The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-21
INTERESTING FROM CHINA.
A YANKEE GENERAL WHIPPING THE
REBELS.

A YANKEE GENERAL WHIPPING THE
REBELS.
From the shanghae Shipping List of Aug IS
Our news for the fortnight is compare
lively scanty and unimportant The rebels
are again on the move, and General Ward
has distinguished himself by capturing four
places which they had occupied in strength,
viz: Kinsang, Leohu, Tsingpoo, and Yu-
Yaou.
In the early part of July, Kinsang was
taken by body of his men, l, 200 strong,
accompanied by battery of underground
howitzers, together with thirty two pound
ers. The day previous to the assault on
the city, the imperialists attacked an out
post, and were repulsed with severe loss;
after which they retired to respectful
distance, and waited-as has been their
custom in all these actions-for Wards
men to do the fighting. The latter, after
two or three smart skirmishes- whole
affair scarcely occupying six hours-drove
the enemy within the walls, but not before
the shell and sharp fire of musketry and
rifles had severely cut them up. Discour-
aged by the disasters of the day, or unwill-
ing again to face the fire of shell, for which
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the rebels, said to number some 5000, I'M
der cover of the night, left the city, and it
was handed over to the imperial troops by
Gen. Ward on the following day.
LeOhu, avillage on the Yangtsze, strongly
fortified, and held by 500 Canton pirates
and two thousand Chaugmaous, was at
tackled on the 25th of last month. Over
one hundred vessels that these marauders
had captured were taken; seventy of them
were sent to Shanghai, and the remainder
burned. Their stronghold, a most skill
fully constructed fort, entirely surrounded
by water, was destroyed, and large num-
berS of the enemy were killed. OF Wards
forces but twOwere killed, and two slightly
wounded
On the 9th instant Ward advanced
against Tsingpoo with force of one thou
sand two hundred men, two batteries of
twelve-pound calibre, and thirty-pOunder
Dahlgren gun, mounted on a small steam
er. AT the time of the attack the city was
defended by six thousand men, and since
its loss, two months back, they had great
ly strengthened its walls, and amongst
other improvements had thrown up an in
ner breastwork of clay on the rampant,
some ten feet thick and twelve feet high,
giving themselves fine cover, and render
ing the small gun useless against the up
per part of the wall. On the morning of
attack they received a reinforcement of
5000 men from SoOchow. Two breech-
es were made in the walls. The first was
attempted by assault; but, owing to the
delay caused by the inexperience of the
boatmen-who, carrying a portion of the
assauitlng party, were to advance to the
breach, and, forming bridge across the
creek, enable the remainder to cross over
the affair misscarried and General Ward,
unwilling to expose his force to the loss
that appeared inevitable if the point was
forced, sounded the recall The following
day the troops rested. On the 9th inst. at
p. NJ, the fire again opened from thirty
two-pound gun at the distance of three
hundred and fifty yards off, and an effec-
tive breach was made in about one hour
and half Under cover of sharp fire
of shell on the breach and neighboring
parapets, the head of the column rushed
up the way, and the storming party enter
ed the city, driving away the rebels, who,
conscious that the day was lost, fed preci-
pitately from the place.
The loss of Wards force in the affair
was not over 10 killed and wounded, and
Ga drowned and missing, during the siege
of five days, while that of the rebels, as
far as can be learned, was very great, they
having taken away 100 wounded, besides
leaving great numbers behind. 800 ofthe
rebels were taken prisoners. The troops
occupied the place from entrance at 9 AM.
till 6 in the afternoon, at which time the
imperialists, who had been resting in their
camps at distance of six miles from the
walls, came up and took full charge of the
city.
The last place taken was Yu-Yaou, that
has been wrested from the rebels with
loss, as officially reported, of 90 men and
! officer.