Allied Armies, men and methods Bikanir, H.H. the Maharajah of,
Allied Commissioners in Canton,
Allied Fleet at Taku, 8
American Army, Continental criti-
cism, 51; excellence of the men,
51; elastic discipline, 51; cour-
age of, 52; gallantry at Tientsin,
53; comradeship with British
troops, 53; contempt for Con-
tinentals, 53; discomfiture of
British subaltern, 54
Army, American, 50; Chinese in
the past, 280; of the future,
298; Dutch, 54; French, 42;
German, 34; Indian, 55; Japan-
ese, 47; Russian, 44; Italian, 54
Arrest, in Japan, 252; in Macao,
246; of an English colonel in
Macao, 251
Arrow, incident of the, 258
Astor House Hotel, Tientsin, 22
Barracoons in Macao, 255
Barrett, Lieut., Hong Kong Regi-
ment, 199
Black Flags, 204
Boa Vista Hotel, 238
Boer Campaign, lessons of, 34;
foreign ignorance respecting, 41
Bogue Forts, 277
Bombay Light Cavalry, 3rd, 60 ;
a sowar's opinion of the Rus-
sians, 164
Bombay Infantry, 22nd, 200, 204,
208, 229
Bombay Pioneers, 28th, 57
Bower, Lieut.-Col., Chinese Regi-
ment, 296
Boxers, night attack on Tientsin
station, 15; courage of, 24, 295;
losses, 25; hostility to Canton-
ese traders, 284
Brigands, 136
Bridge of boats at Tientsin, 19
Bridge, marble, at Summer Palace,
127
Bronze Pagoda, 130
Bronzes in Forbidden City, 90, 93
Browning, Major, 48, 135, 168
Buddha, images of, 109
Buddhist monks, 108
Buddhist temple, 107
Burke, Lieut., 22nd Bombay In-
fantry, 208, 229
Cable tramway to the Peak, 181
Camoens, Gardens of, 254
Cangue, punishment of the, 269
Canton, history of intercourse with
foreigners, 257; food supplier to
Hong Kong, 171; projected rail-
way to, 171, 196; turbulence,
204; reformers in, 206; land and
river approach,278; description,
261; population, 263; its streets,
264; its shops, 265; prison, 269;
its trade, 275; its importance to
English commerce, 275; an
attack on, 277; energy of French
consuls in, 276
Cap-sui-Moon Pass, 209
Carvalhaes, Senhor, A.D.C. to
Governor of Macao, 244, 250,
251
Casserly, Lieut., 208
Cathedral, Roman Catholic, in
Pekin, 95; its siege, 97; at
Canton, 263; San Paulo at
Macao, 254
Cavalry, French, 43; Japanese, 47;
Indian, 59; in Hong Kong, 200
Cemetery at Wei-hai-wei, 4;
Macao, 245
Centre of the Universe, 70
Cession of the Kowloon Hinter-
land, 197
Chasseurs d'Afrique, 43, 66
Chifu, 6
China an easy prize, 280; her
sufferings in the past from
foreigners, 290; of the present-
291; of the future, 293
Chinese Army of the past, 280;
want of patriotism, 281 ; family
love, 281; Mohammedans, 283;
difference in languages, 283;
dislike to foreigners, 286; extor-
tion of mandarins, 291; as
merchants abroad, 294; trade
honesty of, 294; splendid ma-
terial for soldiers, 296; in modern
warfare, 296; soldiers in the
South, 227; in the North, 228;
examinations, 273
Chinese Arsenal at Tientsin, 15;
guns made at, 217
Chinese Regiment, guard at Wei-
hai-wei, 7; barracks, 6; be-
haviour in action, 295, 296
Chinese workmen, 97
Chong Wong Foo, 83
City Hall, Hong Kong, 176
Clocks in Emperor's palace, 91
Club, Hong Kong, 176; Tientsin,
20; German at Tientsin, 22;
English Tennis at Macao, 244;
Portuguese Naval Tennis Club,
Macao, 251; Military Club,
Macao, 241
Cloisonné in Pekin, its manu-
facture, III
Coal Hill, Pekin, 74
Cockroaches as an article of diet,
224
Concessions, European, in Tient-
sin, 17; in Canton, 259, 274
Confucius, Temple of, 111
Consulate, British, at Tientsin, 20;
foreign, at Canton, 274
Coolie Corps, 10
Cossacks at play, 163
Customs, Imperial Chinese, station
on Mah Wan, 209; at Samchun,
212; officers of, 217
Curzon, Lord, Problems of the
Far East, 69.
