. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. ace, theylearned that the gamson of Nan-on numbered over 20,000 Chi-nese and Coreans, the reinforcements in the province, and on theirway, numbered 20,000 more, while in the north was another Chi-nese corps of 20,000. At the council of war held, it was resolved to advance at onceto take the castle before succor came. In spite of many lamehorses, and the imperfect state of the commissariat, the order tomarch was given. Men and beasts were in high spirits, but manyof the
. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. ace, theylearned that the gamson of Nan-on numbered over 20,000 Chi-nese and Coreans, the reinforcements in the province, and on theirway, numbered 20,000 more, while in the north was another Chi-nese corps of 20,000. At the council of war held, it was resolved to advance at onceto take the castle before succor came. In spite of many lamehorses, and the imperfect state of the commissariat, the order tomarch was given. Men and beasts were in high spirits, but manyof the horses were ridden to death, or rendered useless by theforced march of the cavahy\ Early on the morning of September21st, the advance guard camped in the morning fog at a distance ofa mile from the citadel. The main body, coming up, siuToundedit on aU sides, pitched their camp, threw out their pickets, set uptheir standards, and proceeded promptly to fortify their lines. THE SECOND INVASION. 131 Nan-on castle was of rectangular form, enclosing a space nearlytwo miles square, as each side was nine thousand feet long. Its. Map of the Operations of the Second Invasion. walls, which were twelve feet high, were built of great stones, laidtogether without cement. Though no mortar had been used onwall or tower, shell-lime had been laid over the outside, in which 182 COREA. glistened Innumerable fragments of nacre and the enamel ofshells, giving the structure the appearance of glittering the angles, and at intervals along the flanks, were towers, twoor three stories high. The four ponderous gates were of stone,foiuteen feet high. The preparations for defence were all that Chinese sciencecould suggest. In the dr} ditch, three hundred feet wide, was anabatis of tree-trunks, with their branches outward, behind whichwere iron-plated wagons, to be filled with archers and the towers, fire-missiles and shot from firearms were inreadiness. The weak j)oints, at which
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