Posted inColonization & Indigenous Relations
Chinese Attack On Ningpo
We have received viâ Calcutta, intelligence from Macao to the 4th of April, and from Singapore to the 19th of the same month. The news from China is both important…
Posted inLocal Histories Politics
Battle In The Paris Catacombs
The man-hunt in the Paris Catacombs was one of the strangest episodes of the Versaillist occupation. The battle in the streets having terminated, the surviving Communists sought safety in flight.…
Posted inMaritime & Naval History US Civil War
June 26, 1863 – A Bold Adventure—Escape From The Maple Leaf
The Washington Chronicle gives the following particulars of a hold adventure hit up by a number of our brave officers, while being conveyed, on board of a steam boat, to Fort Delaware, having been refused exchange. It is decidedly good, and shows what a few fearless and daring spirits may do: