Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . ialist garrison was installed there,and the Hyson continued the pursuit to with-in a mile of Soochow itself A Lively Panic. The defenders of -Quinsan itself wereterribly alarmed at the cutting off of theircommunications. They saw themselves onthe point of being surrounded, and theyyielded to the uncontrollable impulse ofpanic. During the night, after having suf-fered severely from
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . ialist garrison was installed there,and the Hyson continued the pursuit to with-in a mile of Soochow itself A Lively Panic. The defenders of -Quinsan itself wereterribly alarmed at the cutting off of theircommunications. They saw themselves onthe point of being surrounded, and theyyielded to the uncontrollable impulse ofpanic. During the night, after having suf-fered severely from the Hyson fire, the garri-son evacuated the place, which might easilyhave held out; and General Ching had thepersonal satisfaction, on learning from somedeserters of the flight of the garrison, of lead-ing his men over the eastern walls which hehad wished to assault. The importance ofQuinsan was realized on its capture. Major 106 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. Gordon pronounced it to be the key of Soo-chow, and at once resolved to establish hisheadquarters there, partly because of its The change was not acceptable, however,to the force itself; and the artillery in parti-cular refused to obey orders, and threatened. natural advantages, but also and not less onaccount of its enabling him to gradually des-troy the evil associations and vicious habitswhich the men had contracted at Sunkiang. A CHINESE FESTIVAL. to shoot their officers. Discipline was, how-ever, promptly reasserted by the energy ofthe commander, who ordered the principalring-leader to b shot ^nd the Ever Victori- CHINESE GORDON. 107 ous Army became gradually reconciled toits new position at Quinsan, After the cap-ture of Quinsan there was a cessation ofactive operations for nearly two months. Itwas the height of summer and the newtroops had to be drilled. The difficulty withChing, who took all the credit for the cap-ture of Quinsan to himself, was arrangedthrough the mediation of Dr. Macartney,who had just left the Engli
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