The British ran straight on through the narrow ways, in the hope of capturing such things as might be useful as transport in the advance on Peking which is to come, One river steamer and about two hundred junks fell to them. The Japanese share was one million taels of silver, which they found in the Chinese government treasury, and handed over to the care of the Americans. The Russians captured eleven guns, but failed to take the fort in the north-east of the city. They had decided to do it on the following day, but the Japanese forestalled them by taking it shortly after noon.
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