FOREWORD
INDISCREET LETTERS FROM PEKING
PART I—THE WARNING
I
FRAGMENTS
II
MUTTERINGS
III
OVERCAST SKIES
IV
OUR GUARDS ARRIVE
V
THE PLOT THICKENS
VI
THE LICKING FLAMES APPROACH
VII
THE CITY OF PEKING AND ALL ITS GLORIES
VIII
SOME INCIDENTS AND THE ONE MAN
IX
THE COMING OF THE BOXERS
X
BARRICADES AND RELIEFS
XI
SOME MEN AND THINGS
XII
HELL HOUNDS
XIII
A FEW CRUMBS
XIV
THE ULTIMATUM
XV
THE DEBACLE BEGINS
PART II—THE SIEGE
CHAOS
THE RETREAT AND THE RETURN
FIRES AND FOOD
THE BONDS TIGHTEN
THE MYSTERIOUS BOARD OF TRUCE
SHELLS AND SORTIES
THE HOSPITAL AND THE GRAVEYARD
THE FAILURE
AN INTERLUDE
THE GUNS
SNIPING
THE GALLANT FRENCH
THE BRITISH LEGATION BASE
THE EVER-GROWING CASUALTY LIST
THE ARMISTICE
XVI
THE RESUMPTION OF A SEMI-DIPLOMATIC LIFE
XVII
DIPLOMACY CONTINUES
XVIII
THE UNREST GROWS AND DIPLOMACY CONTINUES
XIX
THE FIRST REAL NEWS
XX
THE THIRD PHASE CONTINUES
XXI
MORE DIPLOMACY
XXII
THE WORLD BEYOND OUR BRICKS
XXIII
TRIFLES
XXIV
DIPLOMATIC CONFIDENCES
XXV
THE PLOT AGAIN THICKENS
XXVI
MORE MESSENGERS
XXVII
THE ATTACKS RESUMED
XXVIII
THE THIRTEENTH
XXIX
THE NIGHT OF THE THIRTEENTH
XXX
HOW I SAW THE RELIEF
PART III-THE SACK
THE PALACE
THE SACK
THE SACK CONTINUES
SETTLING DOWN
THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
THE FEW REMAINS
THE PALSY REMAINS
DRIFTING
PICKING UP THREADS
THE IMPOSSIBLE
SUSPENSE
STILL DRIFTING
PUNITIVE EXPEDITIONS
THE CLIMAX
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