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*''Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843; and of the Combined Naval and Military Operations in China: Comprising a Complete Account of the Colony of Hong Kong, and Remarks on the Character and Habits of the Chinese'' from Notes of W[illiam] H[enry] Hall, R N and W D Bernard 1844 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nX1CAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9HZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 Volume II] Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=baNDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23 ''The Opium War: Being Recollections of Service in China''] by Captain Arthur Cunynghame, Aide-de Camp to Major-General Lord Saltoun, Commanding Her Majesty’s and the Hon. East India Company’s Troops in China. 1845 Google Books.
*"The Marines at Canton, The Peiho, and Pekin" ''The United Service Magazine 1876 Part 1'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HtsRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 pages 92-103], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HtsRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA197 pages 197-202]
*"Journal During the Chinese Expedition in 1841 and 1842" by an Officer of the Royal Artillery. [Most likely the Officer was then part of the Madras Artillery]. ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine'' 1877 and 1878. ''1877 Part III'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jNoRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA511 p 511-516] Google Books; ''1878 Part I'': [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081656500?urlappend=%3Bseq=115 p 105], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081656500?urlappend=%3Bseq=232 p 224-36], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081656500?urlappend=%3Bseq=492 p 506-11] HathiTrust Digital Library; ''Part II'': [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LtoRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA99 p 99-105], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LtoRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA352 p 352-58], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LtoRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA502 p 502-8] Google Books; ''Part III'': [https://archive.org/stream/unitedservicema05unkngoog#page/n112/mode/2up page 102] Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/chineseaccountof00parkrich#page/n11/mode/2up ''Chinese Account of the Opium War''] by E.H. Parker 1888 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/opiumwarthroughc00arth opiumwarthroughc00wale ''The Opium War through Chinese Eyes''] by Arthur Waley 1958 Archive.org. Note: This book is not available in standard download formats. One of the download options is Torrent/Bit TorrentLending Library. A transcription is available at [https://web.archive.org/web/20141017092410/http://www.drugtext.org/Table/The-Opium-War-Through-Chinese-Eyes/ drugtext.org, now an archived webpage]. Chapters present in reverse order, read items from the bottom of the page.
