Storming the Taku Forts from Dempsey’s Memoir of 1860
In 1860 British and French forces stormed the Taku Forts during the China campaign. John Dempsey of the 60th Rifles recalls mud, ladders, and bamboo assault structures, French and British bravery, and the fall of Tangtu as they pressed toward Pekin. He notes peril, rewards like the Victoria Cross, and the burning of the Summer Palace after demands for captives.
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John Dempsey
Goth Rifles
Walter Wood
China
Great Britain
Vrange
Aku
Pokin
Hope Grant
Dempsay
6Th Rifles
Royal Rifle Corps
Thiames
London
Thames
Ator
Taku
Tangtu
Pekin
Husiyn Rogers
Lenon
John McDougall
Burslem
Thomas Lane
67Th
John Worthy Chaplin
107Th
Leicestershire
Enaign Chaplin
Arthur Fitegibbon
Indian Medical Estabishment
V.C
India
60Th
Celestials
44Th
Afghanistan
Gnodamuck
Ddth
Wasex
Rogers
Wns
Ensign Rogers
Summer Palace
Anyshing
Taka W
Taku! Worts
Thaye
Pohtang
King George V Honored as War Chief by Mohawk Nation
A historical letter from Prince George to the Six Nations at Brantford notes loyalty to Britain and willingness to serve. The piece describes Mohawk chiefs, the Brantford monument to Thayendanega, and Perc y Wood’s elevation as Turtle Clan chief amid Six Nations ceremonies and the 1897 Diamond Jubilee tribute.
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George V
Council of the Six Nations of Indians
Brantford
Ontario
King George
Prince of Wales
Six Nations
Edward
Tomahowho
Duke of Connaught
Percy Wood
Mienis
Mr Wood
Moliawickenief
Thayendanegen
Grand River
Unditn Reservation
Canada
Thiyendanegen
Mr. Wood
Nurtle
Rah-rh-wapasa i
Wood
Improved Gleaner and Shocker reaches market at Winnipeg
Heavy heat and drought shorten grain straw causing losses. The Improved Gleaner and Shocker, tested at the Agricultural College in Winnipeg, saves grain and labor by gathering loose straw and shattered grain, reduces losses, and is easily attached to binders. Sold by Munro Steel & Wire Works Limited from Winnipeg.
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Agricultural College
Winnipeg
Munro Steel & Wire Works
Linited
Novelist Made Iroquois Chief Name White House
Mr. Robert Barr accompanied the Canadian Minister to Iroquois nation hunting grounds and was made a chief, titled the White House, by the redskina.
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Robert Barr
White House
Overcoming Sleepiness Warns of Night Work Ills
The American Medicine view urges sleep as nature’s signal to stop work but notes times when fatigue must be beaten. It advises rest when possible, yet for critical tasks like medicine and surgery opening windows for cold air breaths can refresh judgment, with morning efforts favored for high concentration.
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New York
Wreck of the airship Deutsch land told by crew survivors
A Berlin Tageblatt correspondent and London Daily News observer recount the Deutsch land airship wreck. Passengers faced nine hours of hurricane and a fall of four thousand feet to forest clearance, yet crew courage and calmness helped avert disaster.
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Wu Gormatn
Berliner Tageblatt
Deutschland
G. W. Price
London Daily News
Nutter
Herr Jossmann
Herr Rebner
Kahlenberg
Wagner
United States hay crop outlook and copper coin changes
The USDA reports the Timothy crop behind last year while glover and alfalfa show better prospects. A smaller hay yield is expected nationwide except in the North Atlantic States. The Breeders' Gazette warns of a United States hay shortfall, especially in the West, urging substitutes. In Paris a copper famine leads the government to replace copper with aluminum coins. circulation of aluminum soon, but copper remains scarce for change in shops and post offices.
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United States Department of Agriculture
North Atlantic
Breeders’ Gazette
United States
West
Paris
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Taku Forts
Ho Man
Ile
Nol
Prench
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