 | Naval art and science - 1841 - 956 pages
...of Capt. Herbert, of the Calliope, and on the day following I was gratified by receiving a dispatch from him, reporting, that on their arrival off* the...river, close to Whampoa reach, with upwards of forty war-junks, and the Cambridge, (formerly an East Indiainan of 900 tons), on approaching within three... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1841 - 940 pages
...and on the day following I was gratified by receiving a dispatch from him, reporting, that on (heir arrival off the first bar, the enemy were observed...river, close to Whampoa reach, with upwards of forty war-junks, and the Can.bridge, (formerly an East Indiaman of 900 tons), on approaching within three... | |
 | 1841 - 908 pages
...was recognized by his familv, and taken away the day after the action, under a fire of minute guns from the Blenheim. On the morning of the 27th, the...squadron proceeded up the river, under the command of Captain Herbert of the Calliope, and on the day following I was gratified by receiving a despateh from... | |
 | Nathan Hale - 1841 - 602 pages
...was recognized by his family, and taken away the day after the action, under a fire of minute guns from the Blenheim. On the morning of the 27th, the...squadron proceeded up the river, under the command of Captain Herbert, of the Calliope, and on the day following, I was gratified by receiving a despatch... | |
 | Duncan MacPherson - China - 1842 - 416 pages
...Chinese Admiral, Kwan, and several other mandarins of rank fell. The body of the admiral was recognised by his family, and taken away the day after the action,...squadron proceeded up the river under the command of Captain I lerbert, of the " Calliope ;" and on the day following, I was gratified by receiving a dispatch... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1842 - 964 pages
...considerable ; and at Anunghoy their admiral, Kwan, and several other mandarins of high rank, fell. On the 27th, the light squadron proceeded up the river under the command of Captain Herbert, of the Calliope, and on their arrival at the first bar they found the enemy strongly... | |
 | Duncan MacPherson - China - 1843 - 430 pages
...Chinese Admiral, Kwan, and several other mandarins of rank fell. The body of the admiral was recognised by his family, and taken away the day after the action,...squadron proceeded up the river under the command of Captain Herbert, of the " Calliope ;" and on the day following, I was gratified by receiving a dispatch... | |
 | Paul Harris Nicolas - 1845 - 408 pages
...the same number in Anunghoy, at which place Admiral Kwan, and several other mandarins of rank fell. On the morning of the 27th, the light squadron proceeded up the river under the command of captain Herbert, who, on his arrival off the first bar, found the enemy strongly fortified on WHAM... | |
 | William Hough - India - 1853 - 750 pages
...Captain Herbert (Calliope), proceeded up the river, and, arriving at the first bar, found the enemy strongly fortified on the left bank of the river,...to Whampoa Reach, with upwards of forty war junks ; a number of vessels also were sunk, in order to bar the passage. 1 Detachments of her Majesty's 86th... | |
 | Military art and science - 1841 - 604 pages
...was recognised by his family, and taken away the day after the action, under a fire of minute guns from the Blenheim. On the morning of the 27th, the light squadron proceeded up the river, under tho command of Capt. Herbert, of the Calliope, and on the day following I was gratified by receiving... | |
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I was gratified by receiving a dispatch from him, reporting, that on their arrival off the first bar, the enemy were observed strongly fortified on the left bank of the river, close to Whampoa reach, with upwards of forty war-junks, and the... 