On Sunday the fighting veered round to the west gate. A perfect hail of bullets came over the wall, and just as heavy a shower fell out side. 'The opposing forces hid behind the graves and rocks and from! their hiding places picked the men' on the wall. Big guns were placed. in position on the city wall and while a brisk fusillade was kept up from the wall the west gate was opened and. a detachment of troops were Sent out to drive the enemy from. their hiding succession all over the city and quite a few civilians have been, killed or wounded, while walking ths streets or even sitting in their own, homes. About 80 soldiers have been wounded and are being attended at.
Ditch of intensity not soothing. tol the I the local Red Cross, assisted by the: he herve nse gruulets|cutside is not Kaown but it must be foreign doctors. The lose. of life
Shader through the hearts" of{ Much more than has been caused inas eraahed side the city, through tile and timber in' their]
Big guns came into action to-day, the "attacking forces throwing three-inch shells into the city. of these fell i the Baptist Mission compound in close proximity to the girls' school. did Tittle damage, however, as it lid not ex~ plode and was picked up by one of the inmates and put to soak in water vat.
Another shell fell near the Chamber of Commerce and) while the shell when ked up was, of its contents, it did not appear to have done much harm. The Marshal's yamen was also visited by one of these pot ers, but is simply regarded asa There is no excitement in the people bel ing that the situation in ud has sufficient numbers at his command to hold out against all odds.
Both sides seem determin-fed to fight to a finish. All the outposts, save those stationed on the blatts outside the north gate, have now been recalled into the city. The ops fighting on the southern front entered the ity through th south gate at nine o'clock morning.
Te caused a flutter of ex: citement. The streets were thronged with people anxious to ascertain what this movement meant. The gates were heavily' guarded" with soldiers and the wall was packed with officers 'AS soon the lasts the huge city gates were swung and closed and again barred against invasion.
Attack Vigorous ut Fruitless.
Fighting continued throughout the entire day. On two occasions, the opposing forces fought des rately for the mastery of the hills outside of the north gate. These hills overlook the city and are in close proximity to the city wall, 'On these Marshal Lu's men could be seen running here and. there and with machine-gun and rifle fire beating back Shen' to ascend the slope.
then began to encircle the After repented false, the, troops the heaviest fighting moved around to the west g The graves and rocky boulders on th ide of the city formed splendid hiding places for the troops and a perfect fusillade of bullets came whistling into the ity. Many ins were killed or wounded and the roofs many houses to-night have air holes made by the flying missiles, There seems to be no appreciable change in the situation.
Marshal though suffering from xheumatism in the ankles. visits his men! daily and encourages them to hold out. Reinforcements are expected to be on way, but even if th do not arrive it isa serious question whether the opposing frees. can force their way into the city against the present resistance.
,, O%, Sonday the southern part of the city. wax enveloped. Here. the houses formed hiding places for the opposing forces. All day long desultary firing was kept up all along! the tine, but darkness had. scarcely settled down before with startling suddenness. a terrific bombardment begun on three sides of the city. north, "west and south. screeched on every side, and chine guns chattered their notes of death. Something was taking place. Frightened women could be heard screaming for fear, and as the roots of the houses began to be punctured with bullets and tiles flow here and there people living in lofts led for safety' to the downstairs quarters. The forces without were trying to scale the wall and judging from the: amount of firing and the savage yells that now and then rent the the enemy must have paid dearly for the fruitless attempt Yesterday, (Tuesday) was spent much the same as former days. Rifles sounded here and there all along the wall, while answering shots told that the enemy was watehfal. 'Now and then a stretcher bearing a wounded soldier to the Red Gross base or one who had' been Killed to some secluded spot told plainly that all the shooting: was not random. Towards evening the electric light situated outside the ity wall ceased to function and big shells began to scream as they sped. across the city and burst in thunderous tones as they reached their objective. This was followed by an uncanny silence until late night when again along the north three murderous attacks were made upon the ty. Lao-Yin (Old Man)
came in for another tussle]
on all fronts the lines held and the attackers were driven off with loss of life.
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