The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-11-24
How French and British Allies Occupied
1t ut That Time.

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London Chronicle: Al the present
moment it is interesting to recall the
circumstances and solne of the incl
dents of the entry of an allied force
into Peking forty years ago. After a
long period OF friction between Great
Britain and China MIR. Edward Bruce
was, early In 1853, appointed special
envoy to Peking to formally ratify the
treaty CT Tier Tsin. Admiral Houe, in
command Of the China squadron, made
special arrangements with a view to
protecting he envoy, having been
warned of q threatened nnti-foreign
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS not without rea-
son. Mr.. Bruce was stopped on his
way to Picking near Tien Tsin, and
me ADMIRAL attempted to force a pass
age up the river past the Taku forts
age up the river past the Taku forts,
put met With stronger opposition thar
he expected. n was repulsed with a
loss of 81 killed II $50 wounded.
Stronger measures We're necessary,
and France agreed to join Great Brit
ain In a military expedition. The Brit
ism troops, $4,000 in all, drawn mainly
from india, were commanded by Cen
erai Sir Hope Grant with Colonel
Wolseley, now Lord Wolseley; as depu-
ty assistant quartermaster general,
and the French by General Montau-
BAN. On August u. 1860, the British
ana trehcE forces captured the Taku
forts, losing 500 killed and wounded,
and then marched toward the capital.
were in great force. as we'll as in earn
were In great force, as wei las in earn
est, declared that he was ready to con-
Guide the treaty, but the generals in
sisted that it could only be done after
they had reached Tung Chow. Com
sui Parkes, accompanied by Henry
Loch, MIR. de Norman and Mr.. Bowl
' nv tho Tir,ac cy.,.o - ,,xl ~ -.1 -
escort of twenty-six sabers under
Lieutenant Anderson, started ahead of
the army to Tung Chow to make arr
rangements for a meeting. These ar
engagements having apparently been
successfully concluded, MIR. Parkes and
his party, ON their return to meet the
! allied forces, found themselves
hemmed in by the Chinese, and were
eventually aiken as prisoners TO Pc
kirg, and Captain Brabazon, who had
just Joined the party from the Brit
tsll column, was beheaded.
The allied generals ordered their bat
]teries to attack the Chinese, and a not
engagement ensued, in which the Sikhs
especially distinguished themselves.
and both parties held their ground.
Attempts at negotiation We're followed
by other engagements, and the British
n French gained the outskirts of Pc
king and captured the emperor.s sum
mer palace, from which an enormous
amount of prize property was secured
and divided among the troops.
Again the Chinese protested them
selves willing to treat, and as a pre-
urinary Mr.. rarkes and Mr.. Loeb
were released. after having suffered
many i~ndignities: Lieutenant Anderson
and MIR. de Nolrnann We're never seen
alive again. having succumbed to the
effects of the Cruelest forms OF tor
trEre. Lord Elgin then refused to nego-
tiate until this barbarous crime had
been putged by prompt punishment;
Sir Hope Grant destroyed the summer
palace by fire, and GlOO.O 900 was de-
inanded and subsequently paid as com.
pensation to the relatives OF the muir
dered men. 1t had been outside the
summer palace where the British pris-
oners had been most barbarously
treated for the edification of the en-
peror, who watched the proceedings
from his window.
Negotiations then followed, and ON
october u the allies, without firing a
shot, occupied Picking. the palace OF
Prince Tsai, who had instigated the
anti-foreign movement. being appro-
priated by Lord 11lgin as his Official
residence. The treaty wa signed on
October "a. and on November q the last
Of h allied forces marched out of
PelSing.