Squiers, Herbert, Secretary of the American Legation, 6; _en route_ for Peking, 10; his collection of antique porcelains, 14; his hospitality, 15, 49, 73; beginning of the siege, 22; sends communication to Tien-tsin, 28, 29, 34; removal to the British Legation, 53; renovates an old cannon, 115; becomes Sir Claude Macdonald’s chief of staff, 134; communications with the Yamen, 136; the defences of the Legations, 152; leads a sortie, 179; Sir Claude Macdonald’s opinion of, 186 Squiers, Fargo, his brave adventure, 58; and the Legation fire, 68 Strouts, Captain, commander of the British marines in Peking, 18; a sortie, 25; Legation fire, 30; mortally wounded, 125 Su, Prince, 98 Taku Forts, taking of, 49 Tien-tsin, first relief force sent to Peking from, 15; message received by besieged from, 140; the capture of, 141, 158 Tsung-li Yamen, the Chinese Foreign Office, send a guard to protect the temple of Linqua Su, 6; Swedish missionary’s interview with, 131; communicates with the Legations, 136 _et seq._, 145, 159, 166, 169; send in food, 139 Tung Fu-hsiang, 51, 92 “Tungchou,” the Roman Catholic church, burning of, 24 Velde, Dr., German surgeon at Peking, the excellence of his work, 73, 109, 113, 143 Waller, Colonel, 177, 196 Warren, Mr., mortally wounded, 124 Water Gate, entry of Sikhs through the, 174 THE END ---------------------------- BILLING AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, GUILDFORD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ● Transcriber’s Notes: ○ New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. ○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected. ○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book. ○ Text that: was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_); was in bold by is enclosed by “equal” signs (=bold=).