CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900 — Page 189

ONFIDENTIAL.

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Luckunglao, 17. Jume. pers

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Received telegrain from General at Hongkong askinig mo to arrange land bransport for force sanding to Takel and Expect to arrive thes in 21 June: I have telegraphed that I am ending Captain Wing ale to Scentsin to see what be done thave asked for information as to bject othrength of force.

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of war have been have for some las and telegraph to Tenbin is interupted to am cut off from information as to what is going

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have seen private letter from Rear Admiral Bruce fom Taku saying matters generall

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bada

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mbe. Admmal Saymours, with small fore being

Admual-Saymour off from Tientsin + Peking about half way

en the hoo places and attack chinese hoops and Boxers Pafpected. think liat dedmnal Sexy,

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is blocked more

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country than by boops, Bonet ges

•probably desthored land he has no pero hingate mee Inquire into arrangerer & flandung

dispositions

Hong kong force

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of for &

I will probably fail to get Eccusport and a

inland towards Peking demands hey arnentemens which Navy probably have,

time to five.

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of the request of Corvul Geveral Thangheie Jain brigung mange for information being supplied to corgissin sk for authority over military moven. hira if no senior officer comes with Hong Kong

lu homes with to place myself at his orders of one comes quel here:

Chinese Regunent ons benig ghod through muskabiz.

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