作者： Patrick H. Hase 夏思義
出版社：港大
出版年份：2008
語言：English
ISBN：9789888139545
頁數：304
 
Content Introduction 內容簡介
In 1899, a year after the Convention of Peking leased the New Territories to Britain, the British moved to establish control. This triggered resistance by some of the population of the New Territories. There ensued six days of fighting with heavy Chinese casualties. This truly forgotten war has been thoroughly researched for the first time and recounted in lively style by Patrick Hase, an expert on the people and history of the New Territories.
 
After brief discussion of British Imperialism in the 1890s and British military theory of that period on small wars, the heart of the book is a day-by-day account of the fighting and of the differences of opinion between the Governor of Hong Kong (Blake) and the Colonial Secretary (Lockhart) as to how the war should be fought. Dr Hase uses his deep knowledge of the people and the area to give a full picture of the leaders and of the rank-and-file of the village fighters. New estimates of the casualties are provided, as are the implications of the way these casualties are down-played in most British accounts.
 
As a small war of Imperial Expansion, fought at precisely the high point of Imperial thinking within the British Empire, The Six-Day War of 1899 is of interest, not only to historians of Hong Kong and China, but also to historians of the British Empire and the British Army, and to general readers interested in military, imperial and Hong Kong history.
 
 
Author's Introduction 作者簡介
Patrick H. Hase (PhD, Cambridge, FSA, Hon.FRASHK) has studied the history and traditional life of the New Territories and its people for much of the 41 years he has lived in Hong Kong. His local historical research has led to his appointment as an Honorary Advisor to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong, to the Zhong-ying Street Historical Museum, Shataukok, and to the People’s Government of Kaiping Municipality. He is the author of numerous articles on local New Territories history.
 
 
Table of Contents 目錄
Foreword ix 
Preface and Acknowledgements xi 
Introduction 1 
 
1. 1899: Hong Kong in the Age of Imperialism 5 
2. Riots, Disturbances, Insurrection, and War: Armed 23 Opposition to the Imperial Ideal 
3. July 1898–March 1899: The Road to War 39 
4. April 1899: The War 61 
5. Blake and Lockhart: Conflicts and Casualties 103 
6. The Campaign: An Assessment 149 
7. The Villagers: Leaders and Led 169 
8. The Aftermath of the War 185 
 
Appendices 
Appendix 1 Proclamation of the Governor, 7–9 April 1899 191 
Appendix 2 The Speech by the Governor, Sir Henry Blake, 194 to the elders of the villages of the Kowloon area, on 17 April 1899 
Appendix 3 Report on the Fighting 15–18 April: Capt. Berger, 196 as taken from Stewart Lockhart’s Diary 
Appendix 4 Report on Operations: C. S. Simmonds, 203 Capt. Royal Artillery 
Appendix 5 The Spirit Tablet Inscription in the Tin Hau 205 Temple, Tai Shue Ha 
Appendix 6 The Six-Day War and Kam Tin 206 
Appendix 7 The Biography of Man Tsam-chuen 208 
Appendix 8 The Biography of Ng Shing-chi 210 
 
Notes 215 
Index 261
 
Maps 
Map 1 Places Taking Part in the Insurrection, or mentioned 4 in the text 
Map 2 The Fighting on 15–17 April 66 
Map 3 The Battle of Mui Shue Hang 68 
Map 4 The Battle of Lam Tsuen Gap 76 
Map 5 The Battle of Shek Tau Wai 88 
Map 6 British Troop Movements, 18–19 April 94 
 
Plates 
Plate 1 British Officers of the Hongkong Regiment, 1897 
Plate 2 British Officers of the Hongkong Regiment, 1902 
Plate 3 Viceroy Commissioned Officers of the Hongkong Regiment, 1902 
Plate 4 The Tai Po Area 
Plate 5 The Flag-Raising Ceremony at Tai Po, 16 April 1899 
Plate 6 The Lam Tsuen Gap 
Plate 7 The Sheung Tsuen/Shek Tau Wai Area 
Plate 8 Proclamation issued by Sir Henry Blake on 9 April 1899 
Plate 9 Sir Henry Blake K.C.M.G., Governor of Hong Kong 1898–1904 and the Viceroy of the Double Kwang, Tan Chung-lin 
Plate 10 James Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, 1895–1902 
Plate 11 The Tat Tak Kung Soh, Ping Shan 
Plate 12 The Tin Hau Temple, Tai Shue Ha 
Plate 13 The Hero Shrine in the Yau Lun Tong, Kam Tin 
Plate 14 The Communal Grave at the Miu Kok Yuen Nunnery, Sha Po 
Plate 15 Tang Fong-hing, one of the leaders of the insurrection, shortly after 1899 
Plate 16 Ng Shing-chi, one of the leaders of the insurrection, shortly before his death in 1938 
Plate 17 Two Village Trained-Band Fighters from the Hong Kong area