'The' siege showed up the worst Whilst there were the suffering intense and borne with no fortitude, The us suffered terribly, the soldiers taking the very food out of their mouths. We saw an old man and his wife, who had just cooked their id were about to start eating it. The soldiers came along and actually took the bowls away from the old folks. This occurred all over the ty and more than one person was led in trying to defend his per~ property from the brigands, otherwise called soldiers. Pigs were carried off and many homes were. robbed as many as 20 times until absolutely nothing was left.
There was one division which particularly tapa were watched when the came. One of the points of agree ment was that the men should be showed to go out with the done up to point, but in the case of this division, or mixed brigade, the allies demanded that they give up their-arms. They refused and showed resistance, when a machine gun was turned on them and they. ware mown down like wheat before binder. Hundseds perished, and main without fighting among them-elves is a matter of question but it will not be long. I hear they are already fighting among themselves in two places and no doubt will be divided over the spoils.
Meanw re told that Yang Sen has made an alliance with Liv Hsiang. This latter general is the strongest in the province and the most popular. It is a fact that, Yang Sen did all he could to get his retreating army into the hands of Liu Hsiang and he must have turned over some 30,000 rifles and jot a little material for the manufacture of munitions, as this wag in ting and was taken to Suifu with Yang.
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