Aceordin foreign to reliable reports the Shantung—tops omsessjon of Puxou this) morning jour a struggle after their evacuation under cover of a }naval barrage. Anticipat an artillery duel across the Yangtze, the foreign destroyers weighed anchor and pulied-op stream, a mile out of the line'of possible fire. The Chinese gunboats and transport Jemolated this movement and outdo \the foreigner by shifting three miles iba stream thereby display deeper knowledge of the wayward character of Chinece artillery fire, The expected duel failes it was later reported on veasoi round authority that northern article had—crosse Yangtze game distance belo king and were astride the ra
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