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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1926.

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were landed from the transports at Foltang, and put the large bridge lout of action. The bridge (No. 10) His over a river which is 20ft. deep at this point, and consists of two- 200ft. spans, F the damago is sorious it will be an important en- gingering task to repair it. Troops Thurriedly despatched from this ond of Feitnng to investigate cape back. in the same car wounded?.

Mr. S. H. Dorey, who escorted the foreign families and a number of Chinese refugees to Tientsin' from Taku. yesterday, was inter- viewed by a representative of the Peking and Tlontain Times From his statement it appears that the bombardment really began on Sunday morning. One of the gun- bonts tried to get across the bar behindi w ship piloted by Captain Johnston. But went ashore.. The warship soon got. off auata. This gunboat, oripossibly another, camo in on the falling water on Sunday morning and fired four, shells at the batteries ashore. The utter did not reply and the gunbout turn- ed and steamed out seawards again.

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Mary Lewis, a former Ziegfeld Fellies won an ovation at her debut in graad opera at the betro- politan Opera House, New York,

seems to be that this was tho Tarchon Manu" which is carrying passengers and the Siberian malls, Mr. Dorey, however, who saw the jship through his binoculars,, thinks ||that the ship was larger than the DKK., boat, and might." "hayo boon a transport. The atmosphere was still somewhat hazy, however, and the identity of the ship is uncer. tain

Attempt To Land Troops..

The attempt to land troops at a point below Taku in confirmed.. But whether the affort actually succeeded is still unknown. The arufsers went down to this place on Saturday night towing a very large number of fishing cruft. It may have been merely asfaint.

On Sunday night the squadron, moved up to Peitang, and "four" transports were reen standing off Petting bar, att aded by numerous. boats. It is bible for ships to got much closer to the shore here than Taku. Mife fire was heard from that direction between 16 ofclock and 8.30.

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The flag ut. Taku lasted for two. Bours. It is regarded as merely a preliminary skirmish, severe "as it was, and it was feared that the larger warships would renew the tombardment of the batteries at.. high tide...

It was reported that the Kuo- minchun Authorities had decided to forbid the pilots to go out, In which event the ships about to sail from Tientsin will be held ap here or at Tangku. The Forts are apparently not short of ammuni- ition, for as the party left further large supplies were being conver ed so the batteries.

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throwing up anal columns of Seamanlike Manoeuvring.

water, but it did not appear, that

An American torpedo-boat was "About 6:16 yesterday morning the warship was actually hit. Mr. Dovey and other foreigners Several small boats were also-fired tide the bar waiting to come were awakened and warned that the on, evidently under the assumption yesterday morning. She is squadron were approaching Tax, that they were being used by the resumably on her way to Hsinho for the protection of the Standardi evidently with the object of renew mops for landing purposes. The ing the bombardment. In a few windows of the houses ahonk alarmn-Oil tanks here.

Swarming With Troops.. minutes fring Bekan; and the tingly under the violent bombard Chiese began rushing round toment, and preparations ware Tala are said to be literally The transports at Peitang and ter the occupants of the houses to mediately made to get the women swarming with troops, of whom One gunboat came into and children away. Mr. Doze there are between 5,000 and 8,000 get up. Deep Hole while a larger one ran up the fag above the premises stood off on the bar, and did not belonging to his Company, and got aboard. How many of them were fire her guns The maneuvring of into telephonie communication with put ashore at Peitang cannot be the gunboat was very seamantike, the Company's Head Office in Tien- discovered, but it is assumed that surprisingly so in view of the re-itsin. seeking Mr. Way's permission on the putntion she Chinese Navy has to evacuate the families burned as the resuls of its previous Kaitaic one of the Company's exploits,

tugs then lying at Taku.. Contrary to expectations, the soldiers ashore did not get out of "

Foreign Refugees.. ham's way, but vigorously re Mr. and Mrs. Trevor, Mrs, plied. The shore batteries, which Sangster, and her mother and son, are situated between the south and Dr. Feng and his family members south-east ferts. on law ground, of the telegraph and wireless staff were veinforced on Sunday, a fadly big gum being triinsported across the river for Tangki It took eight. mules to pull the gun to the emplacements. A detachment of some 500 men necompanied 15.

fairly strong force was landed Not only was the large bridge over the Han blown up or put out of conmission, but, the telegraph and telephone lines were also cut. It is believed that the object of the landing is to cut off both the Kuuminchur forces between Tangku and Lanchow and the shore batteries at Taku forts, thus and other Chinese refugees went enabling the warships and troeps award the tug, and were brought remaining on the transports to to Tientsin in the afternoon, under enter the river. The position of the 'care of Mr. Dorey. The first Tientsin is already serious. In view shell fired tropped in Dr. Feng's of the virtual closing of the port. compound

Fat Taku, but it would be still The pilots' houses and other The Norwegian, steamer "Hubrow," worse if the aim of the Shantung Buildings at Pilottown ane so close chartered: to the K.M.A., and come Expedition is achieved. to the batteries that they were finto the Quarantine Station, and

Many Wounded.

practically in the line of fire, was hotly shelled. She succeнa- Four cars of wounded, mostly fully ran the gauntlet, and was very serious cases, left Lanchow berthed at Tangku about noon. and Tongshan on Sunday night, to Another vessel was crossing the be treated in Tientsin. These

Shella" passed over the house of Mrs. Sangster, the Tag and Lighter Company's premises. and que Felt into the middle of the road, tear bar during the bombardment, but were of course unable to get ing apa large portion of it. The decided that discretion was the though as the bridge was dam- shells from the spore batteries better part and turned out to sea aged in the night."Shanghai dropped all around the gunboat. Pagain. The general impression Times."

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