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People: Oleg of the Drevlyans
Topic: Castilian Civil War of 1214-18
Location: Danyang > Xichuan County Henan (Honan) China

Charles George Gordon, a British officer who …

Years: 1863 - 1863

Charles George Gordon, a British officer who had taken part in the 1860 capture of Beijing, receives a commission in 1863 from the Qing goverment.

His Ever Victorious Army, a Western-trained peasant force, joins the provincial militias in their suppression of the Taiping rebels.