English Legation at Pekin, 78
Daibutsu at Kamakura and Hiogo, English officers, friendship with
Death of a thousand cuts, 271
De Boulay, Major, R.A., 121
Deep Bay, 196, 210
Development of Japan, 293
Dobell, Major, D.S.O., Royal Welch
Fusiliers, 85
Docks, Kowloon, 187
Dockyard, Royal Naval, at Wei-
hai-wei, 4; at Hong Kong, 178
Dorward, General, his eulogy of
American troops, 52
Dowager-Empress, her pavilion
in the Forbidden City, 92; palace
in Pekin, 74; Summer Palace,
115; seizure of the Emperor,
115; supposed plan to entrap
the Allies, 206
Dragon Gate in Canton, 274
Drummond, Mr. Ivor, C.I.C., 31
Dutch Expeditionary Force, 54;
their envy of the Portuguese
colonies in the past-attempt
on Macao, 232
East India Company in Canton,
258
Efficiency of British officers of
the Indian Army, 57; of the
Japanese Intelligence Depart-
ment, 49
Egyptian fellah compared to the
Chinaman, 297
Elderton, Commander,D.S.O., good
work at Taku, 8
Embroidery in Canton, 268
Emperor, his powerlessness, 64;
his palace, 89; throne room,
89; harem, 90; private apart-
ments, 91
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English Concession at Tientsin,
the Americans, 21; linguists in
China, 19; supposed ungracious-
ness of manners, 81; plain cam-
paigning dress, 27
Examinations, Chinese system of,
Examination Hall in Canton, 273
Examiners, Chinese, at Canton,
274
Executions at Tientsin, 28; in
Canton, 271
Extortion of mandarins, 291
Fair, Lieut., R.N., Flag-Lieutenant
to Admiral Seymour, 24
Family love of the Chinese, 281
Fans, 106
Fan-tan in Samchun, 225; in
Macao, 253
Fares from Hong Kong to Canton
and Macao, 235
Favrier, Archbishop, defends the
Peitan gallantly, 95; captures
a Chinese gun, 96; introduction
to him, 99
Ferreira Amaral, Governor of
Macao, refuses to pay tribute
to the Chinese, 232
Fighting races of India, 56
Fireworks, Chinese, 219
Flags of Chinese troops in Sam-
chun, 215, 227
Floating population of Canton,
260; of Hong Kong, 185
Flora, Governor's summer resi-
dence, 240
Flowery Forest Monastery, 269
Forbidden City, 73, 86
French Army, 42; intimacy be-
tween French and German sol-
diers in Tientsin, 40; Infanterie
Coloniale, 42; infantry, 43;
officers, 43; method of main-
taining discipline, 43; training
and organisation, 44; Zouaves
and Chasseurs d'Afrique, 43
French colonial party, suspected
designs on Macao, 233; on
Canton, 275
Gurkhas,friendship with Japanese,
50, 166; ingratitude of foreign
troops sheltered by them, 166;
officers at Shanhaikwan, 138
Hall, Examination at, Canton, 273
Hall of Five Hundred Genii, 269
Hall of Ten Thousand Ages, 123
French post-office in Canton, 276 Happy Valley, 179
Frontier Field Force, 208
Frontier of the Kowloon Hinter-
Fusiliers, Royal Welch, attack on
a patrol, 23; in the Hinterland,
198; Hong Kong garrison, 200
Garrison of Hong Kong, 199;
of Macao, 241
Gascoigne, Major-General Sir W.,
199
Gaselee, General Sir A., K.C.B.,
204
German Army, 34; adherence to
close formations and antiquated
tactics, 35; campaigning dress
in China, 39; failure of trans-
port, 39; soldiers, 40; their
friendship with the French, 40;
officers of, 37
German Club at Tientsin, 22
German Imperial Navy, 40; mer-
cantile marine, 40
Gordon Hall, Tientsin, 22, 28
Gough, Sir Hugh, attacks Canton,
258
Government of Macao, 241
Governor of Macao, 244
Grant-Smith, Mr. Ivan, 245, 252
