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Updated: May 1, 2025
Of course they were taken direct to the Inspectorate for sorting, and while headquarters were still in the Kau Lan Hu Tung the messenger was more than once thrown on his way down to the Legations perhaps he met one of those gong-beating processions which would be enough to frighten a hobby-horse and his mails recklessly distributed by the terrified animal.
To our astonishment, for the enemy had crept forward so silently that we had hardly heard a sound, there was a hideous yell, and a crashing volley, the bullets hissing over our heads again, and once more the gong-beating began. "Fire!" I said. "Yes, fire, my lads, steady where you see the flashes of their matchlocks." The voice came from close to my ear. "Mr Reardon!" I cried in astonishment.
"Can you keep them off with your fire?" "Say, yes." "Yes; all right," I cried. "Then we'll tow you out as fast as we can." "Thank Heaven," I heard Mr Reardon whisper, as he crouched there, listening to the yelling, gong-beating, and firing, and with our men replying from time to time whenever there seemed a chance.
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