. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . and nearer the river,while on the west there was much open ground and large patches of water, evenwithin the famous mud wall, which in an irregular fashion surrounded the nativecity, all the settlements, the railway station, the north fort, and also a long stretchof the Pei-ho River. The mud wall, about ten feet
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . and nearer the river,while on the west there was much open ground and large patches of water, evenwithin the famous mud wall, which in an irregular fashion surrounded the nativecity, all the settlements, the railway station, the north fort, and also a long stretchof the Pei-ho River. The mud wall, about ten feet high, ten feet broad on the top and thirty at thebase, was built by the Chinese to protect the city and settlements during the time ofthe Tai-ping rebellion. It was only a few yards from the settlements. The Ameri-can consulate, almost the last house in the extra British concession, was situated onlyabout 350 yards from the wall, where the naval guns were subsequently mountedfor the defense of the settlement. The north fort, built by Li Hung Chang, was outside the native city, on the northbank of the Pei-ho, near its junction with the Grand Canal. Huge mounds of salt along the water, used with much success by the Chinesefor the purposes of defense, were features of Tien (/J < HI-< — 499 — The West Arsenal, or Joss-house Arsenal, lay west of the settlement, and duesouth of the native city. Between the arsenal and the city were a great number ofChinese graves and earth-mounds, of which the Chinese took advantage, diggingtrenches in addition for further protection; and the extensive graveyards north ofthe railway station, on the opposite side of the stream, were used by them in thesame way. To the south and west of the settlement were large tracts of comparatively opencountry, with a few Chinese houses scattered here and there, and a few low-huttedvillages which afforded good shelter. Nothing of note occurred June 11th, 12th and 13th. On June 14th 1,700 Russiansol
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