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Auguste Léopold Protet

contre-amiralFrance1 battle1 war

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1808 – 1862

181018201830184018501860Taiping Rebellion · 1851-1864Battle of Shanghai — July 1, 1861 · Qing dynasty · Taiping Rebellion

Active service 1861 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 53.

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Auguste Léopold Protet was a French Navy admiral. He fought in the Second Opium War, and was killed in the Taiping Rebellion at the Fengxian District of Shanghai on the afternoon of 17 May 1862.

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Last verified June 2026
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