The fighting during the last two days has consisted of a sort of guervilla warfare. The opposing forees surrounding the city hiding: behind mounds of earth, rocky boulders, oF adjacent buildings and. sniping whenever they, see a soldier's head! pear above the city wall, or wher one dares to pecr through' the pa apers behind which they are hiding City soldiers on the walls are acting likewise whenever a movement fs detected. by the enemy outside. Occasionally small irregular squads soldiers creep up close to the city wall, and when they are discovered 1 lively artillery duel takes place.
Last evening a picked squad was organized for the purpose of charg-Jing into the enemies" ranks and deving, them from a near by hill Which they had taken up their positions. A. light floating bamboo bridge was prepared to enable the men to cross the small stream thi separates the forees. Torches, kero-one, and all the equipment' deem-od necessary was provided for the Attack. The night passed off with-fut the anticipated skirmish taking place, but this morning one hour before daylight inva drooling 1 sharp shots from rifles and automa: ties, with an occasional roar of big'Seld gun, told plainly that the attack was on, Shot and shell fell thick and fast, and again bullets Degan to fly over the city and find lodgement in the dwellings. This continued for about an hoar when gradually the fighting slowed down again Yo normal. "it. was. later Jenrned that the attack was not Wholly successful." The "bamboo bridge over which the soldiers had to Fun-was not nade secure enough, and scarcely a hundred braves had scampered over when the bridge began to separate and prevented further troops landing for the attack. "Consequently "the position was not taken, but the troops hold the river bank and are planning another attack.
A few large shells have fallen in the city to-day from across. the iver, Dut no material damage was done, however, and no one seems to perturbed.' In fact as, the days ass there seems to be a sort of contentment settling down over the copie. "Shops that have been elosare. gradually opening "their doors, while street vendors can be seen again peddling their wares as peace had been proclaimed, Hope says a few more days and reported, that
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