CLOSING SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY.
DIE HAND TO HAND. THE LAST NIGHT'S HORRORS. ALL PUT TO THE SWORD. Eocoirod July 17, 1.12 a.m. Hong Kong, July 16. Fifteen hundred American troops have arrived in China. Londok, July 16. The Stan rtnrd states that Sheng'B dates refer to the Chinanfu— not the Peking massacre, which is generally fixed as having tafcen place on the night of the 30th. The Daily Hail states that the Boxers poisoned the Legation's water supply. The ammunition failed, and at sunrise the little band died stubbornly in a hand-to-hand encounter, every one being put to the sword.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11590, 17 July 1900, Page 3
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101CLOSING SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11590, 17 July 1900, Page 3
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