Varxes wes with the army of Chang Chung-chang outside of Pukow where a line of security has been drawn up along the Yangtze, The northerners, he says, have invented a now idea in fighting. They have formed squads of spearman with spears about seven foot long] and decorated witty human hair. These are used at night and anyone
and approaching lines suspected of being a Cantonese spy stabbed summarily. The soldiers {call the spears their "pig stickers."
"The northern troops in this vicinity are exceedingly well equipped and well disciplined, according "to the cameraman,
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