The war escalated because Britain was dissatisfied with the concessions that Elliot secured from China. Elliot's successor Henry Pottinger reached Guangzhou in August 1841 and immediately launched an all-out offensive, re-occupying Dinghai and taking Xiamen (Armoy), Zhenhai and Ningbo.
In June 1842, fortified by reinforcements, the British followed the Yangtze upriver to capture Zhenjiang (Chinkiang), and were encamped outside Nanjing (Nanking) by August.
The Qing government had no option but to succumb to further British demands.
Credit : History Museum of HK.
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