. The Flowery republic / by Frederick McCormick ... with special illustrations by the author and from photographs and the Chinese press ; maps, etc . fighting until reinforcementsarrive from Peking. On Oct. 19 the revolutionists, reinforced with 3000additional men from Wuchang, return to the attack onKilometre 10. Toward evening the Imperialists give way,retreating up the railway, strewing the embankmentwith cartridges and accoutrements. 6 the victoriousrevolutionists, led by their General and accompanied bythe Wuchang viceregal band, return to Hankow, theirtroops in possession of the bat
. The Flowery republic / by Frederick McCormick ... with special illustrations by the author and from photographs and the Chinese press ; maps, etc . fighting until reinforcementsarrive from Peking. On Oct. 19 the revolutionists, reinforced with 3000additional men from Wuchang, return to the attack onKilometre 10. Toward evening the Imperialists give way,retreating up the railway, strewing the embankmentwith cartridges and accoutrements. 6 the victoriousrevolutionists, led by their General and accompanied bythe Wuchang viceregal band, return to Hankow, theirtroops in possession of the battlefield. All that was seen of this two days fighting from aforeign window in the Concessions is described by an ab-sorbed onlooker. He sees the troops move past, then 25wounded men brought to the London Mission Hospital,a mob of rebel coolies destroy Culvert Bridge, a trainloaded with Imperialists coming down to the Bridge, whereofficers descend from the engine, make an inspection andretire, after which the mob of coolies resume. There are large numbers of the Imperialists, and towardthree oclock the onlooker sees the rebels advance and the \. 1 BirracKs g/tfBntf. Z Militiiry HeAdt^uir^tS 3 15* Inf. BriJ 4 e-t tng,r.^er Bitt.^ Jfi Chen^i Ydrnen 6 Trdnsfjorf Batt Oo^*l) 7 2l4tBl-ig, _tK» Wuchang, Hankow, Hanyang, and Surroundings. To face p. 120. RETREAT 121 Imperialists in the train move back behind Kilometre cheering of the revolutionists is louder than thefiring, and only a dozen shots can be heard. These shotsare sent after the train, and great numbers of revolutionistsadvance along the railway embankment. They fire intothe south side of Chinese Town ahead of them, where threeshells from the Chinese cruisers drive them away. Theydesert their little field-gun which stands on the embank-ment for a time and then disappears, either being destroyedor recaptured. A shell from one of the Chinese cruisersdrops near the pigeon-shooting tower in the Race Clubgroun
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