REBELS DEFEATED
Reported Victory of Imperial Troops Near Pekin Confirmed.
A brief confirmation, via Belgian diplomatic channels, that imperial troops under General Nieh had beaten back Boxer rebels near Pekin.
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Daily Inter Mountain · July 13, 1900 · Page 1
1 min readBrussels, July 13.
Brussels, July 13.—The Belgian office has received a cable dispatch from Shanghai announcing, on Chinese authority, that General Nieh has defeated the rebels near Pekin and has relieved [...] to defend the Europeans.
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