The land of the boxers, or, China under the allies . in a wild night attack, and evenEuropean soldiers had retreated before the fury oftheir onslaught. But the men of the hitherto un-tried Hong Kong Regiment, sturdy sons of thePunjaub plains or Frontier hills, had swept down i6 THE LAND OF THE BOXERS on them with the cold steel and bayoneted themin and under the trucks; until even Chinesefanaticism could stand it no longer and the fewsurvivors fled in the friendly darkness. For thatbrave exploit, the Subhedar Major of the corpsnow wears the Star of the Indian Empire. Fromthe mud walls of that
The land of the boxers, or, China under the allies . in a wild night attack, and evenEuropean soldiers had retreated before the fury oftheir onslaught. But the men of the hitherto un-tried Hong Kong Regiment, sturdy sons of thePunjaub plains or Frontier hills, had swept down i6 THE LAND OF THE BOXERS on them with the cold steel and bayoneted themin and under the trucks; until even Chinesefanaticism could stand it no longer and the fewsurvivors fled in the friendly darkness. For thatbrave exploit, the Subhedar Major of the corpsnow wears the Star of the Indian Empire. Fromthe mud walls of that village, scarce two hundredyards away, the European-drilled Imperial troops,armed with the latest magazine rifles, had searchedwith deadly aim every yard of open ground overwhich the defenders advanced. Across this ditchthe Boxers, invincible in their mad belief, hadswarmed in the face of a murderous fire, andfilled it with their dead. Not a foot of ground inthat prosaic railway station but had its tale ofdesperate fanaticism or disciplined valour. o X CHAPTER IITIENTSIN THE foreign settlement of Tientsin and theChinese city are entirely separate, and liesome distance apart. The former, resembling morea^European town than an alien lodgment in theheart of the Celestial Empire, boasts wide roadsand well-kept streets, large offices and lofty ware-houses, good public buildings and comfortablevillas, a racecourse and a polo-ground. It isdivided into the Concessions of the various nation-alities, of which the English, in size and ^js_easilyj6rst. UEe difference betweenit and the next largest—the French—is verymarked. The latter, though possessing a few goodstreets, several hotels, and at least one long busi-ness thoroughfare with fine shops, speaks all tooplainly of stagnation. The British quarter, bustling,crowded, tells just as clearly of thriving trade. Init are found most of the banks, the offices of themore considerable merchants, and all the municipalbu
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