Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Chinese” in chapter 3, page 202 of Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3.:
...lls which presently fall in the midst of the enemy's works.
Shortly after an immense fire is kindled on Thompson's Point, and Farragut's vessels, standing out in the darkness like so many fantastic Chinese figures, present in this sinister light large targets to the welltained
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