China.

Manawatu Herald, 1 September 1900, Page 2

China.

PEKIN. General Frey, the French general who commanded the relieving force of Japanese, British and French troops, captured a series of earthworks between the Imperial Palace and Cathedral, killing 500 Chinese regulars. The beseigers had almost completed a long tunnel toward the ! merican Legation when the relief column reached Pekin. Pekin is, according to latest reports, clear of the enemy. LI HUNG CHANG KEPT PRISONER. admiral Courrejolles commander of the French fleet, announced that the Admirals have decided to detain Li Hung Chang a prisoner in the Taku roadstead pending the settlement of ft baiia for peaoe negotiations.

AN APPEAL TO THE DOWAGR. I Li Hung Chang has aßked the Dowager-Empress to arrest Prince Tuan, leader of the reactionnaries, and disarm the Boxers, so as to open the way for his negotiations -with the Powers. RUSSIAN OPERATIONS. Russia has ordered from America six mi lion pounds of beef on the hoof, to feed her troops in China. A force of 1800 Russian infantry and 800 artillery, with twenty-four guns, is about to be despatched from Kieff on the Dnieper river. I The troops have been engaged for three years to guard Charbin-Port Arthur railway.

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