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Soldiering In China From the War Front in 1908
Sailor recounts voyage from Peking to Mantle and Binan, describing bombarded Tianjin, the vast plains, and the aftermath. He compares allied forces including Japanese courage and German discipline, notes looting and preservation of Americans, and portrays daily life of soldiers, hospitals, pay, and duties. He praises Americans and details encounters with multiple national regiments, weathering a typhoon and ending anchored in Binan near Laguna Bay. Battery A, 0 Artillery, Manila Province.
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Mehta Freeman
Vraneiewns
Takat
Warntpe
Peltic
Taka
Dapan
Tongker
China
Ulgist
Ani
Thantaln
Monthance
Kattland
Pekin
Chaffee
England
Ealer
Bette
Meder
Paldler
de Ates
Salere
Hogmtel
Ehildren
Soare
Willy Onur Salilons
Gulliver
Gravels
Herman
Cheng
Prince Chinn
Ana Rutier
Peking
Pike
Grumone Corpee
Lranaport
Sumner
Amar
Numan
McKinbey
Mantle
wboUt
JU Matey
Davy Jones
Matety
Binan
Laguna
Bay Lala
Incente
MO. Martin