troops disarmed a stragglers. posted: and numbers of heaped up in the front truck of the Pive hundred, of adjoining the station on the news of the Rus ted to make their way! back to Shanghs North wife the remainder their way into Chapel.
Shortly after the occupation of Fs was placed at the star power house, the railwaymen fearing to resume their work until they Were assured protection agi no doubt that all Chi's defeated cleared off the 1 this armoured train which originally contained a mixed force of Russia fund Fengtien perhaps to a battel force has not come near the Settlement as yet, and probably. Femain in two troop trains at Chen-come four and a half miles away. [Some of the me were employed cleaning up the Markham Road depot It was announced that after securing Shanghai they would proceed to Hangchow to deal with Sun Chuan-, The First Appearance the news came through that Russians was the way to Shanghai to guard against the ity of " stampede on the part Jof the Chinese troops in possession forth Station, oF a pos-irish with the new comers jand those already in possession. strong force of police was sent out to guard the railway boundary and two armoured cars of the Machine Gun Ca. took up positions Boundary Road, while a machine gun was conveniently placed in a tea|They went into at the corner abandoned with remarkable unant jane Imity when the Eh nese realized what police were placed on duty, and n they were up agi jot only West Hongkew is thus The Russians, of whom to start granted, but several other dis th there were not more than 60, tricts as well, rived at Markham Road about All day coolies were seen at the o'clock. There was a Chinese driver Fearon Rond depot of the Public jon the engine, but they drove their Works Department making barbed which consisted of about wie entanglements for nae in ease dozen coaches and two armoured of emoryeney, cars, one at each end. The armour The Shanghai Volunteer Corps fed ears had been brought down from fare standing by pending dev ments. armament consi ed. of two In Chapei, where martial law ix 77 min. guns, and im force, the police have been re-machine guns, probably 20 on each 4 large number of infareed and the Chapel Volunteers ud Protectionary Force (the lotte heavily Iden with ammunition, The 4,244 b04¥ of men) ae patrolling the calculations even more scared When the Russians ied. There were less than a hundred "of them, including Chine one soldiers, but they were dis ciplined troops and their nary Chinese uniters farmed with rifle and baya addition nearly apparently, been not a shot was fired. troops who did not' Lay down their arms, ax was done with majority of eases, were easily persuaded as to th being the better few hurried away from the scene still retaining their janns, and shots which were heard district during the Jevening and towards midnight testified to the fact that they were making use of them not strictly according to the high sporadic looting were disarmed apparently were lowed to go, und the majority of them appear to have made their way towards Jessfield and Lunghua, The Chinese having thus been posed of, the Russians brought their. train to Shanghai North Station, Here they had complete possession, very few Chinese remaining on the roads. All are heavily armed, Barriendes, composed of wooden poles dug into the ground ani sand bags, have been placed st of the "main thoroughfares of the district, nobody beings allowed to puss at night. In the day time, however, rieshax and pedest may pose through these barricades, The Arsenal There was only " ying (1,500 mon)
the Arsenal at 11 fon Wedtnosday night, and these wae said were preparing to put a fight. Later in the eve ing it was suygcested that atops be taken to blow up the Arsenal, but later orders were received from Hangchow to evacuate it altogether, It is now reported that Sun, Chuan-fang means to att King on his own account,
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