The detachment under Major-General Baron Gayl returned to Peking to-day. They brought with them the body of Colonel Count York. The funeral obser quiet will take place to-morrow.
Peking, Gth December, 12.10 p.m, The detachment of Count York before returning to Poking reached the city of Kalgan without meeting with any further resistance. The Chinese regular troops under General Ho fled into the province of Shansi. The French mission at Kalgan was relieved, and wherever on the way to Kalgan Boxer villages were found, they were burnt to the ground. Peace has now been restored throughout the north of the province of Chibli.
Peking, 9th December, 6.10 p.m.
Yiko, one of Li Hung-chang's secretaries, a Manchu official of the Grand Secretariat, was arrested here to-day by order of the Commander-in-Chief. There is evidence that Yiko was in communication with the Boxers.
The Allies have now appointed a committee to take charge of the administration of Peking.
Fifty ships ere ice-bound at and off Taku, (Delayed in transmission.)
Berlin, 7th December, 8.00 p.m.
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