Daybreak came and still the men-of-wars' guns had not hurled their shells shoreward. The artillery which was despatched to Tsingtao yesterday had taken up advantageous Positions and was ready to reply to a bombardment.
'The natives and foreigners began to breathe more freely,—likewiso idlers and artilleryman. The exodus from the consulates, Mission compound and other places' of shelter began and many, living in the fashionable Bund, Ocean Parkway and Park Hill sections determined to take the risk and climbed into ed to obtain the slumber they had missed.
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