CAPTURED BY PIRATES.
A PORTUGUESE POST. DESPITE HEAVY GUK FIRE. FEERCE FIGHT WITH CHINESE. (By Cable.—3 Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 9 a.m.) PEKKr, July 13. Chinese pirates stormed and captured the Portuguese military post on the Island of. Colowan, after a fierce encounter. : i The post was taken despite fierce riflefire from the defenders and heavy cannonading from a Portuguese gunboat. The Chinese -suffered heavy losses, while many of the defenders were put to the sword. '■'■■■'■.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 165, 14 July 1910, Page 5
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