A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 3 (of 3)

CHAPTER LXVI

FATSHAN CREEK

[Sidenote: 1857. May 30.]

The time had arrived that the Admiral had arranged for the destruction of the Chinese Fleet. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, my late aide-de-camp when I had the Naval Brigade in Crimea, was now with me as Commodore’s Flag Lieutenant. My gig only held one sitter besides self. Among my other boys I had on board the _Hong-Kon...