Rangoon, Sept. 8, A despatch from Yunnanfu st that two American families named respectively Duncan and McLeod, who left Batang on June 27 for 'Burma, travelling overland, were attacked by bandits in the' nejghbourhood of Atuntse in Yunnan.
The bandits fired and drove off the escorts and then robbed the Duncan family of everything but their clothes. The heroism Me-
Leod family's servants saved their hut and some articles.
Nobody was wounded but a native servant was beaten, A French Catholic priest and a Chinese merchant firm subsequently helped the party to reach Atuntae, aa
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