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... length come to the last and crowning victory of the British in China . Considerable reinforcements having arrived , it was at length resolved to advance on Nankin itself , the ancient capital of the empire , as the most certain way of ...
... length come to the last and crowning victory of the British in China . Considerable reinforcements having arrived , it was at length resolved to advance on Nankin itself , the ancient capital of the empire , as the most certain way of ...
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... length brought the Emperor to reason . 6 The true state of affairs was represented to him ; and on the 20th of August , his Commissioner came on board the Cornwallis , ' with authority to treat for peace . On the 24th , the visit was ...
... length brought the Emperor to reason . 6 The true state of affairs was represented to him ; and on the 20th of August , his Commissioner came on board the Cornwallis , ' with authority to treat for peace . On the 24th , the visit was ...
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... to the last . At length the fire from the batteries began to slacken , some of the guns being dismounted , and the gunners driven from the others ; and at 4 P.M. , an occasional shot only being fired , BATTLE OF THE PARANA . 39.
... to the last . At length the fire from the batteries began to slacken , some of the guns being dismounted , and the gunners driven from the others ; and at 4 P.M. , an occasional shot only being fired , BATTLE OF THE PARANA . 39.
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... length , on the night of the 1st of June , Sir Charles Hotham and the French Captain , with some other officers , reconnoitred the locality . Besides the island we have spoken of , there were several others of nearly the same size , and ...
... length , on the night of the 1st of June , Sir Charles Hotham and the French Captain , with some other officers , reconnoitred the locality . Besides the island we have spoken of , there were several others of nearly the same size , and ...
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... length of the island , so as completely to screen them from the enemy's batteries — a work , indeed , which many hundred men could not so well have executed in a week ; behind this the land rising , there was consequently a large ...
... length of the island , so as completely to screen them from the enemy's batteries — a work , indeed , which many hundred men could not so well have executed in a week ; behind this the land rising , there was consequently a large ...
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