Lai Enjue

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Lai Enjue (Chinese: 賴恩爵, 1795–1848), also known as Jian Ting (簡廷) was a late Qing military general. He was from Dapeng Fortress, Xin'an County, Guangdong, and has ancestry from Zijin County, Guangdong. Lai fought the British in the Battle of Kowloon during the First Opium War in 1839 and was given the title of Baturu and an equivalent rank of Lieutenant General. On 25 December 1843, he was appointed as the Admiral (水師提督) of the Guangdong Navy. He served in this post until 1848 when he died of illness.

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Battles (1)

• 1839

  Battle of Kowloon

  First Opium War · Qing China