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Show cm;:;i fm;;s BATTLEWILDLV Troops Attack Peltin Gunboats AMOT. China. Aug I (By A. P.) Firing betweea invading north era forces and defending u'bem troops continued all night. Qult wa restored early today, but later the gunflr waa resumed. . Tw Japan destroyer hav arrived ar-rived to protect thlr nationals. The Chlneee gunboat sent by the Pekin government hav been attacked by land forces under Chang T-Plng. Sun Tat-8n' ally, who wa In command of Amoy. but fled to Shanghai. Th gunboat returned a heavy fir. Admiral Tng I commanding com-manding the Pekln flotilla under ordera of General V. u Pel-Fu. th military sponsor of th government. There Is an unconfirmed report that other land force, favorable to Pekln, r -advancing on Amoy. Th attack on Amoy appears to be a calculated attempt to bring China under a central government. ' It la rumored that Sun Tat-Sen'a souther navy la proceeding to Amoy to attack Admiral Tang. |