(3) When some time ago Té-fu, the Lieut. Governorof Jehio, reported thataru.ed bands of lawless characters were creating disturbances in the Jeho and Ch'ao-yang districts, Li Hung-clang, Ting-an (Imperial Military High Commissioner for Manchurix), and Yii-lu, Military Governor of Shengching, were directed to at once despatch troops suppress them, Shortly afterwards Yeh Chih-chao, the Commander-in-Chief for the province of Chibli, reported that Sanshihchiatzu in the Chienchang district he had successfully attacked the rebels, and we have now received reports from the three officers above mentioned, all dated on the same day, announcing that they had been victorious in several encounters with these secret society scoundress. During the seven days from the 2st to the 28th of November Nich Kueilin and Keng Feng-ming, the Brigade Generals despatched from Feng-tien, made
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