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The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1860., [Electronic resource], Interesting from the South. (search)
lt, yet the English used to go in and batter them down, periodically, with three or four ships of war. In the narrow waters of the Canton river, there were fortifications just as strong in guns and masonry as those which defeated the English last year, and which have since been retaken at such cost of life; yet every now and then, when a difficulty arose, either an English or an American ship-of-war set the garrison scampering by a few shells.--"Now, it seems, all this is changed. A fort in China is like a fort in Sebastopol, and a Chinese enemy exhausts all the forms of European warfare. The enemy stipulates for the horrors of war, and retires with colors flying and gongs and tom-toms tormenting the atmosphere. It is plain, that as we continue these wars, we are either making them more difficult, or else we are breeding a race of Admirals and Generals who make more of a difficulty in the matter." If articles of peace, as is deemed probable, have followed the military operatio
The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1860., [Electronic resource], Interesting from the South. (search)
The War in China — the Capture of the Taku forts. The China campaign lasted from the days when the Peiho forts were taken. First, the entrenched camp of the Tartars at Ling-ho was captured, in which the Tartar troops behaved gallantly, but stood no chance against the improved fire-arms of the Allies. Next, the fortified towChina campaign lasted from the days when the Peiho forts were taken. First, the entrenched camp of the Tartars at Ling-ho was captured, in which the Tartar troops behaved gallantly, but stood no chance against the improved fire-arms of the Allies. Next, the fortified town of Tong-Kee was captured, and finally the Taku forts were taken. This last engagement is described as follows: The plan of attack for the 21st, I believe, was that the 1st division of English, with the rest of the French, should cross the river and threaten the southern forts, while the 2d division should assault the nearesclosely followed, however, by some Marines, and these by the rest of the storming party. The French adopted a novel mode of getting in. They got up some of their Chinese coolies, and made them stand in the ditch holding scaling ladders up over their heads against the wall, and so at once crossed the second ditch and got to the top