Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-05-02
4 YELLOW CRIME,
THE SIEGE IN PEKIN.

| THE SIEGE
June IS, The night entertainment
| viz, fireworks came at a. M, in
stead OF midnight. as usual Chinese
/ troops wcre seen marching northwest,
| supposedly IL convey the empress to
/ IL summer palace. by this time the
! shesls from the various guns near us
| S,f&a 10 come nearer, several eNp!od-
| iisa IN the compound SO Bomb proof
! Nel rs We're started in different parts
q! l.e compound, in which we might
take icfuge if the shells ACTUALLY be-
gan To do damage. These bomb
/! proofs were trenches about six feet
/ deep, caNered with Il roof of timbers,
| boards ard from two TO four feet of
/ e@:ta o. saadbags. These 1T was
/ thought .NlNla furnish efficient protec-
! ton as:ll,s@t Fragments of she'll. Ser
! se1llt Fan: rs, t. 5. Nj. @, was killed
/ " sniper On the city wall.
/ June q Msyiiieaday. Very heavy FIR
/! ing alosts' ''lai The Imperial city wall.
! crowd Of s.eeni:orn Eo%ers started
L. attack the Nnicricars on the wall
/ from l'e,oN. i'ae Americans turned
| the Noit on them. killing about MY.
and tie rest got away. y Chlnainan
! Nlo arrived from near Tien Tsin re-
l22slea lg&eGs very thick arunad there,
( aAd that three Givisions of troops had
I left Tien 'fsiil Jui,c "A to come TO Pc
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/ june Is. No news, OF Importance.
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