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 .. . the Imperial-ists, fared not less badly. The pontoonswere lost, and the force suffered a greaterloss than at any time during the war, withthe exception of Waisso. The Taepings alsolost heavily; and their valor could not alterthe inevitable result. Changchow had conse-quently to be approached systematically bytrenches, in the construction of which theChinese showed themselves very
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 .. . the Imperial-ists, fared not less badly. The pontoonswere lost, and the force suffered a greaterloss than at any time during the war, withthe exception of Waisso. The Taepings alsolost heavily; and their valor could not alterthe inevitable result. Changchow had conse-quently to be approached systematically bytrenches, in the construction of which theChinese showed themselves very skilful. Theloss o§ the pontoons compelled the formationof a cask-bridge ; and, during the extensivepreparations for renewing the attack, severalhundred of the garrison came over, reportingthat it was only the Cantonese who wished tofight to the bitter end. 120 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. On the nth of May, the fourth anniver-sary of its capture by Chung Wang, Lirequested Major Gordon to act in concertwith him for carrying the place by attack was made in the middle of theday, to the intense surprise of the garrison,I who made only a feeble resistance, and thetown was at last carried with little GENERAL GORDON. The commandant, Hoc Wang, was madeprisoner and executed. This proved to bethe last action of the Ever Victorious Army,which then returned to Quinsan, and wasquietly disbanded by his commander beforethe 1st of June. To sum up the closing incidents of theTaeping war, Tayan was evacuated twodays after the fall of Changchow, leaving Nankin alone in their hands. Inside thatcity there was the greatest misery and suffer-ing. Tien Wang had refused to take anyof the steps pressed on him by Chung Wang,and when he heard the people were sufferingfrom want, all he said was, Let them eatthe sweet dew. Tseng Kwofan drew up hislines on all sides of the city, and graduallydrove the despairing rebels be-hind the walls. Chung Wangsent out the old women andchildren; and let it
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