A short account entitled " A Race to the East" by W F McConnell during his service in HMS ISIS when called to the China Station in 1900 to take part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion.
A short account entitled " A Race to the East" by W F McConnell during his service in HMS ISIS when called to the China Station in 1900 to take part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion. Incomplete - ends with the vessel still steaming to Hong Kong. Written some time in 1901.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/D/6 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1900 - 1901 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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