The "ever-victorious Army,"
Title | The "ever-victorious Army," PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1868 |
Genre | China |
ISBN |
The 'Ever-Victorious Army'
Title | The 'Ever-Victorious Army' PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Wilson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 473 |
Release | 2010-12-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1108024076 |
This 1868 work recounts an early success of the future Gordon of Khartoum, in China in 1863-1864.
Mercenaries and Mandarins
Title | Mercenaries and Mandarins PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Joseph Smith |
Publisher | Kto Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The "ever-victorious Army". A History of the Chinese Campaign Under St. -Col. C. G. Gordon and of the Suppression of the Tai-Ping Rebellion
Title | The "ever-victorious Army". A History of the Chinese Campaign Under St. -Col. C. G. Gordon and of the Suppression of the Tai-Ping Rebellion PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 486 |
Release | 1868 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Ever-victorious Army a History of the Chinese Campaign Under Lt-Col C. G. Gordon, CB, RE, and of the Suppression of the Tai-Ping Rebellion by Andrew Wilson
Title | The Ever-victorious Army a History of the Chinese Campaign Under Lt-Col C. G. Gordon, CB, RE, and of the Suppression of the Tai-Ping Rebellion by Andrew Wilson PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1868 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Story of General Gordon
Title | The Story of General Gordon PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Lang |
Publisher | Jazzybee Verlag |
Pages | 73 |
Release | 2023-07-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3849663779 |
Major General Charles George Gordon, also known as 'Chinese Gordon' or 'Gordon Pasha', was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War and made his military reputation in China, where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army", a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. This little illustrated book tell his story in a language comprehendible for children and youths.
Armies of the Nineteenth Century: China
Title | Armies of the Nineteenth Century: China PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Heath |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Armies |
ISBN | 9781901543025 |
Ian Heath has assembled 183 line drawings and 39 photographs to illustrate the huge array of costumes and uniforms worn during this period. Coverage includes the Taipeng and Boxer rebellions, Formosa, the Mongols and Gordon's Ever Victorious Army. Ian Heath's accompanying text is one of the most coherent accounts available of Chinese history during this turbulent period. Includes extensive bibliography. All the volumes in this series have a high quality traditional gold-embossed cloth cover and no dust jacket.