Incidents in the china war of 1860...
Edinburgh and London.
William Blackwood and Sons, 1875.
First edition.
8vo.
xiv, 263pp, [1]. With a half-title and three engraved folding maps. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Sons in contemporary gilt-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to head of half-title.
The sole edition of an account of the Second Opium War, compiled from the private journals of British Army officer Sir James Hope Grant (1808-1875), Commander of the English Expedition.
Widely considered one of the most formidable soldiers of his day, Grant, a veteran of the Sikh Wars and the Indian Rebellion, was nominated in 1860 to lead the joint Anglo-French expedition sent to China to force the hand of government officials to ratify the Treaty of Tientsin thus opening Chinese ports to foreign trade and allowing the import of opium.
The combined force made landfall in August and proceeded to successfully assault and capture the Taku forts, route Chinese forces at Palichiao, and advance on Peking, forcing the city to surrender. In recognition of his services during the highly successful campaign, Grant was created a GCB by Queen Victoria.
£ 750.00
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Widely considered one of the most formidable soldiers of his day, Grant, a veteran of the Sikh Wars and the Indian Rebellion, was nominated in 1860 to lead the joint Anglo-French expedition sent to China to force the hand of government officials to ratify the Treaty of Tientsin thus opening Chinese ports to foreign trade and allowing the import of opium.
The combined force made landfall in August and proceeded to successfully assault and capture the Taku forts, route Chinese forces at Palichiao, and advance on Peking, forcing the city to surrender. In recognition of his services during the highly successful campaign, Grant was created a GCB by Queen Victoria.
