Incidents in the China War of 1860: Comp. from the Private Journals of General Sir Hope Grant |
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Page 53
... road , but on our approach they retired in the 1 A raised terreplein with parapet . * The term adopted for themselves by the Chinese army . 3 See plan . direction of the Taku forts .. At last all our LANDING NEAR PEH - TANG . 53.
... road , but on our approach they retired in the 1 A raised terreplein with parapet . * The term adopted for themselves by the Chinese army . 3 See plan . direction of the Taku forts .. At last all our LANDING NEAR PEH - TANG . 53.
Page 54
... road . At the same hour the gunboats were to steam up past the forts and support us with their fire.1 During the night the admiral sent up one of his small boats to find out whether any barriers impeded the passage of the river ; and ...
... road . At the same hour the gunboats were to steam up past the forts and support us with their fire.1 During the night the admiral sent up one of his small boats to find out whether any barriers impeded the passage of the river ; and ...
Page 60
... road to the Taku forts , to ascertain the position of the enemy . Brigadier Sutton commanded the British force ; and General Collineau , 2 an excellent officer who had commanded a regiment with great gallantry during the attack of the ...
... road to the Taku forts , to ascertain the position of the enemy . Brigadier Sutton commanded the British force ; and General Collineau , 2 an excellent officer who had commanded a regiment with great gallantry during the attack of the ...
Page 67
... road ap- peared to be very marshy , and consequently the whole of our deep columns of infantry would be exposed to an overwhelming fire of artillery from behind the walls , to which we could make no reply , as there was not sufficient ...
... road ap- peared to be very marshy , and consequently the whole of our deep columns of infantry would be exposed to an overwhelming fire of artillery from behind the walls , to which we could make no reply , as there was not sufficient ...
Page 68
... road , and at a perpendicular dis- tance from our right flank of about a mile . A water - course likewise flowed alongside the road . This was bridged , and I then rode up to the river- bank , where the site proved to be at a much ...
... road , and at a perpendicular dis- tance from our right flank of about a mile . A water - course likewise flowed alongside the road . This was bridged , and I then rode up to the river- bank , where the site proved to be at a much ...
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