battery at Shimonoseki by British sailors and marines; picture taken by Felice Beato
Date	20 July – 14 August 1863; (3 weeks and 4 days); 5–6 September 1864; (1 day);
Location	Shimonoseki, Japan
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; France; Netherlands; United States;	Chōshū Domain
Commanders and leaders
Augustus Kuper; Benjamin Jaurès; François de Casembroot; David McDougal;	Mōri Takachika; Mōri Motochika; Takasugi Shinsaku; Akane Taketo;
Strength
Land:; 2,000; Sea:; 28 warships	Land:; 1,500; 100 artillery pieces; Sea:; 6 warships; 40 war-junks
Casualties and losses
12 killed; 50 wounded	18 killed; 29 wounded; 2 ships destroyed; 1 ship damaged; 60 cannons captured

The Shimonoseki campaign (Japanese: 下関戦争/馬関戦争, Hepburn: Shimonoseki Sensō/Bakan Sensō, "Shimonoseki War") was a series of military engagements in 1863 and 1864, fought to control the Shimonoseki Straits of Japan by joint naval forces from the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States, against the Japanese feudal domain of Chōshū, which took place off and on the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan.

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