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Battle of Canton in 1857. Xianfeng Emperor received the news that Canton had been occupied on 27 January 1858. British commander Michael Seymour, hoping to force a settlement (the later Treaty of Tianjin), ordered an attack on the Taku Forts as they were the closer path towards Peking.