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26 But war is war, as I have said. Captain Henry Keppel, RN, recently arrived at the war, went ashore at Woosung after its capture in June 1842. "18 June 1842. Waterloo Day. General Sir Hugh Gough landed in my gig, when I witnessed the horrors of war. Mutilated carcasses of men and horses by hundreds. Houses burning, villages deserted, etc. Struck by the prevalent feeling so strong for destruction". Sir Henry Keppel, A Sailor's Life under Four Sovereigns (London, 3 vols., 1899), Vol.I, p.
27
Wyndham Baker wrote from Amoy, "The troops in the city have picked up a considerable quantity of plunder and some quantity of silver, but of course it would not really do for officers to set them an example, though I have seen the most splendid and elegant satin dresses in possession of some of them." Blackwood's 1964, p.86.
Laurence Shadwell, Life and Campaigns of Lord Clyde (London, 1881), p.120-1.
29 Shadwell, p. 138.
30 Shadwell, p.132. See also Sir John Francis Davis, Chinese Miscellanies: A Collection of Essays and Notes (London, John Murray, 1865), p.161n.
Bingham, Vol.II, p.86.
Belcher, Vol II, pp.213-4. Sir Hugh Gough was particularly angry on this occasion. “You have placed me in a most critical situation," he wrote to Elliot, "My men of all arms are dreadfully harassed, my communications with the rear constantly threatened and escorts attacked. My men must suffer dreadfully from the necessity of continued watchfulness; for however you may put confidence in the Chinese I do not, nor should be justified in relaxing in the least.” Cited in Holt, pp.128-9.
33 Holt, p.112.
34 Holt, p. 108. This step was apparently taken on the advice of the British interpreters to the expedition, who thought it was better to let the town be stripped and deserted than to coerce the civilian population.
35 Ouchterlony, p.225.
36 "Oh for the Joys of England! Lt Orlando Bridgeman's Letters From China and
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26 But war is war, as I have said. Captain Henry Keppel, RN, recently arrived at the war, went ashore at Woosung after its capture in June 1842. "18 June 1842. Waterloo Day. General Sir Hugh Gough landed in my gig, when I witnessed the horrors of war. Mutilated carcasses of men and horses by hundreds. Houses burning, villages deserted, etc. Struck by the prevalent feeling so strong for destruction". Sir Henry Keppel, A Sailor's Life under Four Sovereigns (London, 3 vols., 1899), Vol.I, p.
27
Wyndham Baker wrote from Amoy, "The troops in the city have picked up a considerable quantity of plunder and some quantity of silver, but of course it would not really do for officers to set them an example, though I have seen the most splendid and elegant satin dresses in possession of some of them." Blackwood's 1964, p.86.
Laurence Shadwell, Life and Campaigns of Lord Clyde (London, 1881), p.120-1.
29 Shadwell, p. 138.
30: Shadwell, p.132. See also Sir John Francis Davis, Chinese Miscellanies: A
Collection of Essays and Notes (London, John Murray, 1865), p.161n.
Bingham, Vol.II, p.86.
Belcher, Vol II, pp.213-4. Sir Hugh Gough was particularly angry on this occasion. “You have placed me in a most critical situation," he wrote to Elliot, "My men of all arms are dreadfully harassed, my communications with the rear constantly threatened and escorts attacked. My men must suffer dreadfully from the necessity of continued watchfulness; for however you may put confidence in the Chinese I do not, nor should be justified in relaxing in the least.” Cited in Holt, pp.128-9.
33 Holt, p.112.
34 Holt, p. 108. This step was apparently taken on the advice of the British inter- preters to the expedition, who thought it was better to let the town be stripped and deserted than to coerce the civilian population.
35 Ouchterlony, p.225.
36 "Oh for the Joys of England! Lt Orlando Bridgeman's Letters From China and
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