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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iZhJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Six Months with the Chinese Expedition: or, Leaves from a Soldier's Note-book''] by Lord Jocelyn, late Military Secretary to the China Mission 1841 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GBhCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Narrative of the Second Campaign in China''] by Keith Stewart Mackenzie 1842 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-fSSmAEACAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Last Year in China, to the Peace of Nanking: as Sketched in Letters to His Friends, by a Field Officer, Actively Employed in that Country: With a Few Concluding Remarks on Our Past and Future Policy in China''] 2nd edition, revised 1843 Google Books. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=I3rgHp7A0sEC&pg=PR3 Original edition 1843] Google Books
*''Narrative of the Expedition to China from the Commencement of the War to its Termination in 1842: with sketches of the manners and customs of that singular and hitherto almost unknown country'' by J Elliot Bingham RN 1843 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QGY_AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR5-IA2 Volume 1, 2nd Edition with Additions], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Dmg_AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 2, 2nd Edition with Additions]
*''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.
*[https://archive.org/stream/unitedservicema05unkngoog#page/n112/mode/2up "Journal During the Chinese Expedition in 1841 and 1842" [concluding section only<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 102 by an Officer of the Royal Artillery. ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine 1878, '' ''Part IIII'' Archive: [https://hdl.handle.orgnet/2027/nyp. The first parts of this account are not generally available online33433081656500?urlappend=%3Bseq=115 p 105], but should be currently available to those in North America, see [[Military periodicals online]] but should become generally available c 2019https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp. The other parts of the article are located in 1878, Part I: 33433081656500?urlappend=%3Bseq=232 p 224-36], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081656500?urlappend=%3Bseq=492 p 506-11] HathiTrust Digital Library; 1878, ''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 ''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 Torrent. A transcription is available at [http://www.drugtext.org/Table/The-Opium-War-Through-Chinese-Eyes/ drugtext.org]. Chapters present in reverse order, read items from the bottom of the page.
