{"product_id":"the-closing-events-of-the-campaign-in-china-the-operations-in-the-yang-tze-kiang-and-treaty-of-nanking-paperback-9781108061384","title":"The Closing Events of the Campaign in China; The Operations in the Yang-Tze-Kiang, and Treaty of Nanking (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108061384","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Closing Events of the Campaign in China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Operations in the Yang-Tze-Kiang, and Treaty of Nanking\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1843 first-hand account from the close of the First Opium War by a British naval officer serving in China.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGranville Gower Loch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108061384, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1843 work by naval officer Granville Gower Loch (1813–53) is based on his journal of the capture of Chinkiang (Zhenjiang) in July 1842, the last major battle of the First Opium War. Covering not only military and diplomatic activity, the work also contains Loch's colourful descriptions of the region's landscape, architecture, commerce, people and customs. Having been promoted to captain in August 1841, Loch had gone to China as a volunteer and aide-de-camp to General Sir Hugh Gough (1779–1869). Following service in the West Indies, he was killed on a mission in Burma during the Second Anglo-Burmese War. A monument was erected to his memory in St Paul's Cathedral. One of his brothers, Henry Brougham Loch (1827–1900), also later served under Gough and his Personal Narrative of Occurrences during Lord Elgin's Second Embassy to China (1869) has been reissued in this series.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Straits of Sunda\u003cbr\u003e 2. Departure from Singapore\u003cbr\u003e 3. Dismantling of the Woo-sung forts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Observations\u003cbr\u003e 5. Surveyors' return\u003cbr\u003e 6. Seung-shan, or 'Silver Island'\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reconnaissance of enemy's position\u003cbr\u003e 8. Landing of provisions for garrison\u003cbr\u003e 9. Anchor of Nanking\u003cbr\u003e 10. Chinese official correspondence\u003cbr\u003e 11. Trip to the Dido\u003cbr\u003e 12. Excursion to Nanking\u003cbr\u003e 13. The imperial commissioners\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Military history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Military history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Military%20history%20%5BHBW%5D%22\"\u003eHBW\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266140852504,"sku":"9781108061384","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108061384i.jpg?v=1696748400","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-closing-events-of-the-campaign-in-china-the-operations-in-the-yang-tze-kiang-and-treaty-of-nanking-paperback-9781108061384","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}