The Anti-British Battle
After the First Opium War, the British invaders invader Xiamen again and again, the governor of Fujian and ZhejiangYan Botao took eight months to build “the strongest fortress”—Shibi Fortress.It cost 2 million of silver to complete the Shibi Fortress.
In April 1841, the army of British startedto attack Xiamen. Yan Botao led an army of Qing soldiers to fight. But withoutadvanced weapons, they lost the battle in twenty minutes.
The picture shows the walls of thedestroyed fort.