Allegations of Cruelty against the Invaders Peking, Feb. 11.
According to a telegram from Siberia, Baron Ungern's force occupied Urga on the 2nd instant, and have since been inflicting great cruelties upon the population. The Chinese authorities have received no information from Urga since February 2, when a message stated that the wireless station was under shell fire, and must perforce be abandoned. The enemy were then attacking the town from three sides.
Rumours are circulating in Peking, based on the reports of travellers, to the effect that General Kao Tsai-tien was killed about the same time that the Hutuhktu escaped. Local Russians believe that the enemy were not prepared to launch a heavy attack on Urga before rescuing the Hutukhtu, lest he should suffer, but, once he had escaped, they turned their guns on the city, and pushed home the attack.
The message from Siberia, mentioned above, further states that some Chinese troops from Urga are retreating northwards, and others eastward. There seems to be no doubt that Mongols had joined the invaders in large numbers prior to the despatch of the last official telegrams.—Reuter.
Fatt or Urca ConrirMep.
Peking, Feb. 13.
The reports of the fall of Urga and the death of General Kao Tsai-tien have been confirmed in reliable circles here. The Urga Amban, Ch'en Yi, is now at Tao-lin. General Chu—Chih-siang, Commander-in-Chief at Urga, has retreated toward Taolin and is engaging the enemy at a point five miles from there.
The headquarters of Baron Un-gem's force is at Haoti, to the east of Urga. The Customs station Tamiao, south of Maimaicheng, is in the hands of the invaders.—Reuter.
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