Two Guards Killed and Five Wounded in Night Raid Swooping down by night on a stranded ship guarded by Chinese soldiers, $00 bandits carried off eight boat-lands of loot, leaving behind two dead and five wounded men, 'The raid, which caused considerable stir in' oMeial quarters, occurred on July 12 at a place about 3 miles above Tehany, "The neighbourhood. had been welt parrotied and. free from bandits for months, The s. Yung Hun, which flow the fog of" the Sino-Italinn Yangtze Navigation Ca, until recently, was the vessel abacked. She left here for up-river with 'a large quantity of colton, when she struck a. submerged rock and had to be beached above Tehang. The accident happened on June 8 and the ship was recently under repair. A detachment of Szechuen soldiers, guard duty, were stationed Board. "Nonetheless, it was ith remarkable "precision that the bandits boarded the vessel Several points simultaneously and fired on the men on guard. After two soldiers had been killed and five wounded, the rest were put under surveillance until after the cares had been loaded onto eight boats commandeered by the outlaws, According to information received here on July 17, troops have been despatched by the authorities "to scour the vicinity in an attempt track down the marauders, The cargo was covered by insurance.
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