At one point on the river the assailants had mounted" a field-piece. They man one round, the shell right through the ship's fortunately well above the water line, and exploding in the engine room, mot doing any damage however to the engin The guard, seeing that they were in the act of reloading, were forced to reply with a machine gun and the gun crew soon scuttled for cover, At no other place did the guard return fire although they were fired upon at four other points, the last time just as they approached Luchow. The captain estimated that at least 200 bullets hit the steamer.
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