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| Baishaling Incident | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Portuguese Empire | Imperial China | ||||||
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| Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 36 men |
400 men 20 cannons | ||||||
The Baishaling Incident also known as the Battle of Passaleão, took place in August, 1849. Immediately after a Chinese mob assassinated Governor Ferreira do Amaral on August 22, Chinese Imperial troops mobilized at the Macau-Chinese frontier. The Portuguese population of Macau viewed as an overtly threatening move by the Chinese to invade Macau. On August 25, with a numerically smaller group of 36 soldiers from his Artillery Battalion, against a defending force of 400 men and 20 cannons, the then Second Lieutenant Mesquita attacked and pacified the Chinese fort at Baishaling.[1][2] This coup guaranteed Macau's security and upon his return to the city, Mesquita was received as a national hero.
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- Forjaz, Jorge. Familias Macaenses. Macau: Instituto Portugues do Oriente, 1996. ISBN 972-9440-60-3.
- Teixeira, Manuel. Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita - Separata editada na inauguração do monumento ao herói do Passaleão. Macau : Leal Senado, 1940
- Teixeira, Manuel. Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita - 2ª ed. Macau: Tipografia "Soi Sang", 1958.
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