tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post5557627077363351811..comments2024-03-24T01:57:23.238+08:00Comments on 漁人碼頭的戰爭 - The Battle of Fisherman's Wharf: Lt Fontaine's headUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post-53666710342398781302011-06-13T07:45:50.008+08:002011-06-13T07:45:50.008+08:00Hi Chosan,
Part of No 1 Public Cemetery (near the...Hi Chosan,<br /><br />Part of No 1 Public Cemetery (near the MRT Station) still remains, the rest is now buildings and parking lots. It was No 2 Public Cemetery that was cleared to make room for the highway and the Golf Club. This is the area of interest as far as the Sino-French war. Unfortunately, a lot of recovered artifacts are now lost.EyeDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406602265159523372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post-8936059473793881312011-06-13T06:11:09.070+08:002011-06-13T06:11:09.070+08:00Hi,
What are you guys talking about?
I thought th...Hi,<br />What are you guys talking about? <br />I thought the #1 public grave yard was clean up and non-existing since 80s when the new highway passing through it. <br />ChoSanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post-58532248437870982382011-06-10T21:38:19.363+08:002011-06-10T21:38:19.363+08:00It was full of twists and turns. The best we can r...It was full of twists and turns. The best we can re-construct is this:<br /><br />17 (not 18, the 18th seemed a hapless non-French who was caught near the battlefield and killed) headless bodies were buried in the No. 2 Public Cemetery northwest of Danshui Golf Course (not No. 1). The heads, some or all of them ended up in Taipei (most likely Wanhua where Liu Ming-chuan's headquarters was). Frater was able to retrieve one, that of Lt Fontaine's and buried it in the grounds of the British Consulate. We still don't know what Fontaine's family request was after learning this news. The best case is that Fontaine's head had been returned to France for a proper burial, but we just don't know (yet).EyeDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406602265159523372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811556140606524073.post-51556428960855764072011-06-10T20:55:36.463+08:002011-06-10T20:55:36.463+08:00I don't understand. Are you thinking they (mea...I don't understand. Are you thinking they (meaning the 18 French marines who died in combat) are at the No 1 Public Cemetery (across the street from the seaplane base near Danshui MRT station)?Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.com