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Identifier: deedsofvalorhowa02beye (find matches)
Title: Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Beyer, Walter F Keydel, Oscar F. (Oscar Frederick), b. 1871
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Perrien-Keydel Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ince Ching was a man of broad views and strong pro-foreign ten-dencies. It was he who had thus far saved the foreign element. Prince Tuan, onthe other hand, was an enemy of the foreigners and fanatical in his hatred of modernadvance. It was well understood that his elevation was intended to mean death tothe brave men and women whom the Chinese believed were at their mercy withinthe legation walls. From July 20th until August 2d a heavy bombardment was kept up, being espe-cially heavy July 30th and 31st and August 1st. The drooping spirits of thedefenders were revived with new hope by the arrival of a messenger from Tien TsinJuly 31st, announcing the welcome news of the speedy departure of the second reliefforce. From August 9th until the 14th, when the relief was effected, the Chinesesoldiers and Boxers, made supreme efforts to capture the legation district, effortswhich were counteracted by the heroism, almost without parallel in the history ofthe world, on the part of the defenders.
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Painted by I. R. Bacon. THE ATTACK ON THE LEGATIONS IN PEKIN -511 — Nothing can better describe the condition of the besieged district than the reportfrom General Chaffee, the American commander, who said: Upon our entering thelegations the appearance of the people and their surroundings, walls, streets, alleys,entrance, etc., showed every evidence of a confining siege. Barricades were builteverywhere and of every sort of material, native brick being largely used for theirconstruction, topped with sand-bags made from every conceivable sort of cloth; fromsheets and pillow-cases to dress materials and brocaded curtains. Many of thelegations were in ruins, and the English, Russian and American, though standingand occupied, were filled with holes made by bullets and shells. The children pre-sented a pitiable sight, white and wan from lack of proper food, but the adultsseemed cheerful and little the worse for their trying experience. They were livingon short rations, a portion of which c

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