Russians seize railways in North China, 133; seize rolling stock at Shanhaikwan, 146; dinner party at Shanhaikwan on the cliffs, 149; a dinner with Russian officers, 154; causes of dislike to England, 155 Samchun, 207, 212, 214; visit to, 221; river, 217 Sampans in Hong Kong, 185 San Paulo, ruined cathedral of, 254 Satow, Sir Ernest, 128 Saunders, Lieut., R.A., 208 Sepoys, opinion of foreign contingents, 61, 164; loyalty of, 62 Seymour, Admiral Sir Edward, courage in Tientsin, 24; his advance on Pekin, 30 Shameen, 259, 274 Sharpe, Captain, 3rd Madras Light Infantry, 208 Siberian Army, 45 Siege of Tientsin, 30 Siege of the Peitan, 97 Siege train, disappointment of British, 26 Sikhs, 61 Silks in Pekin, 105 Shanhaikwan, 138; strategic importance of, 134; railway journey to, 135; town of, 146; Great Wall of China at, 148; arrival of Japanese Fleet at, 149; forts at, 151; Japanese and Indians at, 167 Society in Hong Kong, 190, 192; Kowloon, 193; in Macao, 243 Spirit Path, 88 Stanley, abandoned town of, 181 Stirling, Lieut., D.S.O., 4th Punjaub Infantry, 168 Straubenzee, General Sir Charles, 258 Streets of Canton, 263 Streets of Pekin, 75 Summer Palace, 115 Sun Yat Sen, 207 Tai‐mo‐shan, 183 Tai‐u‐shan, 183 Taku, 8, 9; forts, 9 Taku Road, 23 Tartar City, 72 Temple of Heaven, 67; Sun, 69; Moon, 70; in Forbidden City, 90, 93; Lama, 107; Confucius, 111; Five Hundred Genii, 269; of Horrors, 272 _Terrible_, H.M.S., at Shanhaikwan, 155; gunners, 25 Tientsin station, 15; concessions, 17; Chinese City, 17; Club, 20; siege of, 30 Tommy Atkins in Tientsin, 27 Tong‐ku, 10, 11; Allies at, 11; station, 134 Tong‐shan, 137 Tortures, Chinese, 271 Traders, Chinese as, 294 Transport officers, 8 Transport of Germans defective, 39; of Japanese, 4; Indian, 55 Treaty Ports, 258 Triad Society, 207, 216 Tung Chow, 117 Valley, Happy, 179 Vasilievski, General, wounded at Pekin, 118 Victoria, Hong Kong, 173 Victoria Road, Tientsin, 22 Vladivostock, 156 Vodki, 154 Von Waldersee, Count, and our Royal Horse Artillery, 68 Wall, Great, of China, 147 Walls of Canton, 261 Walls of Pekin, 72, 76 Walls of Wei‐hai‐wei, 5 Want of patriotism among the Chinese, 281 Water‐gate of Tartar City, 78; of Canton, 262 Wei‐hai‐wei by night, 2; by day, 3; Chinese village of, 6; taken by Japanese, 3 Welch Fusiliers, Royal, 79, 85, 198, 200 West River, 276 Whittall, Major, Hyderabad Contingent, 18 Williams, Major, Base Commissariat Officer, 178 Woolley, Captain, I.M.S., 208, 220 Workmen, Chinese, 97 Yamen, Wei‐hai‐wei, 4; Canton, 262; Samchun, 221; British Consuls in Canton, 259 Yangtsun, 66 Yaumati, 186, 209 Yuan Shi Kai, army of, 229