The Archive · 1900

Flight of the Court

'The Empress Dowager, the Royal family and her Ministers, fled on the 1th August to Suanbua,' in Shansi. It is believed that she will make this town th seat of Government.

It is reported, 19th August, that Prine: Ching is still in the Imperial City.

The German sailors, Italians, and Austrians entered Peking on the 17th inst.

Immediate arrangements are being made for the transportation of the ladies and children by river to Tientsin.

The total number of killed in the Legations during the siege is given as 67, and the wounded, 120. All the wounded are} doing well.

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