Narrative of the North China Campaign of 1860 Containing Personal Experiences O
Narrative of the North China Campaign of 1860 Containing Personal Experiences O
Robert Swinhoe
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The " Black Prince. " The Noise of Battle. Engagement near Matow. Eeconnaissance to Tung-chow. Gallantry of Colonel Walker. Mr. Parkes' Account. HO-SEE-WOO, as you ride through its main thorough- fare, presents no very attractive appearance. The houses are mostly of brick, and perhaps rather better built than those already passed, but their doors are closed and barred within, and the larger part of the inhabitants have fled. The men deputed by the Committee of Supply at Tien-tsin to provision t...he army on the march, here fell short of their engagements, and attempted to make off. The consequence was that the most responsible of them was kept close prisoner, while the others were sent to hunt up caterers for the commissariat. The supplies provided were not equal 216 NOKTII CHINA CAMPAIGN OF I860. to the demand ; hence the houses had to be broken open to search for grain, the commissariat under- taking that nothing but the necessaries of life should be abstracted from them. Grain was found in abundance, but labourers to grind it into flour scarce.
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