Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan barkewar Yakin Opium na Biyu, kawancen Anglo-Faransa ya kama tashar jiragen ruwa mai mahimmanci na Canton (Guangzhou) a lokacin
Yaƙin Canton a shekara ta 1857. Sarkin Xianfeng ya sami labarin cewa an mallaki Canton a ranar 27 ga Janairu 1858. Kwamandan Burtaniya Michael Seymour, yana fatan tilasta yin sulhu (Sanarwar Tianjin ta gaba), ya ba da umarnin kai hari kan Taku Forts kamar yadda suke mafi kusantar hanyar zuwa Beijing.