Kill Women To Save Them.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 7, 1913:
Tibetans Then Engage a Band of Chinese and Defeat Them.
    CHENG TU, Province of Szechuan, China, July 6.— A large band of Chinamen recently surrounded the Tibetan town of Hsiang Chen. The Tibetans, before going into battle, killed their women and children, lest they should be captured by the Chinese.
    The Chinamen ran short of ammunition and the Tibetans repulsed them on all sides with heavy losses. One hundred Chinese were drowned when fording the river.