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Medals of the British navy and how they were won : with a list of those officers, who for their gallant conduct were granted honorary swords and plate by the Committee of the Patriotic Fund (1895)

Long, William H., 1840-1896 · London : Norie & Wilson · leaf 298

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hof June 1840, the Chinese made a futile attempt to destroythe Volage and other English shipping, lying in the Cantonriver, with fire junks, and on the 21st of the same month aBritish squadron consisting of the Wellesley, seventy-four, * There was but one medal issued for the second Chinese war… … JVIedal for J<~irst Chinese Wa¥\. NAYAL MEDALS. 269 Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, Conway, twenty-eight,Captain Bethiine ; Cruiser, sixteen, Commander Giffard ;Algorine, ten. Lieutenant Mason, the Atalanta and Queen, East India Companys steamers, with seventeentransports, carrying a body of…

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