Although Hankow was reported diet immediately after the capture of the city, foreign vessels in the harbour nevertheless underwent exiting time while the fighting wes {in progress, and British naval intervention had to be exercised on a number of occasions to prevent British ships from being damaged. The most conspicuous case of Icind was that of the China Navig tion str. Woosung, which was used by "Allied" gunboats as a shield from behind which to bombard the Cantonese troops at Nanyang.
The Woosung was lying at anchor on Monday' afternoon, when an "Allied" "gunboat took up. Position slightly ahead of her. She loosed off a salvo at Hanpange'" and promptly backed to cover behind the "Woosung. Hanyang replied, several well placed shells falling the exact spot from where the gunboat hed fired. The gunboat re-
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