The land of the boxers, or, China under the allies . as the famous water-gate by whichthe Anglo-Indian troops had entered, first of theAllies, to the relief of the besieged. The nullah wascrossed by several bridges, over one of which passesLegation Street, edong which we had ridden in ourrickshas that morning. On the left bank of thenullah, looking north, stands the English Legation,surrounded by a high wall enclosing well-woodedgrounds. Opposite it, on the right bank, is theJapanese Legation, similarly enclosed. During thesiege the two were connected by a wall built acrossthe watercourse, whi
The land of the boxers, or, China under the allies . as the famous water-gate by whichthe Anglo-Indian troops had entered, first of theAllies, to the relief of the besieged. The nullah wascrossed by several bridges, over one of which passesLegation Street, edong which we had ridden in ourrickshas that morning. On the left bank of thenullah, looking north, stands the English Legation,surrounded by a high wall enclosing well-woodedgrounds. Opposite it, on the right bank, is theJapanese Legation, similarly enclosed. During thesiege the two were connected by a wall built acrossthe watercourse, which is generally dry, and theythus formed the front face of the defence. Aportion of the city wall, cut off by breastworkson the summit, became the rear face, which washeld by the Americans, who were attacked alongthe top of the wall itself The French, German,and Belgian Legations lay to the right and rearof the Jalpanese; while the Russian and Americanstood between the British Legation and the around the limits of the defence were acres of. PEKIN 79 wrecked and burnt Chinese houses, destroyed im-partially by besiegers and besieged. After a long study of the position from our coignof vantage, we descended to the left bank of thenullah ; and, passing the residences of the Americanand Russian Ministers guarded by stalwart Yankeesoldier or heavily built Slav, we came to where theimposing gateway of the English Legation opensout on the road running along the bank. Insidethe entrance stood the guardroom. To the rightlay the comfortable residences of the Minister andthe various officials spread about in the spacious,tree-shaded grounds. We passed on to a groupof small and squalid Chinese houses, which servedas the quarters for the officers and men of theLegation Guard, chiefly composed of Royal WelchFusiliers. The officers in command, all old friendsof ours, received us most hospitably, and enter-tained us with grateful refreshment and the newsof Pekin. We were cynically amus
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