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ralissimo Yiking, to furnish more troops. A Kiángsí force of 2000 men was sent by Yiking from Chekiáng, of which 1000 proceeded to Nanking, and 1000 to Chinkiáng; 40 guns, and 100 jingalls, also, were brought with them. From Kwangsi 1000 men, too, are on their way, and they are ordered to Súchau. The general of the Nanking garrison likewise wrote for an increase of his force, requesting the generalissimo to send back a detachment of 800 of his men, which had been stationed on the banks of the Tsáungó, throughout the past winter. These were to have reinforced the Chinkiáng garrison, but on their arrival there, found orders to return at once to Nanking. He also requested the emperor to send his garrison an increase of 1000 Tartars from Sí-án on the western frontier. But this request was refused, on account of the distance; and he was told to do the best he could with the troops of the province. The brigadier commanding the naval force of Chinkiáng had been stationed at Kiángyin, and the force under his command was scattered between that place and Chinkiáng. The Tartar garrison of Chinkiáng, called by the emperor 1500, appears, by other documents, to have been reduced to 1200 dis- ciplined fighting men, out of a total Tartar population according to oral information, of about 3000 adult males. To these a Tartar force from the Koko-nor, 400 strong, with 13 officers, was added. There were originally 18 pieces of ordnance, but eight of them were lost at Wúsung, and six more were placed in the small battery of Tung-má- tau, and there spiked. These particulars are derived from the returns rendered to Kíying and I'lípú. Besides the numbers here given, there was the city commandant's force of about 800 men,* and
pro- bably some recalled portions of the naval brigade, making a total within the walls of 2400 or 2600 men at arms, with about 1400 more of adult Tartars, who would naturally assist the others in opposing an escalade. The commander-in-chief of Húpe brought a reinforcement of 1000 men from that province, which was joined by a nearly equal number of Kiángsí troops sent from Chekiáng, besides 700 men under the joint commissioner Tsíshin, who also repaired from Che- kiáng to Kiángsú. These encamped outside the walls.
The garrison of Nanking consisted of nearly 3000 men at arms, and of about an equal number of Chinese; (at this moment it is in- creased by the Húpe force that was at Chinkiáng previous to the 21st of July, and by other reinforcements gradually collecting.) The troops
* It appears that this force, the exact number of which was 835 men, was chiefly posted throughout the country: there were however, by addition of a portion at T'sishin's force, or otherwise, not far from 2400 fighting men within the walls.