'The last report on the above subject from.the high authorities in Manchuria was despatched on the 10th of December' On the two following days further news arrived from the generals in command of the troops operating against the rebels. General Feng Sheng-a stated that having ascertained, by the examination of the rebel chieftain P'an Yo-lin, that a formidable band of the insurgents had seized the town of Heich'éngtze, he marched at once in that direction. He found the rebels had fortified the place so as to render it strong enough to withstand attack. In the neighbourhood there were several
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