The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-26


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mlraI kent nm the aeht Three times his
ase w. frsrsfsr-s.3 A. is asyv ron, The
/ fourtb vessel i-s I'm wounded IN The thigh
| ana b~olx, ,r-... r.ns
IL vas IKE Ien,a but with The situa-
lion reverse5 A. pet-ha he forts were
over poUsrful Bv ; o'clock in The after
room bllf the feet was practically de
etra,,.d a7,,,,t 49, r,,,r N ,-.,,,nq F,Dv-
! nsh MILDLY came aboard The Toey-Wan. TO
| Tattpau he sfatsd The uoundLng of the
Brftisb admiral ont Of a crew of thirty
seven on the Flower. only six remained
| The other boats had suffered fearfully
Down below the line of fire. a number OF
large boats Law hled with reinforcements
Where they were they were useless is
the little mildly told The story Of the de-
structiou wrought by the. Chinese. mis-
wistful looks toward the reserves showed
that he stri believed that with them the
eide Of battle might be turned To bring
them into action the assistance of steam
or was necessary.
Taunall was a man of generous
impulses lie had seen enough Of the du-
plcity Of the Chinese. He had not for
soften the handsome manner in which the
British admiral had treated him the day
before. To render assistance was to vio-
late the neutral position of the United
states toward China. But the noble inn
pulses of Tattnall oYercame all other CON
ditions.
We are neutrais," some one remarked.
blood is thicker than water" came the
answer, sharp and decisive.
Under way at once" was the order
given in a second. Within a few mirAltes
the Tocy Wan, with the Stars and Stripes
floating from her masthead was towing
the boats from which the British Jack
waved,
ia.
was soon put by Flag officer Tattnall
where they were needed
Just before s o'clock at night they land
ed, 600 men, as a storming party. directly
IN front of one of the main forts. MANY
were shot down az they p.oughed through
the deep mud. Reaching dry land they
found three great bitches between them
and the fort Two We're filled with water
In the other were great spikes protrudne
in all directions To atteu1pt
to cross it seemed sure death. AS the
British made their way forward fire balls
thrown from the fort lii up the scene,
Chinese sharpshooters picked them off.
Few reached The walls of the fort. More
than one-third were shot down or drowned
in the bitches. Some were impaled on The
spikes. The two commanders fell dead
Early in the morning the Survivors Of the
forlorn ana desperate attack found The
way back to their boats 1t was a charge
OF the 600" as brilliant in it's way a that
at Balaklava bur with no Tennvson 10
send the memory of Il ringing through the
ages in soul-stlrring verse.
But the blood that was thicker than
water" was too thick in TattnaU 10 90 no
further Manning small barge ana ac-
companed by his flag lieutenant he nnI
cd for The Cormorant. the British faesnin
As they drew near it a shot from the chi
nese struck. the boat A snlinter noorts1i,,
wounded the cbxswan. Tatlnau and the
others narrowly escaped with their lives
TO the deck of the British vessel. When
they reached the deck Tattnall extanaed
his sympathies 10 the wounded admiral
The crew that had come with him saGin%
that one OF the guns of the Cormora nt bad
not enough men to man II. turned in with,
out solicitation or inquiry, and for few
minutes American searnen on ISritis,
ship. fired shot into the forts of ne1trai
power. Ane when they were calIsj
10 account for IL afterward their s,,ot,os