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

on the water front about 4:3O in the
afternoon by a squad of imperial SOL
diers who dragged some sort of a pris-
oner down to the dock in front of the
cut his head of and kicked him into
the river, despite strenuous vocal OBJ
jections on his part.
Purple Hill Taken.
Mondays firing did little damage to
either side as far II we could see. The
commanders Of the foreign men-o'-war
in port held a conference and decided
to move out of range in case the rebel
fleet attempted to come up the river
and she'll the city. Irregular firing was
heard all night Monday.
AT 10: 30 Tuesday morning we moved
our berth three miles up stream out of
range OF a possible naval attack. Our
position gave us a good panoramic view
of the whole situation. but we were
too far away to clearly see what was
going on. The American consul report
ed the capture of Purple Hill by the
ing. This seemed to place Gen. Chang
Shun In an embarrassing situation. On
his last stand at Lion Hill he was COM
pletely surrounded by the enemy and
absolutely cut off from supplies. Fir
ing continued intermittently all day
Tuesday.
Fleet Shells Fort.
Heavy firing commenced at midnight
i Tuesday and continued up to S O'Clock
Wednesday morning. Wednesday
morning, with strong glasses, a rebel
movement was made out along the
beach below Marking which by moor
proved to be a strong landing party.
The 1mperialists opened fire on this
force at 12:45 p. m, and kept things
pretty lively for three-quarters of an
nour, when the firing ceased altogether.
either repulsed or the imperials were
holding their fire for a direct charge on
the hill. The rebel batteries on Tiger
and Purple. hills covered their infantry
movement with heavy fire.
An ominous calm prevailed until 8
a. M. Thursday when the rebel fleet
came up In range of Lion and rapidly
shelled h hill n city for two hours
when they retired. The flashes of fire
from the ships and forts made a strong
picture from u position. Exactly as
the time ball dropped, noon of Thanks
giving day. the imperial torpedo maya
zine, at the foot Of Lion hill. went I'm
IN the air with a tremendous explosion
that seemed to shake earth's very
foundation, but when the smoke and
debris cleared away, the golden fiac
of China was still doing business on
the old stand.
White Flag Over Scene Of Carnage.
A few days before the siege began
the imperials had stationed about 4.00(
men around Pukow. a town opposite
Marking, to hold that side of the river
Thursday night and all day FRIDAY 3
fierce engagement took place between
these men and the rebel forces. which
resulted in q partial victory for the
Up to midnight a heavy fire kept ur
around Marking. About 7:l0, Saturday
morning. the imperial flag on Lion hi
was struck and a white flag went M
in its place. The rebels soon swarmet
up the hill ana by 3 o'clock the whole
city was alive with rebel daRs pro.
claiming that Marking had. fallen T.
the new cause. We weighed ancho,
Saturday afternoon and took our oIi
anchorage opposite the city. The con.
dttions in the streets of Marking wer,
frightful. Dead bodies were iyins
about all over the town and hillside
gruesome head was suspended owe,
the west gate and everywhere signs a