Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-06987-9 — The Qing Empire and the Opium War Mao Haijian , Translated by Joseph Lawson , Peter Lavelle , Craig Smith , Introduction by Julia Lovell Index More Information Index 18th Regiment , 286 , 306 35 – 37 , 45 , 119 – 21 , 122 , 209 ; coastal , 34 , 26th Regiment , 205 , 242 , 286 35 – 36 , 38 , 115 ; concealed , 208 ; early- 37th Regiment , 257 warning , 199 ; fortii ed , vi , 36 , 121 , 209 , 37th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry , 206 218 – 20 , 281 , 493 ; sand- bagged , 210 , 218 , 49th Regiment , 205 , 286 232 , 309 55th Regiment , 286 , 306 Battle at Dinghai, showing the British attacks, 98th Regiment , 384 Qing defensive positions, and the walled town of Dinghai , 305 Ackbar , 385 Battle at Guangzhou, showing British Aigun , 500 attacks , 241 American citizens , 452 , 456 – 58 , 460 , 462 , Battle at Humen, showing the British attacks 463 – 64 , 465 – 68 , 475 , 478 , 511 , 513 and Qing defensive positions , 198 American envoys , 458 – 59 , 461 Battle at Wusong, showing British attacks and American merchants , 96 , 97 – 99 , 152 , 218 , Qing defensive positions , 380 227 , 455 – 57 , 503 Battle at Xiamen, showing main British American ships , 103 , 456 – 57 , 467 attacks and Qing defensive positions , 287 American treaties , 478 Battle at Zhapu, showing Qing defensive Amoy , 427 , 452 positions and British attacks , 376 Anhui , 50 – 51 , 88 , 111 , 163 – 64 , 178 , 324 , 328 , Battle at Zhenhai, showing the Qing defensive 331 , 353 – 54 , 358 positions and British attacks , 311 Ansei Five- Power Treaties , 488 Battle at Zhenjiang, showing British attacks Anstruther , 169 , 171 – 72 , 179 – 80 and the walled city of Zhenjiang , 388 anti- opium efforts on stopping the trade at the Battle of Chuanbi , 4 , 114 – 15 , 116 , 118 – 19 , ports , 12 , 75 – 76 , 78 , 81 , 106 , 110 126 , 205 anti- prohibitionists , 78 Battle of Humen , 83 – 85 , 92 – 93 , 120 – 21 , Archimède (steam- powered vessel from 126 – 28 , 192 – 93 , 197 – 205 , 211 – 15 , 219 – 21 , France) , 478 245 – 46 , 447 – 49 Atalanta , 127 , 242 Battle of Kowloon , 116 Auckland , 385 Battle of Kwun Chung , 114 Aurora (Dent’s merchant ship) , 239 Battle of Xiamen , 58 , 288 , 290 Battle of Zhenhai , 141 , 318 , 322 , 331 , 333 Bai Hanzhang , 145 , 171 Battle of Zhenjiang , vi , 35 , 43 , 50 , 55 , 243 , Bai River , 15 374 , 384 – 92 , 397 , 400 – 02 , 404 Bandi , 291 , 293 , 310 , 312 Battle on the river at Guangzhou, showing bandits , 73 , 126 , 301 , 316 , 320 , 350 , 353 , British attacks , 219 419 , 497 battlei elds , 32 , 56 , 126 , 130 – 31 , 211 – 12 , 300 , banner troops , 375 , 377 , 386 – 89 , 390 323 , 348 , 378 , 395 Bao Peng , 194 battlements , 31 , 36 – 37 ; see also batteries Baoshan , vi , 38 , 50 , 162 , 377 – 83 , 384 , 389 , Becher (sometimes written Bixia) , 257 396 , 398 Beijing , 86 – 87 , 138 – 40 , 188 , 212 – 14 , Baoshan Gazetteer , 4 5 227 – 30 , 271 – 72 , 458 – 60 , 462 – 64 , 475 – 77 , batteries , 36 – 38 , 119 – 23 , 135 , 198 – 201 , 205 , 512 – 13 ; Daoguang emperor in , 328 ; and 208 – 9 , 211 , 219 – 21 , 309 , 377 – 78 ; cannon , the Eight