The Pigmy made record time for this commission. She had gone up cleared for action, and reported to Admiral Seymour about' six o'clock in the morning. The Taku had followed hor to Shanhaikun but ap ale was probably hi?den from observation by some headland, had return reporting no sign of the Pigmy and th Chinese flog still footing over the fort At eight o'clock, the Pigmy, a inmixture ironclad of 800 tons, was on her way back to Shanaikuan, with fifty Centurion seamen ahorrd. No time was lost i direction, The reinforcement with it plies was literally tumbled on hoard. deed they drew Pigmy ammunition to save time. She arrived after dark and those on board weresurprixed tossesearchlights playing on boats landing men below the forts. With "li expedition the Pigmy landed her contingent for the relief of Lieut. Briggs and thegallanteighteen. This theysucceedet in doing almost, if not quite, us soon as the Rasaiana, whose of course the hants were Meantime a Russiwn Navel Brigade had arrived by train to find the place already occupied by Britishers. Many claims for a share in the spoil were of course put in by the Allies, followed by the allotment of one fort to each Power and the division of the Inrgo fort among them all, and alphabetic order in the occupation too, when it was discovered tt G follows F and Great Britain must give way to Franco.
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