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Excerpt from Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, Performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, During the Years 1836 1842, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, From Dec; 1840 to Nov; 1841
Naval force in the Canton river - The forts of Chuenpee and Ty cocktow attacked - Destruction of the war-junks - Preparations for forcing the Bocca Tigris - A barber surgeon made prisoner - Turned to account - Operations suspended - The captured forts givenup - Squadron descends the river - Take possession of Hong-kong - Hostilities resumed - Return to the Bocca Tigris - A battery constructed on South Wangtong - The forts of the Bocca Tigris cannonaded and stormed - Cruelties of the Sepoys - Ascend the river - Affair of the First Bar Fort -the Cam bridge burnt - Unmask a battery - A man killed - Take pos session of Howqua's Folly - Chinese charges for a gun Operations in the river, and before Canton - Another truce and its remarkable terms - The Commodore goes to Calcutta.
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