under command of Lieutenant Cookes, having advanced at daybreak at a gallop, and engaged the enemy within easy musket range, the spongeman of one of the guns having been shot, Conolly assumed the du ties of second spongeman; and he had barely assisted at two discharges of his gun, when a musket ball through the left thigh felled him to the ground. Nothing daunted by pain and loss of blood, he was endeavouring to resume his post, when a movement in retirement was ordered. Mounting his horse, he rode to the next position the guns took up, and manfully declined going to the rear when the necessity of his doing so was represented to him. At about eleven A.M. he was again knocked down by a musket ball striking him on the hip, causing him great pain and faintness. On hearing his commanding officer direct that he should be taken out of action, he staggered to his feet, exclaiming, "No, no; I'll not go there while I can work here."

Shortly afterwards he once more resumed his post. Later in the day, the guns were engaged at one hundred yards from the walls of a village whence a storm of bullets was directed at them. Here, though suffering severely from his two previous wounds, he was wielding his guns with an energy and courage which attracted the admiration of his comrades; and while cheerfully encouraging a wounded man to hasten in bringing up the ammunition, he was a third time hit by a musket ball which tore through the muscles of his right leg. Even then, with the most undaunted bravery he struggled on, and not until he had loaded six times did he give way, and then only from loss of blood, when he fell fainting at his post into his com

mander's arms, and being placed in a waggon, was borne in a state of unconsciousness from the fight.

Such are the materials of which are made the true British soldiers, the Red-coats of old England, who have nobly upheld her honour and glory in all parts of the world.

We do not pretend to give a catalogue of all the gallant deeds done during that sanguinary struggle worthy of being chronicled. Were we to attempt to give all, we should fail in so doing; and some, whose names were omitted, would complain that we treated their comrades with partiality. The numerous brave acts we have recorded are rather to show of what British soldiers of the present day are capable, and what is more, what sort of deeds are most highly appreciated; for on all, or nearly all, the men whose names we have mentioned, the Victoria Cross has been bestowed; and yet, probably, we have omitted a third of the recipients of that honour, not less deserving than those whose deeds we have recorded.

THE SECOND CHINESE WAR,

1856-1860.

THE Chinese had forgotten the lessons they had received in 1842, as well as the treaties into which they had entered, and commenced a series of aggressive acts against British subjects, the most memorable of which was the seizure of the crew of the lorcha Arrow, in 1856. War was consequently declared, and hostilities were commenced by our naval forces, which, under Sir Michael Seymour, after bombarding Canton in October, and destroying several war junks on the 5th, captured the Bogue Forts, mounting more than four hundred guns, on the 12th and 13th of November, and again attacked the suburbs of Canton on the 12th of January, 1857. The fleet also destroyed a large number of Chinese war junks in the Canton waters; but further operations on land were suspended till the Indian mutiny had been quelled, and Lord Elgin had returned to China.

The British and French troops having united towards the end of December, 1857, the city of Canton was summoned to surrender. On the refusal of the Chinese authorities to do so, a bombardment was commenced by the fleet on the 28th, and the British and French troops landed at Kupar Creek, to the south-east of the town. The English troops were divided into two brigades-the first consisting of the first and second battalions of Royal Marine Light

Infantry, was commanded by Colonel Holloway, of that corps, while the second, which was composed of the Royal Engineers and Volunteer Company of Sappers, Royal Artillery and Royal Marine Artillery, Provisional Battalion Royal Marines, the 59th regiment and 38th Madras Native Infantry, was under Colonel Hope Graham, of the 59th. Colonel Dunlop commanded the artillery. The troops amounted to 2900 men—then there was the British Naval Brigade, consisting of 1829 men, and the French Naval Brigade to 950.

The first attack was made on East or Linn Fort. The Chinese received their assailants with a hot fire, but were soon driven out retreating to Gough's fort. The ships kept up a continued cannonade during the day and the following night, and on the 29th it was determined to make a grand attack by escalade on the east wall of the city. The advance was led by the brave Major Luard, the 59th, under Major Burmister, covering the French Naval Brigade and Royal Marines. At an appointed time the ships were to cease firing, and the assault was to be made. The Chinese, meantime, were keeping up a hot fire on their approaching assailants from their walls. It was necessary to ascertain the best spot for placing the scaling ladders. Captain Bate volunteered to go, and Captain Naun, of the Engineers, accompanied him. Captain Bate had run across an open space, and was looking down into the ditch, when a shot struck him. He fell. Dr. Anderson rushed out through a hot fire, accompanied by Captain Bates' coxswain, to his assistance, but he never spoke again. They escaped uninjured.

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"Some minutes before the time, the French advanced, and the English could not be kept back. They had crossed the ditch, and were clustered under the walls before the scaling ladders could be brought up. A young Frenchman had taken off his shoes and gaiters, and was trying to work himself up the southern angle of the bastion, aided by Major Luard, who was propping him up with the muzzle of the Frenchman's own firelock, when a ladder was placed, and Luard, leaping on it, stood first upon the wall. He was followed by a Frenchman, the bandmaster of the 59th, and Colonel Hope Graham. At the same time, Stuart, of the Engineers, was balancing in air on a breaking ladder at the north side of the bastion; but though he sprang to another, two or three Frenchmen got up before him. Here, also, Corporal Perkins and Daniel Donovan, volunteer sappers, pushing on with the French, were among the first over the wall. Meantime, the Chinese had been tumbling down all sorts of missiles; but when the Allies were once upon the walls, the great body of them retired. They poured down into the city, and fired from the streets; they dodged behind the buildings on the ramparts, and thence took aim with their cumbrous matchlocks. A few single encounters occurred, and Major Luard's revolver disposed of one lingerer; but the Allies generally fired right and left, and pushed on to the right, so as to sweep the wall upwards towards the hill. Helter skelter they went, driving the Tartars close into the town, and before them along the wall, until, some hundred yards in front, they came upon Captain Fellows and his blue-jackets, who were just accomplishing another escalade. Commodore Elliott was well in