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Sungkiang
/ -kaɪˈæŋ; ˈsʊŋˈkjæŋ /
noun
- a former province of NE China: now part of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region
Example Sentences
In March 1863 Gordon proceeded to Sungkiang to take command of the force, which had received the name of “The Ever-Victorious Army,” an encouraging though somewhat exaggerated title, considering its previous history.
According to Japanese authorities, Chinese were transporting cement and barbed wire to Sungkiang for the construction of defense works.
In order to test the quality of this force it was decided to attack Sungkiang; and in July, only a week or so after it was organised, Ward led his somewhat motley band against that place.
In March 1861 he reappeared at Sungkiang, at the head of sixty or seventy Europeans whom he had recruited for the Imperial cause; but at that moment the policy of the foreign Consuls had undergone a change in favour of the Taepings, and Ward was arrested as a disturber of the peace.
I am afraid you will be much vexed at my having taken the command of the Sungkiang force, and that I am now a mandarin.
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