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the darkness, but when dawn appeared, at 3.45, the gunboats, led at first by the Algerine and afterwards by the Iltis, steamed down the river and took up a position close under the N. W. Fort. A single well-timed shell would have utterly destroyed any one of the six vessels, but Chinese gunnery was once more at fault. The naval guns soon mastered the heavy and beautiful weapons on the Forts, and before 5 a.m. the two landing parties had rushed the North-west Fort, and then proceeded along the causeway to the large North Fort at the river mouth. This was also escaladed and its great guns turned against the two fortifications on the South side of the river at close range. The whole affair was finished before 6 a.m.-a large number of Chinese dead testifying to the accuracy of the Allies' fire. Four Chinese torpedo-boat destroyers were captured with conspicuous bravery by the British torpedo-boat destroyers Whiting and Fame, and distributed amongst the Allies.

The demolition of the Forts has been effected during the last year (1902).

DIRECTORY

BERNARDI HOTEL, opposite Railway Station, TAKU CLUB

Tongku

P. Bernardi, proprietor

Tai-koo

古太

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants

Captain H. H. Brown, wharfinger

(Tongku)

CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING Co.

Fred. W. Godsil, agent

Carl Matthiessen, assistant

CUSTOMS IMPERIAL MARITIME (at Tongku) T'survyr.-in-charge-R. H. Strangian Tidewaiters-C. Knox, C. Rhodrick,

F. B. Lynn, W. Aird, G. Roberts, F. Galignani, J. E. Sainsbury, O. Vannozzi, F. Peacock

Lightship "Taku"

Acting Captain-C. Huste Acting Mate-N. Wickstrom

Acting Second Mate-N. Andersen

Revenue Cruiser "Foam"

Tidewaiter in charge-T. R. Heard

Tidewaiters--E. A. Eckert, H. Abra-

hamsen

Steam Launches "Kweishun,” “Feifu”

* Ta-ku yin-shui

水引沾大

PILOT COMPANY (TAKU)

H. S. Hurst (secretary), W. P. Chard,

J. Taylor, C. Saville, S. J. Strong,

J. W. Stavers, H. K. Taylor

POST OFFICE-CHINESE IMPERIAL (at Tong-

ku)

Postal Officer-E. A. Schaumlöffel

Hon. Secretary-

利德 Te-le

TAKU HOTEL

司公船駮活大

Ta-ku Po-ch'uun Kung-s8U

TAKU TUG AND LIGHTER COMPANY, LIMITED,

Head Office, Tientsin: Tel. Ad, Calendar

Directors-J, Stewart, J. M. Dickenson.

R. Cousins, W. C. C. Anderson W. T. L. Way, acting secretary W. S. Johnston

A. Crawford, engineer J. Cromarty,

do.

G. Butland, captain

Jones,

Davis,

do.

do.

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES-TAKU

Great Northern Telegraph Co., Ld. Eastern Extension, Australia and China

Telegraph Co., Ld.

H. H. Gilby, acting supt. (E.E. A. &C. T)

Co., L.)

P. V. Lange-Petersen, acting controller

(G. N. T. Co., Ld.)

D. K. Blair

A. Z. Frisenette

A. W. Jensen

F. Kerr

V. A. Petersen

E. Riley

E. Eden

J. T. Stavers

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