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Chinese Attack On Ningpo
We have received viâ Calcutta, intelligence from Macao to the 4th of April, and from Singapore to the 19th of the same month. The news from China is both important…
Posted inLocal Histories
Chinese Artillerymen
The above cut represents Chinese artillerymen practising at the gun. This species of warfare appears greatly to have attracted the attention of the Chinese, who begin to know its value;…
Posted inDaily News
Chinese Women Soldiers Killed in Battle
Die Bravely in Defense of Town
Entire Unit Is Annihilated By Vicious Japanese Onslaught
By EDNA LEE BOOKER
SHANGHAI, Feb. 10 (I.N.S.). —A fighting unit of 24 Chinese women soldiers was destroyed in a brave defense of the village of Woosung when it was invaded by Japanese forces two days ago, it was revealed today.
The modem Amazons, armed with old-fashioned rifles and long bayonets, had been guarding the road on the outskirts of the village, according to Carl Lemcke and Harvey Duncan, American business men who encountered them Monday.
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Boxers Slay and Mutilate
Overcome a Party of British and Japanese Soldiers. Not always do the expeditions of the allies against the Boxers meet success, for according to advices received by the Empress of…