- a variation of Foshan.
Fatshan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Next an attack was delivered on the Chinese headquarters at Fatshan.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
In March, 1847, a small party of Englishmen proceeded in a boat to Fatshan, a manufacturing town near Canton which has been called the Chinese Birmingham.
From China by Demetrius Charles Boulger
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
To the south of Canton, one of the numerous creeks of that river runs up to the city of Fatshan.
From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston
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