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China: Zhili (or Chih-li; now Hebei province). 'Plan of the Takoo [Taku] Forts showing...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/990/2/31

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Reference
WO 78/990/2/31
Date
1872
Description

China: Zhili (or Chih-li; now Hebei province). 'Plan of the Takoo [Taku] Forts showing the operations for their capture by the Allied armies from 1st to 22nd August 1860 and also the situation of the attack on the south Forts in 1859': map of the area (now part of Tianjin) between Beitang, Tanggu and Dagu. Reference table to British, French and Chinese troops and movements. Scale: 4 inches to 5 miles. Compass indicator; west at the top. Sketched and drawn by Lieutenant R Harrison, Royal Engineers. Various pencilled additions, including one dated May 1872, marking the site of a new camp.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
China/Battles, Sieges & Warlike Operations/22
Former reference
MR 153 (29); WO 38/20/29
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
73 cm x 62 cm
Physical condition
MS, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448289/

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