May 23.
'o-night forces were sent out by the East Water Gate and crept round to the Liternry Gate where they surprised the enemy and after a hart and sharp skirmish, assisted by guns from the city wall, the city oldiers, are said to have driven the opposing forces from some of their positions and captored arms and The Cloud Cliff Monartory in which a few nuns were still living, but which has been occupied by enemy troops, was the contre of one skirmish and during the fighting nome of the nans were rhot dead.
Later the monastery was put to the torch so as to prevent the enemy troops from again congregate there, were largely made up of. men from [the western part of the province and many of them bad formerly been soldiers under Marshal Lu. Some of the opposing forces were old" acquaintances and when they recognized each other on the field of battle they refused to fight further. Later representatives met and it was decided that the surrendered mien should' remain in a village outside the city pending further consultation.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.