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Show : PEKING FIGHT MAINLY FARCE Million Shots Fired, Most of Them in Air, and Only Few Killed. LESS THAN FIFTY DEAD Expert Gunners Land Shells With Precision on Chang Hsun's Headquarters. PEKING. July 2S. (Correspond-once (Correspond-once of the Associated Press ) Although Al-though fully 10.000 republican soldiers participated in the bombardment of the headquarters of General Chang Heun, the monarchial leader, in Peking, Pek-ing, and 3.000 of Chang's troops rej ist-ed ist-ed the onslaught for about ten hours, less than fifty persons were killed and injured in the fighting. It is estimated that not less than a million shots were fired in all.' The few casualties among the great number num-ber of persons exposed to the random firing is undoubtedly due to the fact that both sides were shooting into the air without thought of killing. . The firing began at -1:30 in the morning on July 12. Chang Heu had: his headquarters at his home In the imperial city about one mile directly north of the American legation. Chang Hsun troops troops were scattered j about his headquarters and oulsido the main gate a machine gun was placed In a great pagoda commanding the gate. A large detachment of Chang Hsun's troops also took refuge in the Temple of Heaven, about one mile south of the main city gate. Chang's Headquarters Shelled The republican forces lirst shelled the Temple of Heaven They then also directed shrapnel Into the imperial imper-ial city and struck Chang's headquarters headquar-ters with great regularity. Two airplanes air-planes flew over the city directing the fire of the big guns and expert foreign military observers say the direction di-rection of the firing was quite expert. General Chang Hsun's headquarters became untenable about 10 o'clock in the morning and the general and his staff took refuge in the Dutch legation. Up to that time firing had been con-slant, con-slant, spent bullets doing much damage dam-age to glass in the foreign quarters and forcing the residents to keep under un-der cover. After Chang Hsun had taken refuge in the Dutch legation negotiations were begun between the republican and Chang Hsun's troops. It was not until 3 o'clock in the afternoon that terms were agreed upon. An hour later the firing ceased and normal conditions con-ditions were resumed in Poking. |