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... Sungkiang . With the help of accurate artillery fire , and after fierce hand - to - hand fighting with the Taiping troops , the city was taken . The reward money for the capture of Sungkiang and the possibil- ity of future looting drew ...
... Sungkiang . With the help of accurate artillery fire , and after fierce hand - to - hand fighting with the Taiping troops , the city was taken . The reward money for the capture of Sungkiang and the possibil- ity of future looting drew ...
Page 81
... Sungkiang to await its next com- mander . In March 1863 , having completed his surveying work , Gordon took command of the Ever - Victorious Army . The day before he left for Sungkiang he wrote to his mother with some trepidation : “ I ...
... Sungkiang to await its next com- mander . In March 1863 , having completed his surveying work , Gordon took command of the Ever - Victorious Army . The day before he left for Sungkiang he wrote to his mother with some trepidation : “ I ...
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... Sungkiang to spend their pay and " prize - money " before heading back into action . Gordon yielded , but once in Sungkiang faced a new threat of mutiny . His men , Gordon commented , were " reliable in action . . . [ but ] trou ...
... Sungkiang to spend their pay and " prize - money " before heading back into action . Gordon yielded , but once in Sungkiang faced a new threat of mutiny . His men , Gordon commented , were " reliable in action . . . [ but ] trou ...
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To God Through the Stars | 3 |
Bodies or Souls | 34 |
Glorious Days of Looting | 57 |
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