Taeping

Then, after old "Taeping" had succumbed to too much "Digger's Rest," and

"Chinkie's Flat" 1904 Louis Becke 1884

Among them were two men who had become possessed of the "Ever Victorious" battery, left to them by the recently deceased "Taeping," who had succumbed to alleged rum and bad whiskey.

"Chinkie's Flat" 1904 Louis Becke 1884

Sunday), and he and old "Taeping" between them owned a dozen of kangaroo dogs, which lived on the community generally, and afforded much exciting sport every Saturday, either in hunting kangaroos or Chinamen, both of which were plentiful in the vicinity.

"Chinkie's Flat" 1904 Louis Becke 1884

Robin Knox-Johnston skipper of the yacht Taeping in the TSc Clipper

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Taeping chiefs themselves, while the prince Kung, in the name of the emperor, wrote a letter of the most hearty gratitude for Gordon's services to the British minister at Pekin.

The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

Moh Wang in particular, the captain of the city, had shown special skill and courage, and before the town fell Gordon had obtained a promise from Li Hung Chang that the Taeping commander's fate should be placed in his hands.

The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

The insurrection -- or the Taeping rebellion, as it is called -- could have been easily put down in the beginning, but ministers in China are slow to move, and it soon became a real danger to the empire.

The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

With the taking of Soo-chow the Taeping resistance was really broken, and soon Nankin and Hangchow were the only important places left to them, though plenty of fighting was still to be done.

The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

All around it were waterways leading to the sea, but the Grand Canal itself, stretching away to the Yang-tse-kiang, was held by the Taeping general Chung Wang.

The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909

Tien Wang, one of the Taeping commanders within the walls of Nankin, seeing that the cause was tottering to its fall, committed suicide in the manner proper to his rank by swallowing gold leaf.

The Red Book of Heroes Mrs. Lang 1909