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Show GATE OF PER L HELD BY THE FOREIGNERS London. July 4. The admiralty ha. received a telegram front Vice Admiral Seymour, dated Tien Tsin. Saturday, June u'K After repeating the news from Pekin of June 1. of the destruction of all the legations except the British, French, German and part of the Russian, Rus-sian, he adds: "The Europeans have gathered in the British legation. They have provisions, but ammunition is scarce. "One gate of the city, near the legation, lega-tion, is held by the Europeans with guns captured from the Chinese. Five of the marine guard have been killed and an officer is wounded. "There is no sickness at present. The Chinese inundated the country near here from the grand canal, the object practically being for the defense of the city from the south. It does no injury to us. Our general health is good." |