Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-08
The Scene of Battle.

Taking coal and stores aboard at
Woosung we sailed November Is for
Marking, our present station. Marking
is a strongly fortified city 240 miles up
h Yangtse Kiang. AT Chinkiang, 40
miles below Marking, we passed Ad-
ntral Sah's old fleet now under the
rebel flag. The flagship saluted us with
u guns, probably giving the Albany
the net of being the first Amer
new government. We did not return
their courtesy as their regime was not
recognized. The old Tartar city Of Nan
king Is surrounded by a wall 70 feet
high and 80 feet wide at the base. The
imperial forces in the city were under
The principal Notifications are located
on three large hills, namely Lion,
Purple and Tiger. Lion in the city, Pur-
pie about three miles inland and Tiger,
the largest, about three miles down the
river. thus forming a triangle.
The night of November 25 Tiger hill
was very mysteriously captured by he
rebels, n from our previous expe-
riences in Shanghai and Woosung, we
decided 1t would be but a matter of
a few days before all the forts would
go e to the rebels after a series Of
bloodless and uninteresting encounters.
Sunday morning, November &c, how
.NGs S~ v oSAA0A1AS wa l0LS
began. About S a. am. Tige.
hill opened big gun fire on
Lion and Purple forts, which was
Immediately answered by the imperials
and q good exchange of shot and shell
began. From our position abreast Lion
we could plainly see her batteries, the
men working them. and the rebel shells
exploding on the hill. Lion Hill OBJ
scured our view Of Purple Hill but
we could see her shots hitting on Tiger.
Some really good shooting was done.
The rebel gun fire tore three large gaps
in Markings wall: n shrapnel burst
In the mtdst of a battery on Lion Hill,
killing a few men and disabling a gun.
A few shots went wild, of course; one
landed in the foreign settlement about
SO yards from the German consulate.
We could not determine the damage on
Tiger Hill but could see directly
| where the shells burst.
Jackies Jeer CONTESTANTS.
The firing stopped about noon on
both sides. Early in the afternoon the
rebels attempted a sortie on the city
through the holes in the wall, made
during the bombardment. but were re-
pulsed with a loss estimated at $50. In
this engagement General Wang was
killed on the imperial side. This ended
the fighting OF Sunday.
During the early part of the morn
1ng'S amusement all nanuS aboard the
Albany manned the rails and rigging
loudly cheering both sides and making
such remarks as Go to it, kid" I'm
betting on you. old boy" ETC., but, like
everything else. the novelty soon wore
OF and most Of the boys went below to
write letters OF play cards; evidently
preferring those diversions to watching
q battle with the Temperature at freez-
Ing point.
Witness . Dseapitation.
Monday. November "a. about $3.50 q
M. the rebel fleet, IL small ships, hove
In sight from down the river and an
Ichored ~ Of gunshot from Lion Hill.
About II q. m. the American consuls
Chinese servant came aboard ship and
announced that war would commence
again after tiffin. All was quiet around
the forts. a advertised. until 2:1t p. m.
when Tiger Hill started barking. The
impertalists proved to be on the job by
answering at once with their guns
from Lion and Purple. Three shots
were hred 1t the rebel neet. all falling
S.ooo yards short. The firing continued
about IN hour and q haiS