Yu Dahong (餘大鴻) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yu Dahong was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1908 光緒末國卹時
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 230

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi · 1 passage

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曾植聞之，登城守禦，檄協統餘大鴻馳入江防，楚材兵艦擊毀東門外砲兵壁壘，黃鳳岐奪回菱湖嘴火藥局，一日而亂定。 When Cengzhi heard of it, he mounted the wall to organize the defense; he ordered Assistant Commander Yu Dahong to rush to the river defenses, the gunboat Chucai to destroy the artillery works outside the east gate, and Huang Fengqi to recover the Linghuzui powder magazine—and in a single day the disorder was quelled.