OCCUPATION OF FORTS NEAR SHAN-HAI-QUAN
... SHAN-HAI-QUAN, situated about one hundred and thirty-five miles north-east of Taku, in the Gulf of Liaoutung, is a place of considerable strategic importance on the border of Manchuria and China proper. Hitherto it has, perhaps, been better known as the spot where the famous Great Wall reaches the coast. It was occupied by the Allied Powers 011 Oct. 1, without fighting, the Chinese having left ...