Attacking the Camp at Gatan Ola

One of a set of 4 copper engraved plates; this one by C.N. Cochin and J. Ph. Le Bas after Father Joseph Castilhoni, dated 1765 by artist, 1769 by engraver. 'The Kalmuk Ayusi, having transferred to the Chinese side, takes Davaci's camp on Gedengshan (Mount Gädän) by force, in 1755; in the centre in the middle distance, the camp with tents and yurts, cattle, sheep and horses; in the foreground, intense fighting on horseback; large numbers of troops just outside the camp in the distance to left' -- British Museum. Plate 2 from a set of sixteen plates entitled 'Victoires et Conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine'. One of a set of 4 copper engraved plates; this one by C.N. Cochin and J. Ph. Le Bas after Father Joseph Castilhoni, dated 1765 by artist, 1769 by engraver. 'The Kalmuk Ayusi, having transferred to the Chinese side, takes Davaci's camp on Gedengshan (Mount Gädän) by force, in 1755; in the centre in the middle distance, the camp with tents and yurts, cattle, sheep and horses; in the foreground, intense fighting on horseback; large numbers of troops just outside the camp in the distance to left' -- British Museum. Plate 2 from a set of sixteen plates entitled 'Victoires et Conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine'. Oblong folio. yellowed. London, Francis Edwards, 1949. Title supplied by cataloger.