This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...Customs, now strongly urged Gordon's resuming the field, since his inaction was the strongest encouragement to the disaffected, and pointed out with great clearness that, as he had nothing more to do to add to his reputation (since Soochow had fallen) and constant personal risk to undergo, this action could only be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...Customs, now strongly urged Gordon's resuming the field, since his inaction was the strongest encouragement to the disaffected, and pointed out with great clearness that, as he had nothing more to do to add to his reputation (since Soochow had fallen) and constant personal risk to undergo, this action could only be ascribed to his laying aside private feeling for the welfare of the province he had delivered. Urged by this and the like opinions, and with the special sanction of Sir P. Bruce, who wrote that he had obtained at Pekin ' a positive promise in writing from this government that, in cases of capitulations, where you are present, nothing is to be done without your consent, ' Gordon retook the field towards the end of February 1864. To understand his remaining operations, it is necessary to remember that Soochow is at the central point of the Kiangnan peninsula, and Nanking at its northwest corner, 100 miles off; that theTaipings were now confined chiefly to the western side of the district, and that, if this were cut through by a line carried across from Soochow to the Imperialist entrenchments near Nanking, their armies would be reduced to acting within two separate strips of no great size, and would probably be unable any longer to exist. Gordon's plan, therefore, was to take and occupy the towns of Yesing, Liyang, and Kintang, upon this line, and thus connecting the Imperialists at Soochow with those before Nanking, to divide their enemies completely. Yesing, being on the Taho Lake, was captured without much difficulty on March 1st, and Gordon advancing rapidly on Liyang, and offering its garrison easy terms, it was surrendered without resistance on the 4th. The district around was found to be fearfully wasted by the Taipings, who had held it undis...
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