Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 10; Volume 25D. Appleton & Company, 1886 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... China seas , within a few hundred miles of Vladivostock . The inhabitants of British Columbia began to fortify their own ports , and the people of Hong - Kong and Singapore bore the principal part of the costs of forti- fication . The ...
... China seas , within a few hundred miles of Vladivostock . The inhabitants of British Columbia began to fortify their own ports , and the people of Hong - Kong and Singapore bore the principal part of the costs of forti- fication . The ...
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... China , and who rendered the effective occupation of the country impossible . After long operations and heavy sacrifices , the French troops drove back the Black Flag guer- rillas to the extreme north near the Chinese frontier . The Chinese ...
... China , and who rendered the effective occupation of the country impossible . After long operations and heavy sacrifices , the French troops drove back the Black Flag guer- rillas to the extreme north near the Chinese frontier . The Chinese ...
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of Chinese was sent by the other route to flank the French , but was met at Chu , fifty - three miles east of Kep , and defeated in a hard fight , leaving that place also in the possession of the French . The Chinese retired to a ...
of Chinese was sent by the other route to flank the French , but was met at Chu , fifty - three miles east of Kep , and defeated in a hard fight , leaving that place also in the possession of the French . The Chinese retired to a ...
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... Chinese . From the height beyond the Chinese answered the rifles of the Turcos , and the artil- lery , posted behind the latter , for an hour or longer , and then retreated . A fort was capt- ured with a bayonet - charge . The following ...
... Chinese . From the height beyond the Chinese answered the rifles of the Turcos , and the artil- lery , posted behind the latter , for an hour or longer , and then retreated . A fort was capt- ured with a bayonet - charge . The following ...
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... Chinese once by a counter- attack , in which they sustained only slight losses . The brigade had twenty days ' rations and munitions . Gen. Brière de l'Isle sent all his available forces forward to Chu and Kep , the openings at the edge ...
... Chinese once by a counter- attack , in which they sustained only slight losses . The brigade had twenty days ' rations and munitions . Gen. Brière de l'Isle sent all his available forces forward to Chu and Kep , the openings at the edge ...
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