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WAR IN CHINA.
Alarming Reports from Can?
ton and Vicinity.
Reports of Friction Between
RunltD and Koglteh
Foroee.
Loodoo. Jin 27. 3:45 o. a ?A
froob phase of tbe obolitioo io Chine it
tbo probability of -^mediate outbreaks
io too graot toolooro provioattl oooiroi.
Too popolooo lb oft io doily oaeoatog t
?ort boeiile attitude iowtrdt foreign -
trt, tod too loUtr pereeive symptoms
of o Iooorol rising, ood especially ti
Nto Klag, wboro, ottordiog to o die
potob io ibo Doily Kipress, date! yee
terday, Ktog Wo, oot of ibo moot truo
olool eoemiee of fortigoert, has ernv
od by way of tbo Qrtod ototi, errmd
? ilh fall powers from tbo empress to
dttl with ibo southern provioces Tbo
fritedly attitude of Viceroy Li Kuo
Yio iowtrdt foreigners bat broogbt
bim ioio ditgraot with Priooa Taao,
prttideol of Ibo lai sung yomeo.
The oorott ol Oaotoo is described by
o dtopatob from ibtl oily lo Tbo Daily
Tologropb, doled Monday, fit Hoog
Koog yottordoy: "Ii ia feored that we
ore oo ibo eto of o totoe of bloodebed
tod toareby io ibo two Qaaoga only
paralleled doriog tbt Tai Piog rebel
lioo. Tbo eigoe of o murderous op
ritiog trt to m so i feet ibal wetltby Chi
teat trt borryiog from Caotoo and
fioioity, ttkiog tbeir wives, families
tod valoeblee
*'Lt Uoog Gbaog bin again beeo
peremptorily ordered to P. km. His
eoemtee dselare tbai tbey will marder
kim before be eao reeoh there. His
preseoce alone restrains lb** revolution
ary elemeota bere His departure will
let looee tbe 'black flags' aod 'red
girdles 1 Koowiog this. Li's frosted
omeere ort seodiog tbeir families to
Hoog Koog.
"Tbo fteeroy himself (routs tbe
Ameiieoos io ibie crisis He says that
tbey alooe wool oo territory, tod he
pitoee bieaoolf largely?almost uore
et/fodly?-io tbeir btods At so
isopofuol tooforooot todty bt rtittrated
tbie stotemeot.
"All Ibo missionaries btft beeo
oetitad of tbt ieoaiotoi peril tbroogb
oootdeottel roooore. Tbey ore leaf iog
Caotoo horriedly, tod ooly a few ore
oow bere
"Commaeder MoLeao of the Uoited
Btetee ettamsblp Doo Joto de Aostria
ie tbe Irel there to proteet foreign
iotoftete. He ie oopable tod eoergetio
aod io reeoforeed by H. M S. Redpole.
Two boodred foreign residents at
Shameeo are armed.
"Tbe Oaotoo population reaches
2.000.00 io addition to 250,000 living
oo junks aod flat bottomed river hosts
Most cf Ibese people tro disaffected so i
ioeendiary prnoiamuhes arc increasing
io oomber of the v? uleot."
Sbaogbai eables that the Freicl ooo
sol th? re bss received a telegram from
8bao Toog assertiog that 11,000 Cbi
oeee troope are makiog a foroed march
from Shto Toog to Fekio
Two Jesoil fathers aod ooe buodred
oau?e Christiana have beoo murdered
io the sootbern part of the provioeo of
Obi l.i Tbe Chine- military aotbori
lie* W*eo disoovered reeroiting st
Hheogbai ioside the foreigo eettlemaot,
and some sgeate have fceeo trrested in
tbo act of eoostroc'iog eotrenehmeuts
orouod the Kuropooo oonoesbion*.
A Obioeeaao connectod with war pur
ehateo of the Chintee government in
Karope who bae bcoo interviewed bv
the L>eily Kxpreso says that China bos
iamoote quantities of arms aod emrnu
oitioo and will "stagger humanity'1 if
drivso to defood herself.
Cbefoo, Jooe U6 ? The Americans
tod British eotercd Tieo Tsm, firs
silonoiog tti<j guts of tbn ifOOaoJ and
breakiog through the OwlwtH lines.
