Later information states that the so-called reformers who wore beheaded at Wuchang by order of the Viceroy, were really concerned in an agitation against the present ...
Article : 44 wordsNews comes from Pekin that the Japanese, British, and French contingents on Saturday last, 18th instant, relieved the northern Roman Catholic Cathedral, which ...
Article : 50 wordsA letter from Vice-admiral Seymour, the British Commander on the China Station, ban been received in England, in which he narrates the incidents of the allied ...
Article : 185 wordsColonel A. R. F. Dorward, in command of a force consisting of 350 British infantry, 200 Japanese infantry, 500 American cavalry, and 23 Bengal cavalry, encountered and defeated a ...
Article : 100 wordsNews from Washington states that the members of the diplomatic corps there under-stand that the total contingent to be sent by the Government of Germany to China will be ...
Article : 51 wordsThe French and.Russian flags now are flying over the best portion of the Imperial Domain at Pekin, where it is believed the Imperial treasure has been buried. Looting ...
Article : 46 wordsThe landing of the troops of the allied Powers at Shanghai is reported, contrary to Li Hong Chang's expectations, to have favourably impressed the natives. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe British and American mission stations near Amoy, on the south-eastern coast of of China, have been looted and burned by the Chinese insurgents, and the Japanese temple ...
Article : 52 wordsThe allied forces in Pekin have so far respected the so-called "Forbidden City," which encloses the Imperial Palace, but unless that portion of the Chinese capital is occupied ...
Article : 42 wordsInformation is to hand that Chang-chistang, Viceroy of Wuchang, has beheaded two Chinese reformers, for having endearoured to restrain the natives from making an ...
Article : 40 wordsLi Hong Chang, Viceroy of Che-li has sent & cable message to the Chinese if mister at St. Petersburg, in which he states that he is unable to negotiate for peace with the ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Japanese' troops at Pekin have discovered and seized a hoard of silver amounting to 1,500,000 taels (worth about £200,000). ...
Article : 24 wordsAn international military administration has now been established at Pekin, on which each of the allied Powers is represented by one member. ...
Article : 119 wordsNews has beeen received that the Viceroy of the province Hup-pe has stopped a riot at Hankow, on the Yang-[?]se-Kiang, and two men have been decapitated for having ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 wordsA Japanese semi-official despatch states that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of China, together with the principal Chinese Ministers, escorted by 3,600 Kansn troops, ...
Article : 46 wordsGeneral Chaffee, the commander of the American troops in China, reports that he expects much more fighting between Pekin end the coast. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Japanese claim to have rescued a number of foreign missionaries and Chinese converts who were imprisoned in the Imperial Palace at Pekin. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn reply to the circular note addressed to the Powers by Li Hung Chang, Viceroy of Che-ii, asking for a cessation of hostilities in China with a view to negotiations for peace, ...
Article : 80 wordsLieutenant-general Gaselee reports that the British force made forced marches from Tuugchow (nearly 30 miles), notwithstanding the great heat of the weather, and made an ...
Article : 188 wordsPekin, or Pei-Ching (northern capital) the capital of the Chinese Empire, is situated in a sandy plain, and is surrounded by walls with 16 gates each, surrounded by towers 100 feet ...
Article : 833 wordsThe losses of the Japanese in the capture of Pekin numbered 200, and the Americans lost 39. The losses among the Chinese are stated at 600. The Americans claim to have ...
Article : 40 wordsThe heavy condition of the roads prevented the British Naval Brigade participating in the entry of the allied troops into Pekin but Lieutenant-general Gaselce, the commander ...
Article : 54 wordsHer Majesty the Queen has sent a telegram to Lieutenant-General Gaselce, congratulate jug him on his daring advance on Pekin. ...
Article : 22 wordsIt is stated that the Chinese troops are still threatening Yang-tsung, about 18 miles from Tientsin, which place was captured by the allied troops during their ad ranee upon Pekin ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is reported that Russian troops under General Reunlckampf, after 12 days fighting, hare captured Mergen, in Northern Manchuria, together with 20 guns. Thr Russian ...
Article : 36 wordsEach of the allies will have eight officers on the staff of General Count Waldersee, the generalissimo of the allied army in China. Count Waldersee has sailed from Naples for ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is announced that 4,000 American troops who had been despatched to reinforce the American troops in China have been diverted to Manila, in the Philippine. Islands, their ...
Article : 37 wordsThere now are 27 warships belonging to the various Powers, with crews numbering 7,000 men, at Woosung, a few miles north of Shanghai. ...
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The Week (Brisbane, Qld. : 1876 - 1934), Fri 31 Aug 1900, Page 14
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