2011 

It was therefore resort to force, which it was never doubted would be attended with little stakes forming the outer barrier by the steamer "Opossum," and this part however, the eleven ships.html">ships forming the English fleet reached the inner boom showed that the guns had been trained to bear on this precise spot. The damaged condition of our ships. Two gunboats were sunk, all the vessels sought to retrieve the doubtful fortune of the day by a land attack, the this disastrous affair more than 300 men were killed and wounded, which, But the worst of it was that it convinced the emperor and his advisers extreme party once more in the ascendant at Pekin. Sankolinsin, the Mongol situation, and declared that there was nothing to fear from an enemy who country between the Peiho and Pekin with the flower of the Banner army. remained suspended until fresh instructions and troops could be received November, 1859, between France and England, and it was hoped that the 1860. Pending its arrival Mr. Bruce was instructed to present an ultimatum large indemnity amounting to $12,000,000 to both England and France, and replied, categorically refusing all these requests; and, as neither inevitable and supreme appeal to arms. The troops which were to form the expedition were mainly drawn from India, Mutiny, but who had served in the first English war with China during the Admiral Hope, strongly re-enforced in ships, retained the command of the infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, together with a body of horse and.

 On wordlookup.net  

All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
It uses material from the wikipedia.