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six vessels, but Chinese gunnery was once more at fault. The naval guns soon mastered the heavy and modern 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 arge 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-coat destroyers Whiting and Fame and distributed amongst the Allies. The demolition of the Forts was effected during 1901-2.
司公船駁活大
Ta Ku Po Ch'uan Kung Sze.
DIRECTORY
TAKU TUG & LIGHTER Co., LTD.-Head
Office: Tientsin; Teleph. 15; Cable Ad: Calendar
H. V. Jennings, Works supt.
A. S. Oakes, assistant
A. P. Dallimore, do.
C. Morton, assistant
R. Heaps, Bar supt.
TAKU CLUB-Teleph. 56
TAKU PILOT Co.-Teleph. 45; Cable Ad:
Pilots
TIENTSIN LIGhter Co., LTD.—
Butterfield & Swire, managers
HSINHO
CHINESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS (Peiping
Liaoning Line)-
G. B. Carruthers, signal engineer
HAI HO CONSERVANCY COMMISSION-
W. F. Biskupski
KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION FARM- C. F. Chow, farm superintendant
STANDARD-VACUUM OIL Co.-Cable Ad:
Standvac
T. C. Malcolm.
TONGKU
司公油火亞細亞商英
Ying shang a si a huo yu kung sze
ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. (NORTH CHINA),
LTD.-Tongku Installation
W. Cameron
古太 Tai koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE (John Swire &
Sons, Ltd.), Merchants
Swire
Cable Ad:
J. Crombey, superintendant
CHINESE GOVERNMENT SALT GABELLE-
T. W. Pong, district inspector
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS STATION. Acting Assistant Tidesurveyor-T. Ki- shimoto
HAIHO CONSERVANCY-
W. G. Sherman, bar works supt.
KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION, THE-
Tongku (Near Taku); Cable Ad: Maishan
A. Carter, agent
E. H. Lou, asst. agent
POST OFFICE, CHINESE--
Hsu Tien-chia, postmaster Tsung Ming
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