- Title
Personal narrative of occurrences during Lord Elgin's second embassy to China in 1860
- Alternative Title
Earl of Elgin's second embassy to China
Narrative of events in China
Personal narrative of events in China in 1860
- Creator
- Date
1900
- Subject
- Description
3rd ed.
Cover title: A narrative of events in China
With illustrations, and a preface by Lady Loch
- Table Of Contents
- Contents p.xi
I. Circumstances that led to Lord Elgin's second embassy to China p.1
II. Lord Elgin's departure for China - Position of affairs, and course of action adopted on his arrival in that country p.7
III. Landing at Peh-Tang p.24
IV. Steps taken to obtain information of enemy's position p.31
V. Description of the position of the northern and Taku Forts p.36
VI. Capture of Sinho p.41
VII. Correspondence of Lord Elgin and the Governor-general of Chih-Li p.47
VIII. Capture of the north Taku Forts p.51
IX. Advance to Tien-Tsin p.71
X. March towards Pekin - Negotiations - Treachery to flag of truce - Capture of Messrs Parkes, De Normann, Lieut. Anderson, Bowlby, Private Phipps of the K. D. G., the Sikh escort, and myself p.80
XI. My prison life p.110
XII. Our prison life p.123
XIII. Proceedings of the allied armies from the 18th September - The day of our capture, to the 8th of October - The day of our release p.149
XIV. Advance on Pekin - Surrender of the bodies of Messrs de Normann, Anderson, Bowlby, Phipps, and those of nine Sikhs, together with the return of ten Sikhs and three French soldiers - Survivors - Negotiations p.157
XV. Destruction of the Emperor's palace of Yuen-Ming-Yuen - A second visit to Pekin p.167
XVI. Signature of the convention - Return to England - Future policy to be pursued towards China p.176
- Contents p.xi
- Publisher
- Source
This eBook is digitized by Pao Yue-Kong Library from the Special Collections
- Resource Type
- Format
image/jpeg
- Extent
This eBook: 215 p.
Source format: xii, 185 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Language
- Rights
- Identifier
Barcode: 0000803868512
Call No.: [CLR] DS760 .L62 1900
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