Photocopied typescript transcript with notes of the diary of Capt Robert Horsley Rickets Rowley, Royal Horse Artillery, 14 Jan 1860- 12 Mar 1861.
Sailing from Woolwich on SS Himalaya Rowley crossed Egypt from Alexandria to Suez and embarked on HMS Berenice for Cowloon. He made numerous visits to Hong King before sailing to the war zone in June where he took part in the attack on North Taku Fort and capture of Peking, and was back in Hong Kong on 30 Nov. On 13 Feb 1861 he reached Cape Town and was in St Helena when the account ends.
Associated with the 2nd China War (1856-1860).