This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 Excerpt: ...be settled; therefore, he intimated that, to save bloodshed, he would advise that it should be surrendered without resistance. The hint had the desired effect, and very little opposition was made; but despair caused several of the mandarins to commit suicide, Bb Stone cutter which, in China, is not considered a crime, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 Excerpt: ...be settled; therefore, he intimated that, to save bloodshed, he would advise that it should be surrendered without resistance. The hint had the desired effect, and very little opposition was made; but despair caused several of the mandarins to commit suicide, Bb Stone cutter which, in China, is not considered a crime, and is, therefore, often resorted to in times of difficulty and danger. When the city was entered by the British troops, it was found in much the same state as Tinghae, on a similar occasion. The most respectable of the inhabitants had fled, and a great deal of property had been removed, but much had been necessarily left behind; and the streets were soon filled with plunderers, who, in spite of the efforts of the soldiery, contrived to appropriate a vast quantity of goods to which they had no claim. Leaving a garrison at Kolongsoo, a small rocky island, forming part of the fortifications of Amoy, the expedition proceeded to Chusan, which was speedily re-occupied, but not without the sacrifice of many lives on the part of the Chinese, who made an attempt to defend Tinghae, but were soon obliged to surrender; and this fine island was again governed by a British magistracy. The next conquest was that of Chinhae, a large and opulent city at the mouth of the Ningpo river, the occupation of which was a preliminary step to the attack upon Ningpo itself. Chinhae stands at the foot of a lofty hill, and is inclosed by a high wall, about thirty-seven feet in thickness, over which may be seen the tall masts of vessels, gliding along a branch of the river that runs through the town. On the summit of the hill is the citadel, which, from its commanding position, is most important as a military station, being, as it were, the key to both Chinhae and Ningpo, ...
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