Tbt foreigners wma clo?o bohtr.ii
The Kossisoe lust four billed and 10
woooded. Tbe h?eee of the i.ihor
oat' attatitl were wmall
/ Jmiral Me^mour's f rfwl ll about lit
ailee froa Tieo Tain. I' ka surround
ed by Chinese troops sod Hogers und
hampered by lbs prsseooo* of siok aod
woooded
II is reported that all foreigoors were
?ill froa Pskia with a weak Chinese
April. IS SO.
MBe Jui
8U?
BOS
guard aod it ii ?named tbit they ire
with Admiral Sejmoor.
Ooe thoaeeod Japanese tre Uodiog
at Teko eod 2,000 more are expected
tomorrow wheo e batulioo of French
is tleo doe.
The foreigo edmirele bate appoioted
Cept Wiee, oommaoder of the Moooo
acy, to be oommaodant at Toog Ko.
Obefeo. Jooe 26 ? Tbe officers of
the Britieb Iretolees eroieer Terrible
astert that diseord exists between tbe
Russians aod Aoglo-Amerieans, aod
tbey say they believe tbe Russians are
planning to break the oonoert nod take
poeeeeeioo of Pekto iodepeodeotly.
Tbej aaeert that Vtoe Admiral Sey
moor's eommaod looked uoisoo, the
foreigner? salkiog beeaose they were
aoder Britteb leadership. Tbey bitter?
ly deooQoee tbe Russian general's ooo
doot as* ooeif iliied aod barbarous, aod
outrgo tbtt tbe slaughter of peaoeful
Cbioameo at Taku bae aroueed tbe
otberwiee paooifo natives agaiost the
foreigoere
Washington, June 26. ? The presi?
dent bae assigned Geo A R. Obaffee
to tbe eommaod of the military foreee
io Cbioa. Geo Obaffee wee at tbe war
departmeot to day reeeitlog instruc?
tions aod will lea?a for Sin Fraooieeo
to time to eail oo tbe first of Joly with
tbe Sixth eatalry. Tbie detaebmeot
eaila oo the Graot wbiob bae beeo or
dered to tooob at Nagasaki for farther
ordere. It is poesible that the ship will
theo tail directly for Cbefeo with Geo.
Chaffee aod tbe Sixth eevalry. Geo
MaoArtbar woe cabled to day an order
direetiog tbe oommaodiog cffioer of tbe
Ninth iofaotry aod such other fjrces as
may be operating io Ghioa by the time
of the Grant's arrival to report to Geo
Coatee oo his arrival there. Unless
present plana change, headquarters will
be 'trablishod at Cnefoo. Gen. Mac
Aribar was also direoled to send Capt
Kutaell of the signal corps with a
deUobmeoi to Chefoo Capt. Russell
during tbe Spanish war, worked io
conjunction with tbe naval cffioers and
be bae beeo aeleoted to have charge of
the eigoal operatiooa beeaose of hie
familiarity with that work io both tbe
army aod tbe navy.
THE RELIEF COLUMN IN
SIGHT OF SEYMOUR'S
FORCE
London, June 28, 3 30 a m ?The
compoaite brigade of 2,300 men who
raised the investment of Tien Tain
and pushed on to help Admi'al
Seymour has probably saved him, but
the news has not yet reached Chefoo,
the nearest wiro point The latest
steamer striving at Chefoo from Taku
brought this message, dated Tien
Tsin, Monday, June 25 :
"Tbe Russian general in command
of the relief foree had decided, in
view of Saturday's heavy fighting
and marching, that one day's rest for
the troops was essential and that the
advance should not be resumed until
todoy
"Meanwhile come Admiral Sey
mour's heliogropb that bio position
was desperate ood that he conld only
bold out two days. Tbe relief started
at dawn todoy (Monday) "
Saturday's fighting began ot day?
break The allied forces opened
with several of tbe Terrible'e 4 7
naval guna, eix field gnne and numer
ous machine gone, the firing being at
long range. They continued to
advance steadily, the Chinese artil
I ry replying The guns of the allies
were more skilfully handled and put
the guus of the Chinese out of action
I one by one, the Chinese retreating
' about r.oon.
Ni; 'K AND NECK. ?
There was keen rivalry among the
representatives of the various nations
as to which would enter Tien Tsin
first, nnd the Americans and British
went in neck and neck. The Kus
sians stormed tbe arsenal, thereby
sustaining the largest losses
Several thousand Japaneso have
left Taku for Tien Twin, and al.
together 13.000 Japanese have land?
ed Tho international troops now
aggregate BeAfljf 20,000 and Japan
is preparing to send 20,000 more.
