IN MANCHURIA.
An Audacious General.
Declares War Against Russia.
Munitions of War Seized.
The Escort Killed.
Chinese Bombardment.
A Garrison Overwhelmed.
Russia Preparing to Retaliate.
A Quarter of a Million Troops Mobilising.
(Received July 19, 9.30 a.m.) London, July 18. General Tzuen, who is at Hailar, has officially declared war against Russia in Manchuria.
Great excitement prevails in Russia and in the Transbaikal region of Central Asia.
The Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg declares that General Tzuen is contravening the policy of the Pekin Government.
A body of Chinese regulars, and Boxers seized a Russian boat laden with munitions of war, near Aigun, on the river Amur, in Manchuria, killing the majority of the escort. A force of 2000 Chinese, with eight guns, next bombarded Blagovyeshchenek, 20 miles north of Aigun. The Chinese overwhelmed the garrison with their fire. General Grrebooklu, who commanded the Russians, attempted to reach Aigun, but the Chinese, with masked guns in a cutting, barred the way to him establishing communication with the trans-Siberian railway.
Russia is mobilising a quarter of a million troops for Manchuria.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9819, 19 July 1900, Page 5
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