By two o'clock their forces. namber-ing some 1,500 men had compelled the rebels to retreat on the Han River and only the losses they bad previously sustained prevented them from following on the 12th, The gates wore opened to him and he was received as a revolationsry. Within the city he attacked the yameo, sacked and burnt it. The Chihsien escaped. There was alaoghter on both sides, and the Tiatai (of Taichow prefecture) garrisons have arrested od executed some of the band returning disorganized.
The leader, Siso Lao-toni, to terms with the revolutionary party, it is said, sod is leading bie men to join the troops before Nanking.
'A bery of 3,000 men was being carolled in Tsichow yesterday and the burgesses devoutly hope it will skim off the riffcaff.
'A new temporary governor is dus to arrive to-morrow to snoosed the Mancha profect—a man of Taighow birth—bat it is eaid his main daty will be that of supplying reinforcements. In the meantime the country is ift aogaarded, while villages are banding themselves into armed gangs and abducting, looting and blackmailing at their plessare. The UN
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