Since that afternoon there has been a good deal of "'strafing" and one particularly objectionable form of it is the discharge of three inch shells from the Yoluly Hill into the city. If there Were any military advantage in such a bombardment, it would have at least that redeeming feature. But it is difficult to imagine even the Chinese coolies who do the firing, thinking that they will obtain possession of the city by that means. They have tried the much less considerable feat of storming the island and have hopelessly failed, the mere dropping of a dozen or more shells at hap-hazard into a city
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