'The shops and some homes in the city of Hoochow were looted, and the evidence is said to be conclusive that this' was done by the Sh "defenders" of the place. Further more, in the effort to dislodge the Honanese the Shansi troops set ire to one of the suburbs of the city, burning about half of it.
As the city of Lisochow is in a sort of pocket in the ills, wi mountains overlooking it on' three tides, the shelling of the city by the Honanese as soon as they had occupied the hills was a simple matter, During this bombardment the mission building suffered some damage, Dwellings occupied by two missionary families were "hit and holes made in the walls. The house receiving the greatest number of hits fortunately had a good basement, in which the family hid during the shelling. One shrapnel! shell went through the wall or roof jof the church, bursting inside and leaving interesting "souvenirs" in the plaster of the walls. One eivilian was shot inside the city, and this killing was done by a Shansi soldier from the city wail,
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