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some thirty casualties, moon, these being the cou anuing
officer who was severly wounded.
in the morning of the 17th, so soon as it was obvious
that an attack was in progress, i gave orders for Wie
scheme of defence for the concession, wideh had previously
been arranged with the Council and the Naval authorities,
to be put into operation. The gates on the back of the
Concession and the Fund were closed, a way of com un.cation
leing kept open by means of wie gate at the top of the
steps just below the wonɛulate, ko armed party Irana demanda
"Cockchafer" was lanued, and a warin sent to all forgin
-ers living outside the conceɛkion. A number 01 these came
into the Concession ena vore billeted in various nous88
and in this consul te.
" the morni?: of the 18th the Umissioner for
zoreign ffairɛ, who had taken, refuge in the concession,
cle to see me at my requent. I ougueɛted to, richận the
advisability of getting in touch with the incoming, troops
na iɩ was most important we should know wao was in coli and.
r.chia promised he would „o this, but later in the day he
left for lanking, on instructions from uan kud-chun.
Juring the day small detachments of uzsian troope
with mchine-guns ap eɛred at the western end of the
und:
linding the gates closed they made their way onto the
foreshore and thence back on to the,unu, pastang round the
gates at the eastern end in the ɛnúe xay, as no autapt was
m de to force the grtes of to do otherwise than past
straight through, a considered that it woulu be insuvisable
to take any drastic steps with a view to preventlik we
passage of these troops who obviously had very lit vie
as to where they were. in order, however, to make things
en Bier