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《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事) Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events)
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On 20 February 1840, the British government appointed Rear-Admiral George Elliot as commander-in-chief of the expedition to China and granted him the status of full plenipotentiary, while Charles Elliot (Superintendent of Trade in China) was appointed deputy plenipotentiary.
On that day, British Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston issued secret instructions to George Elliot and Charles Elliot to invade China, along with a draft treaty with China.
On 29 February 1840, Lin Zexu, as Imperial Commissioner, together with Guan Tianpei, Naval Commander, dispatched men to carry out a fire attack on 23 opium fishing boats anchored at Cheung Sha Wan and burned six mat-sheds on the shore.