Acting under instructions from Admiral H. E. Yarnell, the American destroyers Bulmer and Stewart brought eight marooned Americans from Tsingtao to Shanghai yesterday, including Drs. J. R. B. Branch and Walter Pott and Messrs. John Raw= unson (son of the late Dr, Rawlinson), M, E. Terry, J. L. Perkins, E. C. Parker, C. W. Pettit and Cal S. Hirsh, The naval units left Tsing tao at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and, arriv ing at the Pilot Boat at 1230 pin. yesterday, tied up down river—at about 5 pin, The civilians reached the Customs Jetty at 630 pin London, Aug. 31.
The British cruiser Dorsetshire, which returned to Devonport from Singapore in February for refit, has been recommissioned with a Devonport crew, as an independent com= mand, for further service on the China Station. The vessel has a tonnage of 9.900 and carries eight S-inch guns.—Reuter.
Calcutta, Aug. 31.
A draft of the 5th' Battalion of the Rajputana Rifles, comnjanded by Major James, left in the (steamship Sarthia to-day for the Far Edst for international security duties—Reuter.
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