River steamers which arrived here from Hankow yesterday report that about 11.30 am. on Monday the Imperialist troops gained possession of the Hanyang forts, "They cromed the gunfire and in the ensuing fight it has been estimated that on both siies there were at least 5,000 ies.
At Nanking on Tuesday the revolutionary troops were still ontsid ige acd Parple Hill, The bad gained possession of The
revolutionary fleet, consisting of nice war, was anchored well below and it would have been impossible for them to get nearer owing to the fact that the gans of the Nanking the river opposite Tt was rumoured that Gene-al Li required the sssis!ance of the fleet in order to attempt to recapture Hanyang, bat at that time it woald have been impossible for a revolutionary man-of-war to pass Naol
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