Sungkiang
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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According to Japanese authorities, Chinese were transporting cement and barbed wire to Sungkiang for the construction of defense works.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Major Gordon rode over to Sungkiang, situated on the line of the thirty-mile radius from Shanghai, on 25th March, and the following morning he inspected his force.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
The matter was dropped, however, because the hero of Sungkiang promptly swore that he was no longer an American citizen, as he had become a naturalised subject of the Chinese emperor!
From The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees by Crawford, Mary Caroline
The Taepings attacked in their turn, and the greatest confusion prevailed, during which the survivors of the larger half of the Ever Victorious Army escaped in small detachments back to Sungkiang.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
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