Wit*-, British American, and other
troops ordered to go, probubiy GO,
000 will be availablo in a month
CHINESE roRUft*.
The Tom Shan refugees and the
foreign engineers at Chefoo estimate
the Chinese troops now in tho field
os 26,000 troops at LuTai, 20,000 at
Shang llai Wan, If),000 at Pel;in
The dispatch received by the foreign
otlice stating that ton foreign legation**
were reqii?nted to leave tYkin with
in a ipeejiOed liest in interpreted in
' some unofficial quartern hh ItnlsV
mount to giving the ministers their
passports and to u declaration of war,
but as China floes nothing like other
countries, tho < ftie.ial opinion li that
there is nothing to do hut to nwait
the course of event* and to Ml whwt
the ministem theui?olvcs say when
thoy are rescued
All the eludents at the foreign
hospitals In Canton ore leaving
Women missionaries ore returning
it and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou
[TER. s. a, fiBfii
from the Weet river ports There was
?light disturbance at Wo Chou Tues?
day while the women were embark
ng The orowd shoaled "Kill the
ioreign devils."
AN APPARENT ULTIMATUM.
According to advices from Shang?
hai the Chinese officials, by direction
of the southern viceroys, are asking
the consuls to agree to conditions
"insuring," ss the Chinese ssy, "the
neutrality of Shanghai and other coast
cities " They are also asking that
foreign warships shall not sail or
anchor near the forts nor go to ports
where there are oo worships
now; that their orews shall not go
aabore, and that the protection of for*
eignere be left to tbe Chinese author
ties These conditions are consider
ed at Shanghai to be virtually on
nltimatum from Viceroye Liu Kun
Tib and Shang Cbih Tung The
consuls desire a sufficient naval and
military force to book up their refusal
to oomply with these demonds. Tbe
total novel force there now consists
of 969 men, with 32 gous in tbe
forts, and 10,000 men outside Shang
hai with modern rifles and moohioe
goos.
JAPAN'S PREPARATIONS.
The magnitude of the arrange
mento Jopoo is moking suggests pro?
vision ogsinst present contingencies
other then the suppression of tbe
present disturbances in China. She
bos ohsrtered 19 additional transports
snd now hss 35 in all
Losses the of International Forces
Btated In Detail
Londoo, June 29, 4 a. m.?The
casualties of tbe international force
attacking Tien Tain were : "Ameri?
cana, killed 3, wounded 2 ; British,
killed 2, wounded 1 ; Germane,
killed 15, wounded 27 ; Russians,
killed 10. wonnded 37.
The gun fire of tbe Americans and
British is described as "beautiful "
After the relieving force pushed on
to relieve admiral Seymour, Chinese
regul?re under Oen Nieb, says a dis?
patch from Shanghai, again attacked
Tien Tain fiercely and bombarded
the foreigo eettlement with a terrible
fire.
Col Dorward, Britieh, commanded
the column that relieved Admiral
Seymour American marines parti?
cipated in the achievement Tb
admiral was found entrenched and
surrounded by immense masses of
Chinese, who were driven off by the
relieving force after a biisk fight
Llis men had made a brilliant resis
tance, never failing in course for 15
days of continued fighting During
ten days the men were on quarter
rations They started with provis
ions for ten days and they could have
held out a day or two longer.
STANDING SIEGE
Tbe column was a few miles
beyond Lofa Deeming it hopeless
to attempt to break through tbe
bordee, Admiral Seymour essayed a
night retreat toward Tien Tain,
but he CAtne into collision with
a strong lorce of Chinese arriving
from the northweet and could neither
odvooce nor retreat There wos
nothing to do bot to entrench and to
stand siege He vainly attempted
heliographic communication
Seymour's men oaught several Chi*
nese who said the legislations had
been burned and the ministers had
been imprisoned
The Chinese displayed fanatical
courage in tbe attack
Four thousand Russians left Tien
Tsin four days after Admiral Sey?
mour, but they never got in touch
with them
Railway communication between
Taku and Tien Tsin has been restor?
ed and the force is advancing toward
Pekin. Fighting was in progress
Wednesday in the vicinity of Tsechu
lin. Large preparations are being
made to support and reenforce the
I Pekin relieving column
I Twenty thousand troops of all
I arms, largely Japanese, have now
I been landed
I THEIR FATE YET A MYSTERY
Tbe fate of the members of the
legations is still a mystery If they
are alive snd unharmed at Pekin. the
Chinese government deserves some
j credit, the Shanghai correspondent
? thinks, for restraining the fanatical
mob
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, wiring at 0 05 p
in y?r<terday, sa\s it is reported on
good Chinese authority that the g'>v
ernment alarmed by the foreign mil
itary preparations, has Issued an edict
ordering the peremptory aupprcpRion
of the Boxers and announcing 0 deci?
