The Archive · 1911

A Terrific Cannonade

On Sstarday night the British

Concession was no health resort. From ten to twelve there was a terrific din along the banks of the Han and the Yangtze. Gnos, maxims and rifles were all hardt work. Shot and shell whistled and burst over us and again one wonders that in spite of houses struck and some damage done to property there should have been practically xo personal injury, The rebels were attempting to recross the Han io force, apparently unsuccessfully, though th some ten oF twelve prisoners being marched by the grey costs to headquarters this morning points to the fact that there are prill revolutionary soldiers on the Hankow side.

Nothing much happened _yesterday until 5 p.m. when a fine-looking Chinese cruiser (said to be the Hai

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