Tientsin
Proper noun
Meaning
Tientsin
Alternative form of Tianjin
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Examples
The diocesan papers are full of stories about atrocities in China and the sufferings of the Church and I get a letter from Betty Chang from Tientsin about the communes and the full-employment, etc. When we see the migrant camps, and our factories in the fields, our system does not offer much.
The Chinese also employed pincer movements, ambushes and sniper tactics with some success against the foreigners. citation Italian mounted infantry near Tientsin in 1900 News arrived on 18 June regarding attacks on foreign legations.
Outside of Africa, Italy possessed a small concession in Tientsin in China (following the Boxer Rebellion ) and the Dodecanese Islands off the coast of Turkey.
Spiking the mounted field guns and setting fire to any munitions that they could not take (an estimated £3 million worth), Seymour, his force, and the rescue mission marched back to Tientsin, unopposed, on 26 June.
Roskill, p. 31-32 Admiral Seymour returning to Tientsin with wounded men On 11 June 1900, Beatty and 150 men from HMS Barfleur landed as part of a force of 2,400 defending Tientsin from 15,000 Chinese troops plus Boxers.
Because of the rapid development of industry, commerce and finance, Tientsin was established as a municipality of China in 1927.