Gray, Captain, 4th P.I., 167
Green Island, 173
Gunboats, allied, at Taku, 9, 10;
at Canton, 274; British fired
at, 276
Hardy, Rev. Mr., I
Harem, Emperor's, in Pekin, 90
Ha-ta-man Street, 102; Gate, 77
Hatherell, Captain, 22nd Bombay
Infantry, 208, 229
Heaven, Temple of, 67
Heungshan, s.s., 235
Heung Shan, Island of, 233
Hinterland, Kowloon, 194; char-
acter and description of, 195;
projected railway through, 196;
cession, 196; advantages to
Hong Kong, 198; column guard-
ing it, 202; want of maps of,
216; British police in, 198
Honam, Cantonese suburb of, 260,
263
Hong Kong, importance as a
naval and military base, 167;
harbour, 184; menace of fam-
ine, 170; commercial import-
ance, 171; geography, 172; de-
scription, 174-184; Club, 177;
climate, 184; society in, 190 ;
value of dollar, 235
Hong Kong Regiment, bravery at
Tientsin, 15; barracks, 187;
disbanded, 187
Hong Kong, Canton to Macao
Steamboat Co., 234
Hong Kong and Singapore Artil-
lery, 199
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank,
ruins in Pekin, 71; building in
Hong Kong, 176
Hong Kong Volunteers, 188, 199
Horrors, Temple of, 272
Hôtel du Nord, Pekin, 71
Hsi-ku Arsenal, 30
Hsin-ho, British landing-place at,
Hutchinson, Lieut., R.N.R., 25, 135
Imperial apartments, 91
Imperial Maritime Customs, Chin-
ese, gunboat, 210; officers, 217;
station at Samchun, 212
Imperial troops, Chinese, 24, 296
Indian Army, 55; fighting races of,
56; Lord Roberts chiefly respon-
sible for its efficiency, 57; its
British officers, 57; organisation
of a regiment, 58; foreign criti-
cisms, 59; Russian opinion of,
156; cavalry, 59; infantry, 60;
impossibility of another Mutiny,
62; loyalty of the sepoy, 63
India as a training-ground for
troops, 61
Indian Expeditionary Force, 33, 55
Indian Commissariat at Wei-hai-
wei, 5; at Hong Kong, 178
Indian Marine, Royal, officers of,
Infanterie Coloniale, 42
Infantry, excellence of Japanese,
48; Indian, foreign criticisms
of, 60; composition of a native
regiment of, 58
Intelligence Department, Japan-
ese, 49
Italian Expeditionary Force, 54
Ivory carving in Canton, 266
Japan in the past, 292; its modern
development, 293; arrests in,
Japanese Army captures Wei-hai-
wei, 3; transport, 47; campaign-
ing dress, 47; cavalry, 47; in-
fantry, 48; infantry in action,
48; organisation, 49; Intelli-
gence Department, 49 ; officers
as intelligence agents in Pekin,
49; excellent discipline, 49;
courage and moderation, 50;
friendship for Indian troops, 50,
165
Japanese Fleet, arrival at Shan-
haikwan, 149
Johnstone, Major, R.M.L.I., 30
Junks, marble junk, 127; junks
in Hong Kong harbour, 210;
war junks, 211
Kell, Lieut., S. Stafford Regt., 144
Kettler, murder of Baron, 83;
monument, 83
Kettlewell,
Major, commands
Frontier Field Force, 208
Kipling, Rudyard, his description
of Canton, 256
Kowloon, 174, 186; docks, 187;
Kowloon, Chinese city of, 186, 188
Kowloon Peninsula, 172, 183, 194
Kowloon Hinterland, see Hinter-
land.
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Kwang-tung, 194; rebellion in,
Labertouche, Captain, 22nd Bom-
bay Infantry, 146
Ladies' Recreation Ground, Hong
Kong, 184
Lama Temple, Great, Pekin, 107
Lampacao, Portuguese settlement
on, 231
Language, difference in Chinese
languages in various provinces,
283; polyglot, 20; British officers
as interpreters, 19
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