Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Chefoo cut off by war and frozen sea. Beach covered in huge blocks of ice. 2) Threat of attack on Europeans by mutinous soldiers proves to be a false alarm, but Arthur prepares pepper impregnated cotton wool balls as a defence mechanism. 3) First casualties from Wei-hai start to arrive.


Date(s) of creation: February 3, 1895.
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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