Show REBELS ARE ROUTED imperialists victorious IN GREATEST BATTLE OF THE revolution IN CHINA rebels fought like demons to hold their belr entrenched positions hun deeds being mowed down by maxim guns the imperialists have been victorious at dankow la iii the greatest battle ot of the revolution the rebels have fled in utter disorder to ilan yang and wu chang leaving more than dead news of the battle lg Is rec received elved from juhu tho the nearest telegraph station to which the wires are working from dankow the fighting began early sunday morning encouraged by their success in re taking the railroad terminal at bankow the imperial lead I 1 rs decided upon a concerted assault and within a remarkably short time after the orders were given practically all the loyalist forces tell fell upon the rebel positions rebel reinforcements in districts nearby started for the scene but were enfiladed by tho guns of admiral gahs aha squadron up to this time the rebels seemed to have had a fair C chance bance of victory the shots from the warships undoubtedly turned the udo tide in favor of the loyalists their reinforcements cut oft off and attacked from two sides the rebels fought like alko demons to hold their entrenched positions but the imperialists by this time had planted several maxim guns and were mowing the insurgents down by the hundreds the alie rebel leaders realizing that further resistance only meant increased slaughter ordered a retreat they fled toward the only avenues of escape hanlang and W wu chang hundreds of the rebels were killed in retreat by a vicious fire from the loyalist infantry the number of dead is estimated estimate ed conservatively at later reports will swell this number it is believed at least were wounded tho the imperial losses are not given out but they are said to be insignificant in comparison news of the imperial victory has baa caused great rejoicing in court and official circles here there Is supreme confidence now that the rebellion will be crushed the empress dowager has turned over to the government of the crown funds for immediate use by the mOl military tary and tho the war office announces that it has begun offensive cammans campans cam pans against the rebels in Chang shu and |