Record Number: 18517
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I had an opportunity once of reading, side by side,the despatches of the Chinese commander (published in the "Peking Gazette") and the despatches of the French general (published by the French Government) about the same battles. It was most instructive reading.The Chinese reported to the emperor [...] that the French had from ten to twenty times the number they really had ; and the slaughter these gallant Chinese soldiers effected beats everything previously recorded in history. Accirding to the "Peking Gazette", no les than 1,800,000 Frenchmen were actually killed in the Tonquin [sic] war: and according to the same authority Admiral Courbet was killed on forty-six occasions.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 17 Apr 1887 and 23 Apr 1887
Country:China
Timen/a
Place:city: Kwei-hwa-cheng
specific address: China Inland Mission House
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:31 May 1863
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:soldier and explorer
Religion:Evangelical Christian at the time later promoted his own brand of spirituality
Country of Origin:India, English parents
Country of Experience:China
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Peking Gazette
Genre:army despatches
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1883-1884 (during Sino-French War in Tonkin)
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:18517
Source:Francis E. Younghusband
Editor:n/a
Title:The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Pamirs and Chitrai, 1884-1894
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1897
Vol:n/a
Page:72
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Francis E. Younghusband, The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Pamirs and Chitrai, 1884-1894, (London, 1897), p. 72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18517, accessed: 28 September 2024
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