Incidents in the China War of 1860: Comp. from the Private Journals of General Sir Hope Grant |
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... October , Prince Kung again wrote praying us to stay our march , and hinting that Mr Parkes should be employed as a mediator ; but on the 2d the allied ambassadors again re- plied that they would listen to nothing until the 1 This town ...
... October , Prince Kung again wrote praying us to stay our march , and hinting that Mr Parkes should be employed as a mediator ; but on the 2d the allied ambassadors again re- plied that they would listen to nothing until the 1 This town ...
Page 124
... October we marched again , crossed the canal , and halted at the depot , 2 which was called Chan Kia - Ying . Here we were obliged to wait pending the arrival of a French convoy . On the 4th the merchants of Pekin sent presents of ...
... October we marched again , crossed the canal , and halted at the depot , 2 which was called Chan Kia - Ying . Here we were obliged to wait pending the arrival of a French convoy . On the 4th the merchants of Pekin sent presents of ...
Page 125
... October we marched , the men carrying three days ' rations . The country was so intersected with houses and trees , that our progress often became difficult . We only accomplished about five miles , and then encamped round some old ...
... October we marched , the men carrying three days ' rations . The country was so intersected with houses and trees , that our progress often became difficult . We only accomplished about five miles , and then encamped round some old ...
Page 127
... October , I caused a salute of 21 guns to be fired from some rising ground outside the rampart with the same object . Even this was of no avail , and so I sent a squadron of the King's Dragoon Guards to find out the exact position of ...
... October , I caused a salute of 21 guns to be fired from some rising ground outside the rampart with the same object . Even this was of no avail , and so I sent a squadron of the King's Dragoon Guards to find out the exact position of ...
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... October , a quantity of gold and silver was discovered in one of the temples of the Summer Palace , and a room full of the richest silks and furs . This treasure was divided in two equal portions between the French and ourselves ...
... October , a quantity of gold and silver was discovered in one of the temples of the Summer Palace , and a room full of the richest silks and furs . This treasure was divided in two equal portions between the French and ourselves ...
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