The Land of the Boxers: Or, China Under the AlliesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1903 - 307 páginas |
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... the Hinterland in 1898 - A small campaign - The chances of a land invasion of Hong Kong - The garrison of Hong Kong- Advisability of mounted infantry pages 169-201 CHAPTER IX ON COLUMN IN SOUTHERN CHINA A camp on xii CONTENTS.
... the Hinterland in 1898 - A small campaign - The chances of a land invasion of Hong Kong - The garrison of Hong Kong- Advisability of mounted infantry pages 169-201 CHAPTER IX ON COLUMN IN SOUTHERN CHINA A camp on xii CONTENTS.
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... garrison . Close by , on reclaimed land , lay the recreation ground ; and even at the early hour at which we saw it , tennis and cricket were in full swing . Just above it , in that close proximity of life and death found ever in the ...
... garrison . Close by , on reclaimed land , lay the recreation ground ; and even at the early hour at which we saw it , tennis and cricket were in full swing . Just above it , in that close proximity of life and death found ever in the ...
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... garrison- ing England's farthest dependency in the East , or of a battery taken at random . In physique , appearance , and soldierly bearing he equalled them all . Even his cousin , the American , sturdy and stalwart as he is , could ...
... garrison- ing England's farthest dependency in the East , or of a battery taken at random . In physique , appearance , and soldierly bearing he equalled them all . Even his cousin , the American , sturdy and stalwart as he is , could ...
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... garrison existence . Entertainments in the Gordon Hall , convivial dinners , polo , races , went on as though the demon of war had been exorcised from the unhappy land . Yet grim reminders were not wanting ; scarcely a day passed ...
... garrison existence . Entertainments in the Gordon Hall , convivial dinners , polo , races , went on as though the demon of war had been exorcised from the unhappy land . Yet grim reminders were not wanting ; scarcely a day passed ...
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... garrison of Tientsin to hold out . A relieving force was sent out to bring in the decimated column , utterly prostrated by the incessant fighting . An eye - witness of their return , Mr. Drummond , Chinese Imperial Customs , who fought ...
... garrison of Tientsin to hold out . A relieving force was sent out to bring in the decimated column , utterly prostrated by the incessant fighting . An eye - witness of their return , Mr. Drummond , Chinese Imperial Customs , who fought ...
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Allies ANDREW LANG army Bombay British officers buildings Canton Chinaman Chinese city Chinese houses close cloth CO.'S STANDARD colony Coloured Plates coolies crowded Crown 8vo Edition England English Essays European fighting fire force foreign French Frontispiece Froude's J. A. garrison gate German Gifford Lectures gilt edges gilt top ground guard guns Gurkhas Haggard's H. R. half-bound harbour hills HISTORY Hong Kong Illus Illustrations Imperial Indian Infantry island Japanese Kowloon land Legation LL.D LONGMANS & CO.'S M.A. Crown 8vo Macao mainland mandarins Maps Max Müller MESSRS miles nation North China palace passed pavilion Pekin Photogravure Portraits Portuguese Punjaub quarters railway regiment rickshas rifles river road Royal Royal Welch Fusiliers Russian Samchun sampans sepoys Shanhaikwan side Sikh soldiers station steamers stood streets Taku temple Text Tientsin tions towers town trations troops villages vols wall Wei-hai-wei
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