The fire was a tremendous blaze and a really grand sight, It is reported that the city was fired in fourteen different places, and if the wind had been in the other After taking these Forts the men-of-war steamed towards'the mouth of the river and soon after the German and Russian flags went up on the South Forts. Shortly direction Tientsin would have stood but after daylight we saw four torpedo heats poor chance. When ready, we spent being towed in stern first by the Whit-most of our time in the garden (the alarm ing and Fame, flying the British flags. not having sounded) beside the amur During the time of bombardment we and tion, which had been carried out there at Tangku were right in the lino case of the buildings being fired, Ten fire and bad any thing but a pk men were left to guard us, and the rest time, the shells whi above and ai went off with their officers to meet the us in all direction the Boxers, It was about three o'clock when we one struck, were at last told we might safely retire she receiv shot right through her again, us all was quiet, the Boxers having bows. The Lienshing, lying at Jardine's, been driven off. We heard about 60 or 70 besides running the risk of shells from the had been killed, but the number is uncer-forts, wis attacked by a party of Chinese tain, he firing had been very frequent who were looting the carg", but the return smog about 11 pam. and that and the fire from the Lienshing eventually drove barking and howling of dogs round gave them away. A shell falling into one of the one an unsettled feeling, so that we did Tangku hotels "near the not retire but just Iny down as we were. illed three Chinese, the only ones that were in the hous: at the time.
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