Forts at Taku Fall to Allied Fire After Six Hour Battle
British gunboat Algerine leads assault on the Taku forts while German Iltis provides gunfire support. Italian and Japanese landing parties storm north side batteries and the magazine is hit by a shell. Casualties include eight killed on Iltis and multiple dead or wounded among Russians and Germans. Forts finally captured by 7 AM.
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Taku
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Algerine
South Africa
Scribner’s Magazine
Chinese Customs and Fortunes in Shanghai Volume
The piece surveys Shanghai on the Yangtze below the gorges, noting pyramidal hills said to attract misfortune, dense riverfront industry, and persistent Chinese customs. It contrasts local superstition with modern chaos, cites the Duke of Edinburgh on Shanghai, and ends with humorous anecdotes about Iowa corn and King Humbert’s aide.
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Hwang-poo
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Iowa
L. K. Hilliard
Washington
General Chaffee’s rise from captain to major-general in China
The reminiscence traces Charlee Chaffee’s career from cavalry captain to major-general, recounting his transfer from the Pacific staff to the Ninth Cavalry, his pursuit of a “major’s horse,” and his ascent to brigadier in Cuba and then to major-general. It notes his appointment to oversee U S army operations in China and hints at wider posturing with European powers.
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Thomas Ward
Vancouver Barracks
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Ninth Cavalry
City Park
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