t may be remembered that on tember 22 last we reprinted from "Central China Post" a vivid aunt of the fight at Wanhsien, narrator was a Mr. D. vies, at that time in the employ-ut of the Customs, and now en way home for the purpose of dying to be missionary, who had living in Wanhsien for some ne previously, saw all the episodes the seizure ofthe Wanhsien and antung and was right among the diers on the bank at the time of fight.
Mr. Davies has since resigned the Customs and has ely come down to Shanghai ere we interviewed him yes~ day, There is no need to cwt all the details of his story, ili have already been given, but ch importance attaches to. his dence-of the firing by the British vy at the time and the exact ture of the damage they did.
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