China and Lower Bengal: Being The Times Correspondence From China In The Years, 1857-58

China and Lower Bengal: Being the Times Correspondence from China in the Years 1857–58 by George Wingrove Cooke is a compilation of his dispatches as a war correspondent for The Times during a critical period of British imperial involvement in Asia. Covering events during the Second Opium War in China and British activities in Bengal, the book offers firsthand accounts of military campaigns, diplomatic tensions, and colonial governance. Cooke provides detailed observations of local cultures, British military operations, and the political atmosphere, combining journalism with analysis. The work remains a valuable historical source on mid-19th-century British imperialism in Asia.