The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-02
B0mbardment Is Going on, Doing Heavy Damage
 to the City
IS READY
 TO RUSH INTO CITY
Feng kwo Chang Has Made Gallant Defense and Utmost Efforts of Rebels Are Unable to
 Dislodge Him

Shanghai. December 1.--While Nan
 king early this morning stllI remains
 in the possession of the imperial forces
 under command of Lieut. Gen Feng
 Kwo Chang the revolutionists are bom- barding the city and knocking al its four gates demanding admission II is believed much damage to the city has resulted.
 Large forces of rebel infantry are
 ready To rush into the city If the guns
 make breaches in the walls Late Friday afternoon a delegation
 came outside of the city and firing ceased. It Is reported they carried Il
 proposition to surrender, the necessity
 for which is now believed to be in- evitabe
 General feng. notwithstanding the willingness of the viceroy. Chang Jen
 chun, and the tartar general, to capitu-
 late, holds out against such action and practically has made prisoners of them and established a complete milf tary dictatorship.
 l For the last two weeks General Fens has defied all efforts of the revolution-
 aries to take the city The circum- ference of the walled city is 22 niles The wall at various places is 90 feet high, built of solid masonry, and like wise 31 feet thick The four main
 gates are al the principal points of the compass.
 Tai Ping Men the north gate, and Chao Yang Men. the east gate, are com
 manded by Purple Hil. which is forti-
 fled and overloolSs the entire city. las while Lion Hill fort, inside the wall commands the river and likewise is well fortified. Tiger fort is well equipped. Rebels Capture Tiger Hills 1 A few night ago the revolutionists
 captured Tiger fort and since then
 Tiger Hill has fitfully bonlbarded Lion
 Hill fort without causing especial
 damage, but sufficiently to prevent
 Lion fort from seriously impeding the up river advance of Admiral Sshs fleet ef 15 warships (Which recently I went over to fhe regoih ihtionaries.
 General Feng inside} the city com
 mands 1000 trained ant loyal Shantlin troops and some 2000 old style imperial 1 troops with bikes.
 l As the revolutionaries advanced from
 Chin Kiang with 10000 troops of all
 sorts and field pieces and mountain
 guns. Fen manned the forts and guns
 on Purple Hill. A week ago the main l body of the imperialsts concentrated 1 back of Purple Hill and deployed in a
 semi i-eircle extending from Tiger Hill
 to Yuawatei Hill, directly south of the
 city, commanding the south gate Wednesday. last a premature attack
 on two gates resulted in the revolu-
 tionaries securing a temporary foot | hold, but later they were repulsed. l The Associated Press was informed
 the gates were opened as d result of
 treachery within the city 1 The revolutionaries withdrew Thurs 1 day, realizing that full possession of 1 Purple Hill must be secured to effect
 the capture of the city, but later took | the last fort on Purple Hill without 1 losing mobilization, and also Yuawatei. They finally drove the last of the op- posing force within the city. Bombardment Begins 1 Friday morning, having placed noun tain artillery and heavy guns locally on the Purple Hill, the bombardment of the city commenced from the northeast and it is believed that mucn damage was done. In the evening the revolutionary fire was concentrated on the north and asst gates and rebel infantry was held ready to rush to these points if breaches in the wall resulted
 Scaling ladders with which to sur
 mount the wall also were prepared. A lew foreigners Sllll remain lnslue Ndn- , king including members of the Red Cross
 and the Japanese consul and his guards. The revoutionares are continually be- ing reinforced with men and guns. Al present their force approximates 15,0D0 men and they seem determined to take Nanking.
 Pu Row, across the Yang Tse river from Nanking, Is garrsoned with 1900 of Feng's troops. Pu Row is the terminus of the partly constructed Tien Tsin-Pu Row railway Yuan Sh kai promised to send Feng endorsements by this route,
 hut there is no evidence of their ap- proach.
 The entire northern section of the line is held by revolutionaries. Depends, on Loan Picking. December 1.-Chinas future form of government, if not her future history, seems to some extent depend ent on Baron Cottu. Should his prom