The Heart of Pekin: Bishop A. Favier's Diary of the Siege, May-August, 1900 |
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Admiral Seymour Altar of St army of relief arrive attack August Bishop Favier Bishop Jarlin Blessed Virgin bold venture bombardment bombs brave burned cannon-shots catechumens cathedral Catholic Chapel Chinese Christian settlements church Commander Henry Court death defend dred east eight o'clock eleven o'clock Emperor Empress enemy Europeans Father Guilloux firing of cannon five flag French marines Friday Gate guns Harvard College heard heir presumptive hope hour houses hundred yards imperial Jen-tse-t'ang Joseph July June killed lamas large numbers Lazarist Legations mandarins Marist Brothers massacred Mauser minister mission missionaries Monday morning Nan-tan night nine o'clock palace Paul Henry Pei-tang Pekin Pichon poor Prince Tuan projectiles protect quarter received regular soldiers Saturday Seminary sent set fire seven Si-Hoa side siege Sisters of Charity Sisters of St six o'clock Society of Jesus Sunday tam-tams thirty Thursday Tientsin to-day Toun-fou-sian Trappist troops Tuesday Vicariate Wednesday wounded Yellow City Yellow Wall
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Page 8 - truly diabolical sect; invocations, incantations, obsession, and even possession, are common among them. Savants may attribute their extraordinary doings to magnetism or hypnotism, or may look upon them as victims of hysteria and fanaticism ; but to us they seem to be even more directly instruments of the devil.
Page 26 - preserved by God, who changed the direction of the wind in our favor;
Page 55 - was a Japanese captain. He asked, " Can you open the gate of the Yellow City