The opium clippers / by Basil Lubbock.

  • Lubbock, Basil, 1876-1944.
Date:
1933
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: The opium clippers / by Basil Lubbock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    247/482 (page 197)
    into the fort, she retired to Tongkoo Bay. The wily commandant at Chuenpee at once sent some of the round shot to the Viceroy of Canton as a proof of his glorious victory. The Opium Trade Flourishing. Though Keshen had succeeded by his astute diplomacy in moving the war to a safer distance from the imperial palace, affairs were not going at all as the Emperor and his advisers expected. Besides the occupation of Chusan, Amoy—since the Blonde affair—had been strictly blockaded by H.M.S. Alligator and other vessels. Chief Homeward Bound Passages During Military Operations. Ship Captain From Macao Passed Singapore Arrived At Date Arrived Days Out Ariel Warden April 11 April 29 Calcutta May 30 49 Waterwitch Reynell May 14 June 10 June 24 41 Kitty Willie Aug. 5 Sept. 15 >) Oct. 10 66 Mor Young Oct. 15 Oct. 27 Bombay Dec. 2 48 Sir H. Compton Boulton „ 13 „ 27 Sylph Yiall „ 18 Nov. 2 Calcutta Nov. 30 43 Boh Roy McKinnon „ 26 „ 9 >> Dec. 4 39 Amelia Randle Nov. 4 „ 17 » Dec. 17 43 Poppy .. Ovenstone „ 6 „ 20 »» „ 21 45 A riel Warden „ 30 Dec. 13 Jan. 11 ’41 42 Falcon .. Pike Dec. 4 — >» „ 8’41 35 Syed Khan Horsburgh Jan. 6 ’41 Jan. 17 it Feb. 6 31 Bengal Packet Steward „ 17’14 ,, 30 >> „ 24 38 An attempt to cut off Macao by building a barrier across the narrow isthmus was upset by the prompt action of Captain Smith. Taking with him the Larne, Hyacinth, Enterprise steamer and Louisa cutter, he attacked the works, scattered the war junks like chaff, spiked the 12 guns mounted in the field-work and drove the Chinese soldiers away from their parapets and newly built guard¬ house with the loss of only four men wounded. After everything possible had been destroyed or fired, the landing force was reim- barked and the ships returned to the Macao Roads. Whilst all these military operations were in progress, the opium trade, about which the war was being waged, was flourishing. At this date, August to