sion to protect the legations at all
basarda However. Una may be, tin4
British consulate at Shanghai rec i?
ed definite information yesterday, the
i Daily Kipress correspondent nay*,
that while solemnly promising ooav
plets abstention Irom warlike prepa?
rations, the Chinese are mounting
SHveral new six inch guns at the Woo
Sung forts
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
Three British warships have sailed
aiiu
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's I:
iSBAi nn.5 d looo
isDAY. JULY 4. 19??.
from Hongkong to rsenforce the
?Hied squadrons at Shanghai.
The southern provinces are send?
ing troops toward Pekin, and the ex?
odus] of Chinese of all classes from
Shanghai continues at the rate of
from 10,000 to 15,000 a day.
The Russian prestige has been in*
jured during the recent fighting, and
an anti'Russian riaing in the Liau
Tong peninsula, Russian Machuri, is
predicted
According to the Shanghai corre?
spondent of The Times, advices from
Shan Tung say that Got Yuan Sbik
Kai maintains relations with foreign
era and haa sent numerous couriers
to Pekin, but none of them has re?
turned
A telegram from Jardine, Matbe
eon & Co., dfited Shanghai this after?
noon, suggests that the ministers are
atill at Pekin, but admita that there
ia no news from the capital.
The telegram adda : "Seymour ar?
rived at Tien Tsin with 312 of bis
force wounded, besides 62 killed.
The damage done to Tien Tain ia
much exaggerated. Shanghai ia atill
quiet.
Another dispatch from Shanghai
reiterates the announcements of the
massacrea of native Christiana in the
inland districts wbioh rival the Ar?
menian horrora.
The Ministers' Fate
is Yet Unsettled.
No Satisfactory Information
Received at Washington.
Washington, June 28?The day's
developments in Chinese affairs were
meagre and the general opinion bore is
that the two messages received?one
from Kempt? and tho other from Li
Hung Chang?oould not be aooepted
as settling the important question as to
the fate of the foreign ministers at Pe?
kin and their families and attaches.
The aeeretary nf the oavy, by speoial
instruction of the president, had been
particular to oable Admiral Kempff
several days ago to keep the oavy de
partment informed of everything that
happened within the zone of disturb*
aoee in China, and it is believed that
bis omission to make any reference in
bis cablegram of this morning to the
whereabouts of the ministers was based
oo the absence of any information on
that subject at Taku, where tho admi?
ral is with his flagship Newark, and if
no information oould be had at Taku,
only 30 miles down tho river from Tico
Tsin. of tho preseooe of the ministers
in Admiral Seymour's colum:), but
eight miles distant, then officials here
cannot understand bow any govern?
ment oould have superior facilities and
so they felt justified in waiting for fur?
ther advtoes before accepting the
Chinese statements on that point as
aoourate.
Minister Wu, who brought Li's mes?
sage to the state department, oould not
explain away tbe points of varianoe be?
tween the viceroy's statements, and
the oable message* received from other
sources. However, be pinned his
faith to tbe aeooraoy of the message
aod pointed out that it agreed closely
with Admiral Kempff's message of
yesterday, stating that the minister's
were reported to be with Seymour.
MESSAGES FROM KEMPFF.
Tbe navy department has had fur?
ther communication with Admiral
Kempff, in the shape of two messages,
one touching the strength of the foreign
forces asborc in China and another
which the officials stated hud no bear?
ing upon the military situation, but in
ncitbor was there any mention of tha
ministers. One consideration which
makes against the unreserved accept?
ance by the ilhVials of tbe acsurancc of
minor Chinese officials, including Li
Hung Chang and Minister Wu, that a
state of vTar does not exist is the fact
that Mi. Conger is not permitted to
oommonioatc with bis own government
by the same meats employed by tbe
Tsung Li Yemen in getting news to
tho outside world, ieading to a suspi?
cion that ho is not at that porfeot liber?
ty wbtoh marks the existence of a state
of war. It is possiple that tho Chinese
povcrnmcnt may bo able to offer a satis
faetory explanation on this pr>int, but
at present the cffnials say that our
fdturo relations with China depend al?
