It will be remembered that a fight took place on the 20th instant at the market-town of Féngching between the Government troops and a large number of robbers who were badly defeated. The next day a telegraphic dispatch was sent to H. E. Chen Ch'i-tai, Governor of Soochow, informing him of the defeat of the ruffians. The Governor was so gratified by the news that he at once sent $10,000 to the Prefect of Sungkiang, asking him to reward the soldiers according to their merits.
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