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Bandit Army March of Death Murders Missionaries Across China
From Saungtai a letter by escaped English missionary H. E. Ledgard details a band of some 30,000 to 80,000 Henan Province bandits burning cities, looting, and abducting residents, including Americans, French, and Italian priests. He describes a fleeing march, towns burned, and captives taken amid wounding violence and mass displacement.
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Saungtai
Henan Province
Muosines
Merch
H. E. Ledgard
Ledgard
Chumatien
Yencheng
Henan
Thehy
Anton Lundeen
AL Forsberg
Viey
Yuchow Ho
Phes Saul
Lnter
Ilea
Shang Shenghsien
Sengchiussien
Ingchowfu
Anhwel
Madame
Miss Soderstrow
Folie
Hetosien