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A proposal to provincial authorities re methods of attacking British ships, including...
Catalogue reference: FO 931/1859
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This record is about the A proposal to provincial authorities re methods of attacking British ships, including... dating from [1856-1857] in the series Kwangtung Provincial Archives: Documents of the Chinese Administration in Kwangtung. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 931/1859
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1856-1857]
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Description (What the record is about)
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A proposal to provincial authorities re methods of attacking British ships, including suffocating British by their own gunsmoke; creation of a smoke screen along the shore to block their views and at the same time prevent Chinese soldiers from seeing coming cannon balls and thereby not being frightened; divers should also be used. 3 ff.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- F.O. 682/279 A/5 (11)
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Chinese
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3157144/
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FO 931
Kwangtung Provincial Archives: Documents of the Chinese Administration in Kwangtung
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