Telegrams from Nanking you terday ay that at two v'cl ok om Thareday afternoon the Imperialiats set fire to the lage of Sicbowchang. This was followed sbout three o'clock by the sound of a grest explosion in the direotion of Hatskwao, aod it is surmised that the powder magazine in the vicinity bad exploded.
At 4 pam, some daring re rice climbed Parple Hill, ox-changed fire with the Imperialists the bole night through, At 6.30 youterday morning Purple Hill was effeotually ocoupied by the revolutionaries,
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