Banners forces in , 39 ; and the 537 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-06987-9 — The Qing Empire and the Opium War Mao Haijian , Translated by Joseph Lawson , Peter Lavelle , Craig Smith , Introduction by Julia Lovell Index More Information 538 Index grain shortage , 15 ; and the Imperial Palace British government , xvi , 7 , 91 , 96 , 97 – 99 , 106 , Museum , 40 ; ofi cials in , 177 ; Sino- Russian 196 , 374 , 383 , 513 negotiations in , 500 British governor of Hong Kong , 503 Bengal , 105 – 06 , 372 British marines , 121 , 205 – 06 , 289 Benoit (Consul) , 471 – 74 British merchandise , 423 , 435 Bernard, W.D. , 304 British merchant vessels , 84 , 117 , 221 Bingham, J.E. , 220 , 257 , 304 British merchants , 97 – 99 , 119 , 189 , 195 – 96 , Bixia , 257 ; see also Becher 226 , 227 , 429 , 432 , 454 , 456 blockade , 91 – 92 , 94 – 95 , 98 , 127 – 28 , 138 – 39 , British military expenses , 150 – 51 , 161 , 170 , 163 , 165 , 218 , 384 – 87 , 401 ; British , 99 , 185 , 196 , 273 , 282 , 415 , 433 , 495 139 , 162 , 185 , 433 ; of Guangzhou , 103 British navy , 10 – 13 , 35 , 54 – 56 , 103 , 106 – 07 , Board of Personnel , 3 , 67 109 – 10 , 115 , 135 – 36 , 152 , 273 – 74 Board of Punishments , 1 , 76 , 79 , 161 , 231 British ofi cers , 135 , 150 , 169 , 171 , 253 , 257 , Board of Revenue , 232 , 283 , 361 – 62 , 430 , 281 , 294 446 , 449 , 468 British ofi cials , 4 , 185 , 187 , 190 , 505 Board of Shipbuilding , 34 British opium merchants, xvi , 79 , 92 , 98 , 100 , Board of Works , 34 141 , 200 Bourchier, Thomas , 181 British Plenipotentiary , 64 , 170 , 393 Bremer, James , 126 – 28 , 131 , 133 , 134 – 35 , British prisoners , 295 , 316 , 393 – 95 , 417 , 442 168 – 70 , 171 , 207 – 09 , 250 , 253 , 256 – 57 British records , 114 , 135 , 203 , 217 – 18 , 242 , bribes , 3 – 5 , 11 , 41 , 62 , 69 , 75 , 91 , 94 , 203 , 244 , 254 , 303 , 304 , 335 – 36 317 British reinforcements , 397 brigades , 43 – 46 , 48 , 51 , 58 , 59 , 68 , 69 , 70 , British ships , 112 – 13 , 120 – 21 , 123 – 25 , 338 , 388 ; cavalry , 51 ; left , 49 , 58 ; right , 49 , 205 – 06 , 239 – 40 , 286 , 303 – 04 , 333 – 34 , 58 ; water force , 131 428 , 429 Britain , 7 – 9 , 97 – 98 , 104 – 06 , 149 – 50 , British smugglers , 186 185 – 86 , 416 – 17 , 428 – 29 , 451 – 52 , 469 – 70 , British soldiers , 16 , 30 , 56 , 122 , 124 , 171 , 485 – 88 ; military strength of , 82 ; prestige 206 , 223 , 225 , 251 – 53 , 257 , 288 , 290 , of , 457 ; rights and privileges in China , 452 ; 294 , 298 , 306 , 428 , 439 ; and Han traitors , scientists and manufacturers , x , 31 ; see also 253 ; defending Sifang Fort , 259 ; on England Jinjishan , 313 British attacks , vi , 135 , 139 , 219 , 241 – 42 , 305 , British steamships , 335 , 385 , 387 , 391 311 , 380 , 382 , 388 ; delayed by typhoons , British steamships in Chinese waters in 249 ; main , vi , 287 ; potential , 54 ; and Qing August 1842 , 385 defensive positions , 376 British subjects resident in China , 149 , 171 , British cannon balls , 30 , 205 , 210 , 218 – 19 , 419 , 427 , 432 , 450 , 453 , 454 , 465 , 505 250 , 280 , 286 , 289 , 310 – 12 , 377 British traders , 132 , 427 British commanders , 128 , 138 , 157 , 187 , 243 , British viewing Guan’s preparations for 259 , 335 battle , 208 British communications , 145 , 156 , 172 , 197 British warships in Chinese waters in August British Consul , 448 , 494 , 503 1842 , 385 British Crown , 17 , 105 – 06 , 149 British warships outside Humen in by the end British expeditionary forces , 27 , 42 , 54 , 114 , of June 1840 , 127 131 , 138 , 358 , 369 , 374 , 383 – 84 British weapons , 27 – 28 British expenses during the Opium War , 415 British withdrawal , 260 – 61 , 423 , 428 British i eld batteries , vi , 205 , 210 , 305 Brunswick ril es , 28 – 30 British l eet , 128 , 132 , 156 , 277 , 281 , 286 , Burma , 164 , 398 387 British forces , 234 – 37 , 253 – 54 , 302 – 04 , Callery, Joseph Marie , 480 349 – 50 , 369 – 71 , 373 – 78 , 380 – 90 , 394 – 95 , candidates , 62 – 63 , 78 , 259 , 262 , 316 , 337 – 39 400 – 1 , 404 – 05 ; overcoming a fortii ed cannon balls , 32 , 219 , 312 , 368 battery at Dahuangyan , 218 ; in Tianjin , 171 ; cannon batteries , 35 – 37 , 45 , 119 – 21 , wreaking havoc in eastern Zhejiang , 354 ; in 122 , 209 Wusong and Baoshan , 384 cannons , 30 – 37 , 115 – 16 , 121 – 24 , 199 – 200 , British foreign secretary , 83 , 100 204 – 10 , 279 – 82 , 288 – 90 , 296 – 99 , 366 – 69 , © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-06987-9 — The Qing Empire and the Opium War Mao Haijian , Translated by Joseph Lawson , Peter Lavelle , Craig Smith , Introduction by Julia Lovell Index More Information Index 539 385 ; “alphabet- letter” , 38 ; barrages of , 210 ; Chinese people , xviii – xix , 5 – 7 , 25 , 266 , exchange of , 135 , 306 ; heavy , 37 , 210 ; 429 , 431 , 451 , 461 , 464 , 513 ; and light , 209 , 306 ; total number of , 209 , 281 attitudes to foreigners , 429 ; ordinary , xvii ; Canton River , 128 struggles , 270 Cantonese merchants , 77 Chinese Repository , 131 , 344 Cao’e , 338 Chinese ships , xvii , 335 Cao’e River , 330 – 31 , 336 , 338 , 346 Chinese smugglers , 75 , 89 , 114 Carson, Caleb , 459 , 461 Chongqing , 314 , 325 , 506 , 513 casualties , 135 , 207 , 221 , 240 , 255 , 257 , 304 , Christianity , 478 – 79 , 481 – 84 313 , 335 – 36 , 390 ; British , 221 , 253 , 257 , Chuanbi, Battle of , 4 , 114 – 15 , 116 , 118 – 19 , 381 – 82 , 389 ; heavy , 312 ; Qing , 58 , 115 , 126 , 205 288 , 390 – 91 Chuzhou , 299 , 301 , 303 , 318 – 19 , 333 Catholicism , 482 – 83 Cixi , 329 , 335 – 36 , 338 , 350 ceasei res , 173 , 175 , 207 – 08 , 215 , 217 , coastal batteries , 34 , 35 – 36 , 38 , 115 223 – 24 , 234 – 35 , 247 , 255 , 260 – 61 coastal provinces , vii , 50 – 53 , 106 – 08 , 109 , Censorate , 76 , 317 125 , 161 , 162 , 164 , 172 , 443 Chahar , 43 , 53 , 72 , 358 cohong merchants , 90 , 93 – 94 , 185 , 195 – 96 , Changxiling , 332 , 333 , 336 409 , 417 , 422 , 431 – 32 , 493 , 495 Changzhou- Zhenjiang circuit intendant , 386 , collapse of the Southeastern Ramparts , 401 , 421 271 – 341 Chaozhou , 368 communications , 8 , 9 – 10 , 82 – 84 , 136 , 140 , Chen Huacheng , 62 , 64 , 136 , 162 , 316 , 142 – 43 , 144 – 45 , 162 , 187 , 188 ; British , 323 – 24 , 377 – 78 , 381 – 82 145 , 156 , 172 , 197 ; diplomatic , 16 , 93 ; Chen Liansheng , 322 – 23