Reassuring news has been with respect to the situation of the Legations at Peking, and the safety of the relief force, composed of British and ...
Article : 72 wordsMr St. John Brodrick, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, made an important speech in the House of Commons in connection with the ...
Article : 308 wordsThe position of the forces advancing from Tientsin to Peking, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, is giving some anxiety, as there is ...
Article : 58 wordsIn the House of Commons last night, Mr St. John Brodrick, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that the latest message received from Sir ...
Article : 143 words"The Times" correspondent at Peking gives a most alarming account of the state of things prevailing in the Chinese capital. ...
Article : 175 wordsIt appears from later accounts of the capture of the Taku forts by the combined fleets of the Powers that the fire from the batteries was both heavy and ...
Article : 138 wordsBoth Great Britain and the United States are taking steps to strengthen their forces in China. The Seventh (Duke of Connaught's ...
Article : 130 wordsIn consequence of the critical position of affairs at Peking the powers are hurrying as many troops as they can to Tientsin. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Japanese official report of the fight states that the allied war ships landed 1200 men at the mouth of the Pei-ho River, with the intention of attacking the ...
Article : 117 wordsIn consequence of the absence of news from Tientsin, all the telegraph wires to that port having been cut by the Boxers, President M'Kinley has ...
Article : 50 wordsThe First Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Major J. A. H. Pollock, stationed at Dera. Ismail Khan, in the Punjab, has been sent to Hong Kong to act as ...
Article : 50 wordsIt was stated a few days ago that Dr Edna Terry, of the American Methodist Women's Missionary Station, at Tsunghua, had been murdered by the Boxers. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe force of foreign marines, numbering 2300, of whom 900 are British, under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, is continuing its advance from ...
Article : 93 wordsIn consequence of the alarming situation caused by the rapid spread of the Boxer movement, several of Her Majesty's warships on the China station ...
Article : 143 wordsThe troubles in the southern province of Yunnan have culminated in a daring act by the rebels. They have captured M. Francois, the ...
Article : 106 wordsWith respect to the Taku forts engagement. Admiral Bruce reports that the admirals of the several foreign squadrons engaged were co-operating with the ...
Article : 72 wordsRear-Admiral Bruce reports that the Chinese admiral was present at the bombardment of the Taku forts. He was with the allied fleet in a Chinese ...
Article : 85 wordsOn Wednesday last a determined assault was made on the foreign legations in Peking by the Boxers. The embassies, however, were ...
Article : 61 wordsIt is asserted by the Chinese that Russia will help them against the other Powers. There is, however, at present no ...
Article : 45 wordsThe action of the powers in despatching a force to Peking for the protection of foreign interests has excited the indignation of the Chinese military ...
Article : 131 wordsSerious trouble has occurred on the Si-Kiang or West River, near the month of which the great city of Canton stands. ...
Article : 43 wordsA correspondent of the "Standard" states that 40,000 Russian troops, with 42 guns, are massed at Kiachta, in South-Eastern Siberia, and have been ...
Article : 44 wordsA very grave report has been received respecting the situation in Peking. The German consul at Chefoo, a treaty port on the north coast of the ...
Article : 84 wordsReuter's correspondent at Washington states that France is entitled to the credit of having secured the maintenance of an equilibrium among the ...
Article : 61 wordsNews has been received that on Sunday last the Taku forts opened fire on the foreign gunboats, which responded with great vigor. ...
Article : 320 wordsIt is announced that Li Hung Chang, the Chinese diplomat, has been summoned to Peking. The Chinese officials at Shanghai ...
Article : 57 wordsFurther Boxer riots are reported, churches and mission stations having been burnt, both in Peking and Tientsin. ...
Article : 106 wordsIn consequence of the rapid extension of the Boxer rising, and the determined to hostility to foreigners shown by the Dowager Empress of China, and the ...
Article : 162 wordsIn the House of Lords last night the Marquis of Salisbury announced that Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour had returned to Tientsin with ...
Article : 59 wordsThe only messages which are now being received at the coast from the interior are from a Chinese source. In one of these messages, it is stated ...
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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Sat 23 Jun 1900, Page 22
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