Tsaoshih. They burned down the London Mission hospital and foreign quarters, and the Catholic church and buildings, and looted the town. Anxiety is felt regarding two Irish Catholic priests, Father McHugh and Father Ward, who were the only foreigners in the town at the time of the attack and are at present missing. It is not known whether they have Deen captured or are in hiding.
A later report states that two-thirds of the houses in the town have been burned down. The local garrison, numbering 120 men, lost eight men killed. The remainder, under an_ officer, marched out of the town, 44, The town of Tsaoshih is less than 100 miles north-west of Hankow.—Ed.
Aug. 17.
It is reported that the priests, dressed in Chinese clothes, slipped away in the darkness and took refuge in a native house where they remained unmolested. Two hundred captives were taken by the bandits. It is believed that the bandits are still in the neighbourhood.—Reuter.
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