Varied Assortments of Weapdns Taken: Chinese Pawnbrokers' Unpaying Trade When the position became grave on the borders of the French Concession on Sunday the French Consul-General through the Senior Consul made an application for the assistance of the Volunteers. This was communicated to the Chairman of the Council who immediately acceded to the request. The Machine Gun o., "A" Ca, Japanese Ca. and Shanghai Scottish were accordingly ordered to stand to. A tour of the roads in the vieiniky was made by the armoured cai and later the Machine Gun and Japanese Com-nies were mobilized and proceeded sion over the Siccawei Creek.
The arms surrendered to. these units were of a varied desert They included Remington rife or two Springfield number of rifles made at Hanyang Arsenal, German mausers and car ines of uncertain date but certainly ald. There were two German 190% Maxims, a light Hotchkiss and a heavy Hotchkiss gun and Thomson automatic guns or rifle—an American weapon which was used by the Sinn Fein troops during the struggle in Ireland, The bayonets were even of a more diverse nature, Russian bombs of the Mills type were also numerous., Two Krupp gins of.7 calibre were surrendered, a8' well as, two small guns.
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