War Office Orders for Protection between Shanghai and Hongkong and Other Pirate Areas The War Office has telegraphed instructing the South China and North China Command to detail 60 men from the various regiments in Hongkong and China for military guard duty on board British pas-Senger steamers trading between Shanghai and Hongkong or in the piracy area in China waters. This dec comes on top of the Admiralty's order previously reported in the "North-China Daily News" instructing the Naval Command to place armed guards on all British steamers plying on the middle and lower reaches of the to have been the most impudent attack yet experienced, Tt appears that the C. N, S. Nanchang arrived in Canton" on November 14 from Wuhu and was lying at her buoy off Shameen, not 50 yards from the British man-of-war Seamew. While thus moored, 8 gang of armed pirates forced their way on board and held all at bay at the point of pistols. They bound and gagged the quartermaster on duty and proceeded to ransack the ship. Apparently they became frightened and after obtaining a small quantity of loot left the ship.
Yangtze.
The attack occurred at about 3
For some considerable time past, representations have been made to the China command by British shipping interests for military guards, but, we are informed, the General Commanding hesitated to accede to the request. In view, however, of the exceedingly serious state of piracy in these waters, the matter was taken up in high official circles and the matter came before the War Office with the result above stated,
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