The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-11-15
INTERESTING FROM CHINA.
Landing of the Allied Expedition.-M
Ward with the Allies,

SHANGHAI. August II, lTG0.
An English gun boat arrived here yes
;2l{hIii With news from the allied forces The
allied feet anchored about nine miles
from the mouth of the Pelno on the Both
of July The British feet alone mum
bered fifty pennants and one hundred
and forty transports. The debarkation
commenced on the lst of August The
French secured the glory Of coming in
ahead of the Enlsh by lcaplng into the
water and siuking knec-dcep in mud
The English waited until the tide reced-
ed little and secured a more comfnrta-
BILE landing. The forts at the village Of
Pehtang were occupied the next day,
having been previously abandoned by the
Chinese. No attempt was made to de-
ferd them, and number of gun boats
took up their position in the Pchtang
River.
The Chinese position on the Pei ho
River is very strong one. The ap-
proach to the Ia ku forts is by raised
road or causeway, two or three miles in
length and about sixteen feet wide. On
the right and left is low, marshy ground,
that on the left being very sott-that on
tie right hard enough to bear horse in
dry weather, but not at any time sutfi-
cicntly hard to admit of the movements
of cavalry or artillery in large force
Between the further extremity of the
caseway and the la ku forts is an en-
treched camp of Tartar troops, estimated
at 10000. On the allied right, at a dis
/ tance Of about four miles, is another Tar
tar camp of forty or fifty thousand men,
1t is supposed that the plan Of attack
will be first to destroy this camp on the
right, reach the hard ground there, and
thus take the forts and the camp in trout
of them IN flank The approach by the
causeway would be difficult and danger
Gus. The steamer bringing this news
left on the llth inst. The attack had
been delayed on account of heavy rains,
but i, is supposed that operations would
begin on the 18th or 18th, if tie weather
were clear. If long delayed, it was ap,
pretended that much sickness would en-
sue, not only from the malaria of the
marshes, but from the abominable stencil
of dead horses and cattle thrown over
board from the English transports, and
carried back and forth by the tides. The
American minister, Mr.. Ward, in the
steamer Hartford, was present at the an
chorage, somewhat to the annoyance O
the Allies The Chinese authorities were
of course, very friendly, and sent large
presents of fruits and fresh provisions
The iunks bearing them coolly passet
through the Allied fleet, and were cap
tured, of course, but were courteousl..
| released at the request of Commodor
Stirling. One of them, in returning
, found it hard pulling to get on agains
the tide, and called on an English stear
gun boat on their way with request t
be towed in.
, 1t is not easy to see what adyantaE
could be gained by the presence of tw
= American steamers at the Pei-ho in tn
midst of the allied feet that would at a
3 compensate for the risk run by America
! citizens in Shanghai in consequence
a their absence. When they left, Su-cha
! was in possession of an immense array
q rebels, known to be exceedingly anxlou
to get possession of Shanghai.