together upon what Minint'-r Conger
ha', to say when ho ia finally brought
agaio in touch with the state depart*
I ment
NO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
VYoobington, June 28?None of
tho members of Ihe cabinet who
were preaent nt today's meeting
oould see the least ohonge for ihe
better in tbe Chinese situation
Seoretary Hay wan not present, nor
wan Secretary Gage, but tlx; other
members Haid that nothing had been
hi ard from tbe ministers stationed at
' Pekin, und Ibis fact wqh causing tho
Ihe greatest alarm for their Biifety
It was stated that every possible
effort was being made to secure in?
telligence of their whereabouts, but
up to Ibis time without reeulta. No
1
and Truth's." the 1
Ncti
additional troops, it was said, had
ordered to China, but matters were
being put in shape to meet any
emergency that might arise When
the cabinet meeting broke op?a
little before 1 o'clock?there could
be no doubt that the members shared
the general depression at the lack of
news from Minister Conger
Intervention Fully Justified
the Conclusion of the De?
partments in Washing?
ton.
Washington, June 27.?The devel
opmeota of tbe day respecting China
were important sod interesting. Tbe
Chinese minister'^ report of tbe depart
ore of tbe foreign ministers aod their
guards from Pekin greatly relieved tbe
offioials here, who took it as the first
tangible evidence that tbe imperial
Cbioesego veromeot bad a foil realisa?
tion of the enormity of permitting tbe
ministers to oome to personal harm aod
were tbos undertaking as far as lay io
their power to observe tbe amenities of
ioteroatiooal exchange.
Tbe keenest interest is shown by tbe
offioials to learn the conditions ooder
wbiob the ministers laft Pekio. Tbe
Chinese minister's dispatch was omi?
nously silent oo that poiot although tbe
minister himself maintains almost obsti?
nately bis confidence to tbe non-< xist
eoee of a state of war, it was generally
admitted that it woold be difficult to
accept his conclusion if it shall transpire
that the Pekin government has itself
sent the ministers away with their
passports or what may oome to the
same thing with a guard as a saf
oooduot At the state department it is
said that if it shall be explained that
tbe imperial government did this,
not with a purpose of rupturing diplo?
matic relations but simply to insure the
safety of the ministers which they were
unable to guarantee as long as they
remained in Pekio, then there is still
ground for an understanding It is,
however, pointed out that in suoh case
the self-confessed inability of the
imperial government to maintain peaoe
and order at the capital woold amount
to an admission of its utter failure as a
government aod would leave China io a
worse state than that of aotoal war.
Io either event it now appears to tbe
satisfaction of the officials that there
was absolute justification tor suoh inter
vention as we hav ? offered in China.
Notice has come to the government
that the cable companies have again
reopened communication telegraphic
ally with Taku and Chefoo. This
arrangements bag been made by means
of the Russian telegraphic system coo
rooting with the Siberian railroad
system. A European agent has man?
aged to reopen tbe lines through the
means of communication between
Chefoo and Taku and Tien Tsin are
tortuous and precarious
The war department officials etil) in?
sist that no orders have gone forward
to send more troops to Chioa than tbe
Ninth regiment, now oo its way from
Manila- aod the Sixth cavalry, which
will sail from Sao Francisco next Sun?
day for Nagasaki aod perhaps Taku.
It is said that with these two organisa?
tions and the marines now oo Chinese
soil Gen. Chaffae will have the full
brigade to which bis rank entitles him.
Humors of withdrawal of troops
from Cuba are said to ho tbe probable
basis for tbe persistent statements that
more soldiers have been ordered to
China It is admitted that two regi?
ments will soon be ordered to the
Uoited 3tates from Cuba, the parti
SUlar organiz itioos being designated by
Gen. VVojd ; but they simply will take
tho plaoo io bome garrisons cf regi?
ment* of soldiers which will go cut to
Maoila to relieve volunteer organiza?
tions there.
COMMUNICATION FROM CHINA
Washington, June 27.?Tbe Chi?
nese minister called this morning on
tho esoretary of state and comm joicafed
to him thecodiuo ts of a dispatch which
ho had received from the tsnng li
yamen.fdated 19:h inst. Tbe dispatch
.state? hat tho foreign ministers had
before this dato asked permission for
tbo legation guards to enter tho city,
which permission bai been grant?;' ;
that they tubscquently asked that thc^e
guards bo roioforoed, which the Chinese
government. was not disposed to permit.
