New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

! upon the island the Portuguese realizing
that such an action would prejudice their
CAIN 70 the territory In question, dis
| patched a gunboat full Of marines to the
island and sent word to the Chinese that
they were quite able to "set their house in
order' without aid from Canton
The Portuguese marines. after an undis-
puted landing under cover OF the gunboat,
were set upon in force by the pirates in
| the village aud completely routed, suffering
a considerable loss in killed and wounded.
Tie gunDoat. after exploding what shells II
ha' upon the nearest fishing huts. scurried
back to Macao for reinforcements Fol-
lowing this unexpected reverse, a regular
campaign was inauSurated. i'm which all of
the soldiers in Macao. the whole Of the
Portuguese China fleet nhree gunboats)
believe), most of the colony's steam launches
and a good number Of it's iunks. took part.
fleet of a dozen or more Chinese gun
/ boats. under the command Of Commodore
Woo co-operated by patrclling the straits
| about the island to catch the pirates en-
Ceavoring to flee from the relentless ad-
vance Of the Portuguese
For two or three DAYS the Portuguese
feet lay Off the island and threw shrapnel
anc other bursting shell among the already
crumbling walls Of the little fishing village,
while the pirates, taking the most "vaua-
hle' Of their prisoners with them. retired
in good order to a great cave in tho hill
SIDE. whence they coolly looked down on
tho scene of destruction below. Such pris-
crers as had been abandoned in the village
were locked up in tho building most OK
posed To the Portuguese fire. so that when
the latter finally vontured TO land and take
the town by storm, it was to capture few
Old men and women who had no difficulty
IN proving their right to be classed as good
people" and TO find that every one of the
students whom they had come to rescue
were either dead wounded or missing. The
wounded were removed TO Macao, where
such Of them as survived the effect Of their
hurts and the Ill treatment they had re-
ocivcd at the hands of the pirates ulti
mately We're restored 20 their parents.
Now was the serious work of the cam
pagn, the capturing Of the pirates, In
order. Plainly. the cal' must be rushed
and taken rv assault Spurred on by
message from Lisbon promising a chests
breadth of medals TO every man that
IFtfAt'tU ti' tND Ol lllc ltlll anu liNtb, anu
special masses for the souls Of those that
fell, the Portuguese soldiers embraced each
other all around on the morning OF August
I and rushed up the slope to what il firmly
believed was certain destruction for many
! of them but to theh surprise and delight
the flag was planted at the very mouth of
the OminOusly yawning cave without 4 sin
gla shot being fred in its defence. None
other than Portuguese was present to wit
ness at close quarters that delrious scene
at the cave mouth when the assauiters
| found themselves in undispute1 possession
Of the coveted terrace but 2 correspondent
| who was watching with q glass from a
Chinese gunbCat assured me that tho en-
sombe had nothing TO ask on the score
of frenzied embracngs from a girls school
d0rmtory reunion at The end of the sum-
mer holidays They rallied round the flag
and shouted themselves hoarse, daring the
pirates To come out f the cave and take il
down. The Portuguese hold the hill; the
pirates are trapped beyond hope of es-
cape.' was the message flashed from
Macao to Hong Kong and out to the world
With all dispatch artillery was rushed up