The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-07
ADMIRAL SEYMoUR'S REPORT.
''h' OF the Operations of the Relief
column-GalIant Conduct OF
All Engaged.

oh' June 81, a. m.-The adj
ventures of the hard fighting allies.
under Admiral Seymour, their reach
ing Anting, IL miles from Pekin. the
decision to retreat, the capture of rice
ana immense stores of modern arms
and ammunition, affording material
Tor strenuous defense until relieved
all this is told in dispatch from Adj
miral Seymour, received by the ad.
miralty at midnight, which runs as
follows:
"Tien Tsin, June 81, via Che Foo.
June 20, 10;05 p. m.-Have returned to
lien Tsin with the forces, having been
unable to reach Pekin by rail. On
June IL, two attacks on the advanced
guard were made by the Boxers, who
were repulsed with considerable loss
to them, and none on our side. On
June IA the Boxers attacked the train
at Lang Yang in large numbers and
with great determination. We repuIsed
them with loss of about one hundred.
Our loss was five Italians.
THE same afternoon the Boxers at
tackled the British guard left to pro-
tect Lola station. Reinforcemcnts
were sent back, and the enemy were
driven off, with 100 killed. Two of our
seamen were wounded.
I'VE pushed forward to Anting, and
engaged the enemy on June 10 and
June II, infiicting loss of IFS. There
were no casualties on our side.
Extensive destruction of the rail-
road in our front having made further
advance by rail impossible, l decided,
on June Is, to return to Yang Tsun.
where is was proposed to organize an
advance by the river to Pekin. After
my departure from Lang Yang two
tr; ms left to follow on were attacked,
on June is, by Boxers and imperial
troops from Pekin, who lost from Jour
to five hundred killed. Our casualties
were six killed and 48 wounded. These
trains could not be moved. The force
being short of provisions and hampered
with wounded, compelled us to with
draw on Tien Tsin, with which we had
not been in communication for six
days, and our supplies had been cut
off.
''On June 10 the wounded, with nee
essaries, started by boat, the forces
marching alongside the river. Oppo-
sition was experienced during the
whole course of the river from nearly
every village, the Boxers, when defeat
ed in one village, retiring to the next,
and skilfully retarding our advance by
occupying well-selected positions from
which they had to be forced often at
the point of the bayonet, and in the
face of CALLING fire difficult to To-
cate.
"On June % we made night march,
arriving at daybreak opposite the i'm
perial armory, above Tien Tsin, where,
after friendly advances, a treachelou
heavy fire was opened, while our men
were exposed on the opposite river
bank. The enemy were kept in check
by rifle fire in front, while their rosi-
ton was turned by party of marines
and seamen under Maj. johnson, who
rushed and occupied one of the salient
points, selling the guns.
"The Germans, lower down, silepced
two guns, and then crossed the river
and captured them. The armory was
next occupied by the combined forces
Determined attempts to retake the
armory were made on the following
day, hut unsuccessfully.
Found immense stores of runs,
arms and ammunition of the latest
pattern. Several guns were mounted
in our defense, and shelled the Chinese
forts lower down.
Having found ammunition and rice,
we could have held out for some days;
but, being hampered with large num-
beers of wounded, sent to Tien Fsin
for relieving force, which arrived on
the morning of June 25. The armory
was evacuated, and the forces arrived
at Tien Tsin on June 26. We burned
the armory.
Casualties to date:
"Rritish, killed, 81; wounded IS.
american, killed, 4; wounded, 20.
''French, killed, 1; wounded, 10.
German, killed, IL; wounded, 62.
Italian, killed, 8; wounded, 3.
Japanese. killed. 2; wounded, 3.
austrian, killed, /; wounded 1.
"Russian, killed, 10; wounded, 27."