CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12] — Page 191

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Exte

to war office, cips

LF.

27 Sept

Sir

9071. tong Jong188

RECEIVE

14 SEP

1859.

vernment

Offices, Victoria Stomphony, 21th July, 1857.

It is my painful duty to inform you that on the afternoon of Montag last the 18th Instant, Mr. Rumbold

"Secretary of the British Legation to China arrived here by the Mail Steamer Aden" om Shanghae bringing intelligence

of a most disastrous repulse

enstained by the Naval Force under Admiral Stope at the mouth of the Piiko River.

M. Rumbold who

The Right Honorable.

goes

Sir Edward B. Lytton, 88., M. 8.,

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Extract to War Office, CIPS LF. 27 Sept

Sir,

9071. Tong Jong 188

Received 14 Sep 1859.

Government Offices, Victoria Symphony, 21st July, 1857.

It is my painful duty to inform you that on the afternoon of Monday last, the 18th Instant, Mr. Rumbold, Secretary of the British Legation to China, arrived here by the Mail Steamer Aden from Shanghai, bringing intelligence of a most disastrous repulse sustained by the Naval Force under Admiral Sir Michael Seymour at the mouth of the Peiho River.

The Right Honorable Sir Edward B. Lytton, M.P.

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Extract to War Office, CIPS LF. 27 Sept

Sir,

9071. Tong Jong 188

Received 14 SEP 1859.

Offices, Victoria Symphony, 21st July, 1857.

It is my painful duty to inform you that on the afternoon of Monday last the 18th Instant, Mr. Rumbold, Secretary of the British Legation to China, arrived here by the Mail Steamer Aden from Shanghai, bringing intelligence of a most disastrous repulse sustained by the Naval Force under Admiral Stope at the mouth of the Peiho River.

M. Rumbold who goes to The Right Honorable Sir Edward B. Lytton, M.P.

He.

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