Ningpo, Nov. 14, Three gunboats belonging to the Chibli fleet opened fire on the forts Jat Chinhai at 10 am. yesterday. Each boat fired one shot, aiming at the temple on Kyiao Pao Saen, but all the shots fell short. The forts replied with eight shots, none of which registered a hit, but the! gunboats retreated.
The ordinary passenger and cargo boat trafic to Ningpo was completely disorganized by this t. Five! boats from Tinghai, Haimen, Shi Pu, and surrounding places, which ordinarily arrive in the morning, fused to come into the Ningpo river until nightfall.. Other boats [en their way out from Ningpo likewise deemed it advisable to tum, eck and wait till the way was clear.
When the news reached Ningpo, the military commander, Gen. Wong' 'Shu-o, ordered the 5th, 6th, and 7th, rections of his troops to proceed to Chinhai immediately. 'These troops pureded on the Bund with machine-uns, rifles, and pistols, and boxes Jof ammunition, but they' apparently were not ready to depart until late in the afternoon, when news came: that the enemy gunboats had parted.
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