 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munyori weThe Times, George Wingrove Cooke, akacherechedza kuti muHong Kong panguva iyoyo: mauto edu epanyika aripo okuita hondo noumambo hweChina anoumbwa navatungamiriri vaviri vehondo, boka guru kwazvo revakuru vakuru, uye varume vanenge 1.000. Pakati pavo paiva mainjiniya aLugard - Kaputeni Gother F. Mann, uye maLieutenant William Stuart, Alexander Dirom naWilliam Trench. Musi wa 11 Gumiguru, Lugard akaratidza kushushikana kuna General Thomas Ashburnham achiraira simba, kuti mabasa einjiniya mumunda akaparadzwa pasina simba rakakwana revashandi vakadzidziswa. Nezvinhu zvakawanda zvaiita kuti zvisave nyore kuronga zvinotsiva zvinobudirira, akakurudzira kuti 23rd Company iendeswe kuHong Kong nokukurumidza sezvinobvira. Mutevedzeri waStuart akatarisira boka revashandi vanozvipira, iro akarovedza kuti rive nounyanzvi hunokosha. Kambani yechi 23 yakaenderera mberi muIndia uko vakatora chikamu mukutorazve Lucknow. 