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We were to be one of a convoy of transports which, sailing at different times from different ports, were to rendezvous in Talienwan Bay on the east coast of the Liaotung
Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War James Allan
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In 1894 the war between Japan and China broke out, and when China, humbled, sued for peace, Japan demanded the cession of the Liaotung
The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen
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On another occasion, off the western coast of the Liaotung, we came upon a fleet of junks, craft engaged in coast trade, I presume.
Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War James Allan
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We therefore, in spite of the unintelligible protests of Lin Wong, cast anchor, having hoisted American colours, in one of the numerous bays that indent the rocky coast of the Liaotung.
Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War James Allan
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Japan had been forced to vacate the conquered province of Liaotung on the mainland because she was unable to prevail against three European powers, who were for once agreed in maintaining that all Chinese booty belonged to Europe, for they regarded China as a bankrupt estate to be divided among her creditors.
Banzai! by Parabellum Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff 1903
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Government, acting in concert with those of France and Germany, intervened with a menacing declaration that the cession of the Liaotung
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898
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Powers, they decided on May 4 to give way, and to restore the Liaotung
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898
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We therefore, in spite of the unintelligible protests of Lin Wong, cast anchor, having hoisted American colours, in one of the numerous bays that indent the rocky coast of the Liaotung.
Under the Dragon Flag Allan, James 1898
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On another occasion, off the western coast of the Liaotung, we came upon a fleet of junks, craft engaged in coast trade, I presume.
Under the Dragon Flag Allan, James 1898
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She could now attack Talien, Port Arthur, and Weihaiwei, naval stations on the Liaotung and Shantung peninsulas, where strong permanent fortifications had been built under the direction of European experts.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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