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... squadron from - Peiho · Page 1 CHAPTER II . Infatuation at Canton . - ― - - - Pre- Duplicity of Keshen . tended convention . Disgrace of Keshen . His enor mous wealth . Chinese hopes of victory . The eight Tartar banners called out ...
... squadron from - Peiho · Page 1 CHAPTER II . Infatuation at Canton . - ― - - - Pre- Duplicity of Keshen . tended convention . Disgrace of Keshen . His enor mous wealth . Chinese hopes of victory . The eight Tartar banners called out ...
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... predicted the consequences . It was to this , probably , and to the personal confidence of the emperor , that , when the British squadron appeared at the mouth of the KESHEN . 27 Peiho , he owed the appointment of 26 THE CHINESE WAR .
... predicted the consequences . It was to this , probably , and to the personal confidence of the emperor , that , when the British squadron appeared at the mouth of the KESHEN . 27 Peiho , he owed the appointment of 26 THE CHINESE WAR .
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... squadron sailing down in October towards Canton , where experience had shown so little could be effected by negotiation . Keshen , however , achieved the grand object of the court in removing the troubles to the furthest point from ...
... squadron sailing down in October towards Canton , where experience had shown so little could be effected by negotiation . Keshen , however , achieved the grand object of the court in removing the troubles to the furthest point from ...
Side 31
... squadron had found altogether unprepared . Large drafts were made upon the treasury ; but the works erected were quite Chinese , and the expenditure very ill - bestowed . It was a joyful day for the imperial commissioner when our squadron ...
... squadron had found altogether unprepared . Large drafts were made upon the treasury ; but the works erected were quite Chinese , and the expenditure very ill - bestowed . It was a joyful day for the imperial commissioner when our squadron ...
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... squadron of three line - of - battle ships , with frigates and steamers , alongside the Bogue batteries ; and in a short time these defences were a heap of ruins deserted by their gar- risons . Admiral Kwan died devotedly at his post ...
... squadron of three line - of - battle ships , with frigates and steamers , alongside the Bogue batteries ; and in a short time these defences were a heap of ruins deserted by their gar- risons . Admiral Kwan died devotedly at his post ...
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China, During the War and Since the Peace, Volum 1 Sir John Francis Davis Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1852 |
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