Munthe, Mr., ii. 174, 177, 338, 352,
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174 - Two fearless men, General Vassielevsky and Mr. Munthe (a Nor-
wegian acting as guide on the staff of the Russian Gen-
eral), rushed in — the first two men of the Allies to enter the
Chinese city of Pekin — and ordered the soldiers to follow.

177-The firing from the Tartar wall was now becoming more
and more violent, and the Russian position was further-
more shelled with remarkable accuracy from the city. All
the Russians could do was to keep quiet, since it was impos-
sible for them to return the fire from the exposed position
they held. General Vassielevsky was all the time in the
most exposed place on the wall, a splendid example of
valour to his men, as well as a first-class target to the Chi-
nese riflemen. In fact, a Mannlicher bullet struck him in
the right of the chest and he fell, apparently mortally
wounded. He behaved with much fortitude, and ordered
his men to continue the defence, while Munthe, and, later,
Yanchevetsky, offered him what assistance they could. It
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COL. J. W. N. MUNTHE.

Colonel Johan Wilhelm Normann Munthe, A.D.C. to the Viceroy of Chihli, was born at Bergen, Norway, on July 27, 1864, and was educated at the Aars' and Voss' High School, Christiania, and at the Royal Cavalry, Christiania.

He came to China in 1887, and in September of that year joined the Imperial Maritime Customs service, being stationed successively at Shanghai, Chefoo, and Ningpo. He volunteered for service in the Chino-Japanese War, and in 1894 was detached from the Customs service for military work. During the next six years he re-organised the Cavalry of the North, under His Excellency Yuan-Shih-K'ai, as Colonel and Instructor-in-Chief.

As His Excellency Yuan was appointed Governor of the province of Shantung, Colonel Munthe remained in Tientsin preparatory to going home on leave, and was in Tientsin attached to the Russian General Staff as special intelligence officer during the Boxer trouble. He took part in all the engagements in and around Tientsin, the march to Peking, and the storming of the Capital.

He was decorated by the Tsar of Russia with the Russian Military Order (St. George) "for repeated acts of gallantry during the late disturbances in China"; and also received the Russian War Medal, 1900-1. During 1901-2, he was on leave, and, on his return, he was appointed Colonel by imperial decree, and Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency Yuan-Shih-K'ai, who had meanwhile been appointed Viceroy of Chihli.

Colonel Munihe was decorated bv the French Government, as a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, in 1905; by the Chinese Government with the Order of the Double Dragon, Third Division, First Class, Knight Commander, First Class, in 1907; and COLONEL MUNTHE. A.D.C. to His Excellency the Viceroy of Chihli.

By the Norwegian Government as a Knight of the First Class of the Order ol St. Olav, in the same year.



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General Munthe's guards, the Chinese protection for the Legation Quarter, patrolled the southern quarter of the city in groups of five.

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