 The "Coromandel" and "Barracouta" captured the forts with slight opposition, the first shot in the war being fired from the "Coromandel".Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, commander-in-chief of British forces in China, reported no British casualties and four or five Chinese killed due to an "ill-judged resistance".Afterwards, Seymour proceeded to Canton, where he found the "Encounter" moored off the city near the Canton Factories.