A history of China : being the historical chapters from "The Middle kingdom" . capital. This guard was now landed in the mud before theforts and an attempt made to carry the works by escalade, butthe effort failed, and by daylight the men were all once moreafloat. From the gunboats twenty-five men were killed andninety-three wounded; the loss among the marines was natu-rally heavier—sixty-four killed and two hundred and fifty-twowounded, while of the boats four were sunk. Thronghout this action the American vessel Toeywan re-mained inside of the bar, being a non-combatant. The gallantenergy of
A history of China : being the historical chapters from "The Middle kingdom" . capital. This guard was now landed in the mud before theforts and an attempt made to carry the works by escalade, butthe effort failed, and by daylight the men were all once moreafloat. From the gunboats twenty-five men were killed andninety-three wounded; the loss among the marines was natu-rally heavier—sixty-four killed and two hundred and fifty-twowounded, while of the boats four were sunk. Thronghout this action the American vessel Toeywan re-mained inside of the bar, being a non-combatant. The gallantenergy of Commodore Tatnall, who in the thick of the fightpassed through the fleet to visit the British admiral lying One of these afterward floated of itself and was preserved. Upper North F. Boom of heavy Timijer and ChainsK Massive Raft Gteafn/Mrth 1000 Yards Plover 31^ Bb»ition^ c/\ \A \OpoBsu^ %\^Posi\ \Z£e^2^ Position.^
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