CHAPTER IX

GYANTSE (BY HENRY NEWMAN)

A happy valley--Devastated by war--Why the Jong was evacuated--The lull before the storm--Tibetans massing--The attack on the mission--A hot ten minutes--Pyjamaed warriors--Wounded to the rescue--The Gurkhas' rally--The camp bombarded--The labour of defence work--Hadow's Maxim--Life during the siege--Tibetans reinforced--They enfilade our position--The taking of the 'Gurkha Post'--Terrible carnage 152-169