A fierce cannonade--The range--Chinese magazine blown up--The storming party--Advance in parallel columns--Skirmishing order--Smartness of the Japanese--The gallant Captain Hattori killed--A pathetic incident--The first to enter--The North-West Fort--The capture of the North Fort--The British flag first--The South Forts holding out--Every fort in the hands of the Allies--The Russian flag--The humours of war Pp. 124-128