Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị iri abụọ na otu n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1860, na Taku Forts, China, n'oge
N'agha nke Abụọ nke China, Lieutenant Burslem, mgbe ahụ dị afọ iri abụọ na anọ ma na-eje ozi na 67th Regiment of Foot, British Army, na Private Thomas Lane nke ndị agha ya gosipụtara nnukwu obi ike nke ha abụọ nwetara VC. Ha na-egwu mmiri n'olulu nke North Taku Fort ma gbalịa, n'oge mwakpo ahụ na tupu onye ọ bụla abanye, iji mee ka oghere dị na mgbidi, nke ha mechara banye. Ka ha na-eme nke a, ha abụọ merụrụ ezigbo ahụ́.