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War medals of the British Army, and how they were won

Note 99 — CAPTURE OF CANTON. 29th. December, 1857.

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Yeh was captured while endeavouring to escape, by a party of blue jackets, under the command of Captain Key, who took the Commissioner with his own hand. He was eventually sent as a prisoner to Calcutta, where he died in the month of April following.

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