| Show 1 1 I 1 I I 1 iq 1 I 1 bif Is 1 I 1 TAX TAI IS T ik H if for 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 N P F 0 11 TS AT V one of 0 the th lac hint ot of the saut reduction ot at tte tle taku lort borte it art hr as r the tb airth ctet firt art had b tami under the 1 jre are ot of the 1 algell in that bip ship then moved 1 down the river 1 and to reduce the lb narth north fort owing to its in the th krauch fua gun nr dare bill had oae some difficulty la 18 getting their rouse and it bodame imperative that the exact position lon rf of the gu as to be in this hi situation the th oer ger man mail gunboat kt kierol erol 1 lone along passed inside of the algerine alne rl ne and drew draw don graphic by or dr peacock th the 10 chief engineer of 0 the british warship alao 11 rity toward tte ll 11 beginning of the action the fame send whiting 1 atta eced ami sold earr capture fored the fur nedo boat wall off 0 of the dok yard rafting with wy very little 1 I blon I 1 be last of the forte forts wax was taken about 7 A 51 ila ake action thus lasting a little over esix hour hou to the british was 1 WM alifi flat being anly ore man killed SDI nl nine 1 wounded the TU itus lit aad 1 Gorri gorfein suffered touch more I 1 owr I 1 1 Y I 1 2 f 05 X a at is 1 K C 14 I 1 i T A 0 I 1 I 11 1 I 1 14 10 c I I 1 1 5 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 14 t ie 1 I da att I 1 A aw t it t 1 I 1 A I 1 F jp I 1 I 1 I 1 11 L r ia I 1 y 0 1 I 0 I 1 I 1 it nj I 1 11 10 A I 1 1 it I 1 Js 0 I 1 t 1 I 1 I 1 1 Z I 1 ai 1 I 1 7 T f 4 the chinese fire it was v i brave act for the iltis li Is a small hip ship and br bar wai was not sufficient to answer the ba batteries bat of the th forti forts her ifer I 1 after arr funnel vai was ej and her by baldie adge was w shail ht trl rd hv by i q hl wah ouda ed her command cr aa amsl abali aal troyed two gfall 1 guns the crew ere w of 0 the algerine Alfer lne cheered the TULA frantically and succeeded in silencing Ite neing the fort thanks to the work done by tho the german cormana the picture printed hr hot vu was made br by a british naval officer on a gunboat lying tuc tle algerine an and d shows the iida just beginning to work into tho the line alln of are 1 the 0 tier her picture show bowing ilig the gon o 0 i ral oral operation alterations during tb the lively little engagement was wa dran drawn for the rity Dar fleur centurion orlindo orlando aurora and Endy endymion nalon in command ol 01 commander 6 0 cradock of the alacrity small unarmored run boits wire pit tej led against the tb strength of eight teri ter powerful modern birts batteries batt erlei annad W with ith the latest guns and up piled with it all the improvements fen fm facilitating rapid fire alfh which make mod cm ern war auch such a V n business th till I 1 capture of taku under these condition conditions I 1 la to an in of which each nation concerned wj twy justly be b proud th the fort did not how show much damace from the outside ou talde hut but on entering aaa a a vive idea wa was gained ai an to the effect of mod cru shell fire tb the place was wrecked and mutilated men and hones horses were thickly strewn 0 er the bloodstained blood round ground when one ot of the batteries on the north aide side ot of the river had bad heen been stormed and carried by a british ital ila isn and landing lan dinc party the guns in ill it T ere immediately turned ot 01 to the forts oa oil the south aide side of tho they rive r at 6 A 51 a abell shell from this battery enter d the magazine of th I 1 X I 1 il 0 f 4 f 11 I 1 tow I 1 pro r tj ir laa MI 61 R I 1 aks haift 15 1 I 11 wj HE 1 t 1 A ilki q I 1 severely verely i the bitis aloni j having cig eig it killed and nine wounded while th 1111 IluM lani lans had five on rs r and eight m nm n killed and over sixty huud ed the only gunboat disabled wo w a alch ank sank in a shallow part of the be river the british landing party wu was composed compo ej of or mu met from the south fort a terrific C api 11 the hork shock being strongly felt by the tb hips ships which tie sele lying thirteen miles iff outside the river the explosion admel the fortunes fortu cee of the day in favor aror of the allies and only desultory firing followed at lengthening intervals u until all the forte forts veto re captured by 7 A W SL |
