On New Year's Day the mongers the Shanghai Volunteer Corps en2 in a number of field operations tween Woosung and Shanghai. A a B Companies, the Japanese Camp. and the Customs Company were all represented. The idea was that the enemy had disembarked at Woo-unz and sent forward an advance guara seize the railway communications with) Shanghai. A Company were the one. while the other three companies Strengthened by the "artillery, had duty assigned to them of prevent ug th invasion of the country by the enemy Up to Chiangwan Statisn. In the event the station being seized, they had order to retake it.
"At ten o'clock A Company were taken by train to between two or three mile poyoud Chiangwan. There they wer placed in attacking formation and with their scouts, made toward Chiangwan Station, the defensive fore: Teaving Shanghai at the same time. it enemy effected a capture of the post, fuch a vigorous vault was made upo: them by the defending army. that the were forced to retire upon the station No side was awarded the victory.
After the hard work of the mornin was over tiffin was provided for the mer at Chiangwan Station.
The lo-sins learnt by such exper are of great value to the corp, greater frequency of field days would b welcomed by all volunteers in Shansh who have the interests of their corps a heart and who take pleasure in acquiring a practical knowledge of the art:
Information of the sad discovery was at once laid at the German Consulate. and Vice-Consul Maenss visited the house during the morning to make the usual po-ition of papers and effects, and to {held an enquiry into the circumstances. }A po t-mortem Dr. Pow! the res ely that dee:
id>, and there was strong reason to believe that he was mentally deranged at the tims. The inquiry has not vet been concluded. No letter was left Tbehind by Mr. Lehmann to explain his actin, which had all the appearances of wonderful deliberation. n Thursday Ca in the very long ber of friends set gentleman of numerous rationalities.. The chaplain of HIT. G.
st evndueied the service in pel, and the hand of the warship uppiled niusie fitting for so mournful an casion, The pall-l were Mess iuemke, He Teidorn, Mand), and Dr. Paulon.
1 close friends of Mr. Lelunann during lifeline in Shanghai at the etl Volunteer Con Hen i on the Reere hel to the leys over the and of the Gem Pastor Klein the I pressive though said that no mason was known for the widen act by which Mr. echmann's life vas ended, that it was not for us tobe his that it must be left ower te condemn or absolve him, and to hat Power they all commented him,
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