Show eq REBELS ARE ROUTED imperialists victorious IN GREATEST BATTLE OF THE revolution IN CHINA rebel rebels fought like demon demons to hold their entrenched petition positions hundreds being mowed down by maxim guns pekin the imperialists have been victorious at halkow in the greatest battle 0 0 of the e revo revolution u on the e re rebels e a bao haie fled in utter disorder to iian ilan yang and wu chaug chang leaving more than 3 dead now news of the battle Is received fron from juhu ahu the nearest telegraph raph station to which the wires are working from ivankow the fighting began early bunday sunday morning encouraged by their euc suc cess in breaking re aking the railroad terminal at llan lian kow the imperial lead re decided upon a concerted assault and within a remarkably abort time after the orders were given cally if 11 the loyalist forces tell fell upon the rebel positions rebel reinforcements in districts nearby started for the scene but were enfiladed by the guna guns ot of admiral sah a squadron up to this till time the rebels seemed to have hid a fair chance of victory the shot from the warships undoubtedly turned the udo in favor of the loyalists their reinforcements cut off oft and attacked from two sides the rebels fought like demons to hold their en trenched positions but the imperial ImperI aJ isis by his this time bad had planted several maxim guns and were mowing the insurgents down by the hundreds tho the rebel leaders realizing that further resistance only meant increased slaughter laughter ordered a retreat they fled toward the only avenues of ea es cape hanlang and wu chang hun deeds of the rebels were killed id la retreat by a vicious lire fire from the loyal infantry the number of dead is estimated conservatively at 3 later report reports will sell this number it Is believed at least 3 were wounded ahe Imper imperial lil losses are not given out but they are said to be ift cant in comp comparison arlson news of the imperial victory has caused great rejoicing I 1 in court aid and official circles here there 19 1 supreme confidence now that the rebellion will be crushed the empress dowager has turned over to the government of the crown funds for immediate immediato use by the military and the war office announces that it haa has be cun run offensive campaigns against the aebela in Chang shu and |