The following telegrams were received here on Friday by H. E. Sheng from H. E. Yuan Shih-kai, and communicated by the former to the Consular body Chinanfu, 12th July.
'A messenger from Peking arrived here on the 11th of July saying that the two legations and the Hsi Shih-k'u had not yet been taken. Tung Fu-hsiang's Corps lost five officers anda very large number of men. 'They fear now to approach too near the legations, while the Foreign troops took advantage of the night to attack the troops' quarters killing over 100 men of 'l'ung's corps.
['Ube Hei Shih-k'u is the Roman Catholic establishment at Peking.—Ev.]
Chinanfu, 13th July.
Messengers from Peking arrived on 12th July stating that mutinous soldiers and Boxers made a combined attack on the legations, but after fighting for a long time they could not take the place by assault. They are about now to use cannon against the legations, and refuse to obey the Imperial decree. I am afraid the legations and the Government are involved in the same danger, and I feel ten thousand times more anxiety (about their safety than ever before).
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