- a variation of Foshan.
Fatshan
Britishnoun
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Keppel's force was found too small to capture Fatshan.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
The rest were pursued for seven miles, till the British boats found themselves almost in the middle of the large city of Fatshan.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston
It was then determined to follow up this success by attacking the headquarters of Yeh's army at Fatshan, the place already referred to as being some distance from Canton.
From China by Demetrius Charles Boulger
An island named after the hyacinth lies in midstream two miles from the entrance to the Fatshan Channel, which joins the main course of the Sikiang a few miles above the town of that name.
From China by Demetrius Charles Boulger
The Commodore's boat was Assault on Fatshan sunk and several others had to be abandoned.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
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