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Updated: May 21, 2025

The plan arranged was that under cover of the naval guns on the east the Russians and Germans should take the Chinese batteries to the north-east of the city, while the Japanese and British should at the same time deliver their attack upon the city to facilitate the capture of the batteries by the Russians. The Japanese were under their own general, the rest of the allies under General Donvard.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Sailors: Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign