Narrative of the expedition to China, from the commencement of the war, Band 2 |
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18th Royal Irish 37th Madras 49th regiment Amoy anchored Anunghoy appearance APPENDIX arrived artillery attack barbarians batteries Bengal volunteers Blenheim Blonde boats Bocca Tigris brigade British Canton Canton River Captain Elliot capture Chekeang Chin-hai China Chinese Chusan Columbine command commissioner crew Cruizer defences dispatched dollars emperor enemy English fire flag force foreigners forts gallant guns harbour heights hill Hong Kong Hong merchants hundred Hyacinth immediately imperial inhabitants island Joss-house junks Keshen killed landed Lieut Lieutenant Macao Madras artillery Madras native infantry majesty's mandarins marines mate miles military Modeste naval Nemesis Ning-po officers Phlegethon plenipotentiary proceeded province returned river round Royal Royal Marines Sappers seamen sent ships shore shot side Sir Gordon Sir Henry Pottinger Sir Hugh Gough Sir William Parker soldiers squadron steamers suburb Tartar thousand Ting-hai tion trade troops vessels village walls Wellesley whole Woosung wounded yards
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Seite 417 - LOCHIEL. False Wizard, avaunt ! I have marshalled my clan, Their swords are a thousand, their bosoms are one! They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
Seite 38 - ... 3. Direct official intercourse between the countries upon an equal footing. 4. The trade of the port of Canton to be opened within ten days after the Chinese new year, and to be carried on at Wampoa till further arrangements are practicable at the new settlement.
Seite 361 - ... 2. China to pay twenty-one millions of dollars in the course of the present and three succeeding years. 3. The ports of Canton, Amoy, Foo-choo-foo, Ning-Po, and Shang-Hae, to be thrown open to British merchants, consular officers to be appointed to reside at them, and regular and just tariffs of import and export (as well as inland transit) duties to be established and published.
Seite 263 - Arrangements will be made immediately for establishing a provisional government, and her majesty's plenipotentiary deems it advisable, after what has already happened, to intimate to her majesty's subjects and all others, that, under no circumstances, will Tinghae and its dependencies be restored to the Chinese government, until the whole of the demands of England are not only complied with, but carried into full effect.
Seite 390 - And I do further declare and proclaim, that, pending her majesty's further pleasure, such rules and regulations as may be necessary from time to time for the government of...
Seite 280 - The fire of the rifles was most deadly ; the stream shortly became deeply tinged with their blood, when the general, accompanied by Mr. Thorn, coming up, the latter bearing a flag with the following Chinese words inscribed on it, " Yield and be saved ; resist and perish ;" many of them took quarter, and the carnage ceased. The men were then re-formed and advanced towards the city, but, on ascending the heights, the enemy were perceived pouring out of its gates at one end, as the sailors and marines...
Seite 416 - ... gallantry, but (what is of infinitely more consequence in the present instance, and will afford stronger proof of devotedness to our country's honour and our professional character,) of unshaken discipline and undeviating attention to the orders issued by the officers in the command of columns of attack. 3. The nature of the position to be carried, and the probable necessity of subdividing the force into separate columns of attack, which may be led through the town and suburbs, make it the more...
Seite 361 - Lasting peace and friendship between the two empires. 2. China to pay twenty-one millions of dollars in the course of the present and three succeeding years. 3. The ports of Canton, Amoy, Foo-chow-foo, Ningpo, and Shanghai to be thrown open to British merchants, consular officers to be appointed to reside at them, and regular and just tariffs of import and export (as well as inland transit) duties to be established and published.
Seite 267 - Chinhae is situated at the mouth of the Tahea or Ningpo river, and was covered so strongly by its citadel (a fort built on a lofty headland jutting into the sea), and a number of heavy batteries and outworks on each bank of the estuary, that the imperial commissioner...
Seite 235 - ... commanding in chief in this province forthwith to deliver the town, and all the fortifications of Amoy, into the hands of the British forces, to be held for the present by them. Upon his so doing, all the officers and troops therein will be allowed to retire, with their personal arms and baggage, and the people shall receive no hurt ; and whenever these difficulties shall be settled, and the demands of Great Britain fully granted, the whole shall be restored to the hands of the Chinese. "If these...