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Review of Public Occurrences During the
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26th. The forts at the Bogue were attacked and taken by the British forces, under command of sir Gordon Bremer. A notice was issued the same day by the commander-in-chief, raising the blockade of the Bogue.
27th. A battery of some 50 guns, just below Whampoa, was des- troyed, and the late British ship Cambridge (then called the Che- sapeake) was blown up.
March 1st. The river was cleared for ships to Whampoa, and the vessels proceeded up the river.
2d. Major-general sir Hugh Gough, K. C. B. &c., &c., arrived at Whampoa, in H. M. brig Cruizer, to assume command of the British land forces.
A masked battery, on the northeast end of Whampoa island was carried by boats' crews, and the advanced squadron anchored off Howqua's fort. Vol. X., pp. 179, 180.
3d. The prefect of Canton, after a good deal of hesitation, visited capt. Elliot under a flag of truce, and a suspension of hostilities ensued.
About this time a board of commissioners was appointed by the emperor, and dispatched to Canton. These were Yishán, Lungwan, Yáng Fáng, and Tsíshin.
6th. The armistice granted by H. M. plenipotentiary having ex- pired, Napier's fort, in immediate advance of Howqua's folly, was occupied by the British forces, and a proclamation issued to the Chinese of Canton, sparing the city on condition that the people would remain quiet.
10th. The plenipotentiary at Macao, issued a circular, declaring that the passports of the Chinese granted to other ships than the British could not be respected, the port of Canton from one extreme to the other being under her Britannic majesty's arms.
12th. Kishen, having been degraded and deprived of his insignia and credentials of office, and recalled to Peking, left Canton as a prisoner under guard.
13th. The fort, in the Macao passage, near Canton, was occupied by British forces, under command of captain Herbert.
On the same day, the Nemesis, lieut. Hall, proceeded from Macao to Canton by the Inner Passage, destroying several forts and nine junks on her way up. Captain Elliot was on board.
18th. A flag of truce having been fired on, during the 16th, the remaining defenses in Macao passage, the Dutch folly, a large flo- tilla of boats, were taken or destroyed, and the city of Canton placed
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