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For two months eries of distress have been reaching us continually from the country west of Yingchow fu, That country has een infested by military bandits who had been pressed over from Ho nan, under the leadership of Li Looshah, formerly of the 12th and Wang Tai and Wang These three bandit armies togate more than 10.) "They have been tying the country" in rogalar bandit what they want ait the point of the pistol, oF of the muskets and using these weapons formed by Yingehowiy refugees that last Friday, when the bandits were three ar four li from Yingchow fu, a fwan was sent out agains them. 'A tan consists of "lires ving, and a ying of 500 men. this trium, teo ying went over ant joined the bandits. The whole Yinxchowfa district is terribly Pressed by bandits, and by a humorous soldiery that ¢3-operates with, rather than opposes them.
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