Seldom has a British battle been fought amid more picturesque surroundings.Continuing Great Britain Acquires Cape Colony,our selection from A
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Unrest Among the Dutch Settlers in Cape Colony
The Netherlands East India Company had wrought much of its own ruin.Continuing Great Britain Acquires Cape Colony,our selection from A history of
Great Britain Acquires Cape Colony
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Dutch Settlement Before the Coming of the British.IntroductionWhen the
Humulating Defeat of the Chinese
Today's installment concludes Opium War of 1840,our selection from Short History of China by Demetrius Charles Boulger published in 1893.If you
Battles at Chinkiangfoo
The expedition proceeded northward for the Great River, and it was found necessary to attack Woosung, the port of Shanghai, en route.Continuing
Conflicts at Ningpo
The victory at Ching-hai was followed by the unopposed occupation of the important city of Ningpo.Continuing Opium War of 1840,our selection from
The Discovery of the Mississippi
They told him that the Mississippi was infested by hostile Indians, armed with guns procured from white men.Previously in The Discovery of the Great
The Canton Agreement
The terms the Chinese had agreed to in a few hours were that the commissioners and all the troops should retire sixty miles from Canton, and that six
China Gathers Its Forces
The Chinese were busily employed in completing their warlike preparations, which at the same time they kept as secret as possible, in the hope of