Tbc dispatch tbeo go.'s on to state that
tho om ul general at Tien T*in, sup
posed to bo tho French consul geoeral,
bad tolegraphol tho viceroy of CLi Li
that the foreigo admiral had demanded
the surreoder of the T.ikti forts and
that tho foreigo ministers were shortly
t-j Irave Pekio for Tien Tsio with rheir
goarda
Absolutely 1
Makes the food more de
?OVAl P?K!Nn PO*
TRUE BOUTERON, EaUblUhed Jane 13H6
Series?Vol. XIX. Xo.49
Hard Fighting of
the Allied Forces.
The Official Report Forward?
ed by Admiral Seymour.
London, June 30, 3 a. m.?The
adventures of the bard fighting allies
under Admiral Seymour, their reach?
ing Anting, 12 miles from Pekin, the
decision to retreat, the cspture of
rice and immense stores of modern
arms and ammunition, affording
material for a strenous defense until
relieved?all this is told in a dispatch
from Admiral Seymour received by
the admirality at midnight, which
runs as follows:
"Tien Tain, June 27, via Cbefoo,
June 29, 10 05 p m ?Have returned
to Tien Tsin with the forces, having
been unable to reach Pekin by rail.
On June 13 two attacks on the
advance guard were made by Boxers
who were repulsed with considerable
loss to them and none on onr side.
On June 14 the Boxers ottocked the
troin ot Lang Tang in large nu.iibera
ond with greet determination. We
repuleed them with a loss of about
100 killed. Our loss was five Ital?
ians
"The same afternoon the Boxera
attacked tbe Britiab goard left to
protect Lofa station. Reenforcements
were sent back and tbe enemy were
driven off with 100 killed Two of
our seamen were wounded
"We pushed forward to Anting
and engaged tbe enemy on June 13
and June 14 inflicting a loss of 175.
There were no casualties on our side.
"Extensivo destruction of the rail?
road in our front having made further
advance by rail impossible, I decided
on June 16 lo return to Yang Tsun,
where it was proposed to organize an
advance by the river to Pekin. After
my departure from Lang Yang two
trains left to follow on were attacked
on June 18 by Boxers and imperial
troops from Pekin, who lost from 400
to 500 killed Our casualties six
killed and 48 wounded These trains
joined me at Yang Tsuo the same
evening.
"Tbe railway at Yang Tsun was
founded entirely demolished and tbe
trains could not be moved The
force being short of provisions and
hampered with wounded compelled
us to withdraw on Tien Tsin with
which we had not been in communi?
cation for six days and our supplies
had been cut cff
"On June 19 the wounded, with
necessaries, etarted by boat, the
forces marching along the river.
Opposition was experienced during
the whole course of the river from
nearly every village, the Boxers,
when defeated in one village retiring
to the next and skilfully retarding
our advance by occupying well
selected positions from which they
bad to be forced, often at <he point
of tbe bayont and in face of a galling
fire difficult to locate
"On June 23 we made a night
march, arriving at daybreak oppoeite
tb<> imperial armory, above Tien
Tsin, when*, after friendly advancea,
a treacherous heavy fire was opened,
while our men were exposed ou the
I oppoeite river bank Tbe enemy
were kept in check by rifle fire in
frout, while their position was turned
by a pa of marines and seamen
under Mb T*>hiison, who rushed snd
occupied one of the salient points,
Botliog the guna The Germane,
lower down, 3ileneed two guns and
theo crossed the river and capturad
thi n The arm>ry wu? nexi occu?
pied by tbe combined forces. Deter?
mined attempts to retake lbs armory
were made on the following day but
unsuccessfully
"Found immense stores of puns,
arms and ammunition of the latest
pattern Several guns were mono ted
in our defense and shelled the Chi?
nese forte lower down
"Having found ammunition and
rice we could have held out for some
days; but, be;ng hampered with
; large numbers of I wounded, sent to
Tien Tsin for the relieving force
which arrived on the moruiner of
June 25? The armory was evacuated
and the forces arrived at Tien Tsin
on June 26. We burned the armory.
"Casualties to data British, kill?
ed 27. wounded 75 ; American,
killed 4, wounded 25; Freue!?, hill?
ed 1, wounded, 10 ; Germans, killed
12. wounded, 62 ? Italian, killed 5,
wounded, 3 : Jopooeoe, killed 2,
woun led, ; Austrian, killed 1,
wounded I ; ao1 Rosaian, killed 10,
wounded 27 M
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