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NEWS BY THE MAIL. BRUTALITY BY THE RUSSIANS. THE FRENCH NOT FAR BEHIND. GALLANT DEFENCE OF PEJTANG. (Received October 9, 9.30 a.m). Sydney, October 9. News from China in connection with, the Russian brutality at Pekin shows that Sir Claude Macdonald went to the Russian Ambassador to remonstrate, but found him impotent to do anything to stop the outrages. The French are reported as not far behind the Cossacks in cruolty. It is asserted that women aud children were murdered without mercy. The defence of Peitang by a f3W brave Italian and French ooldiero aud 2000 native converts was most gallant, indeed the defence of the Legations pales before it. The enemy exploded five rniuca under the.place, killing 80, mostly women and children. The Japanese relieved the town just iu time to prevent the garrison succumbing to starvation. Hongkong, October 8. All the British troops at Pekin winter there except the Weiheiwei regiment.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IX, Issue 775, 9 October 1900, Page 2
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