The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-07
NIEH HOLDS NATIVE
CITY OF TEN TSIN

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Tien Tsni. June %. via Che Foo, July
| 1. and Shanghai, July 5.-SeveraI thou
sand troops under General Mich are
/ holding the native city five miles south
/ of lien Tsin
IL will be remembered that 10000 Chi
nese went to make the attack at noon.
I The troops were under arms. but the
! Chinese failed 10 materialize.
Ten regiments of General Nieh'S
command north Of Tien T'sin are re-
ported to have deserted and gone to
pillaging the country.
Residents declare that a Chinese COM
mune has been inaugurated and that
peaceable Chinese are the greatest suf-
ferers
The foreign soldiers are burning the
outskirts Of Tien Tsin to deprive the
enemy Of shelter. The Boxers are de-
strOylnS outlying villages for loot The
smoke of a hundred fires can be seen in
every direction.
Tien Tsin was not bombarded today
Tor the first ime for a fortnight Fam
HES are returning to their homes for
their possessions.
The women and children will be sent
TO Ta6u as soon as travel is safe.
No unfriendly Cinnamon are visible
in the streets. a few of the richest
with their families are huddied in the
outhouses for protection, badly fright
ened.
Others concealed in various houses
shoot at the Europeans on the streets
The Chinese dead about Tien Tsin
number thousands. Most of those who
have been killed lie unburied in the
fields.
The river to Taku is full of floating
bodies and many have been washed up
by the tide
DOGS are feeding on these bodies
along the banks
Americans Gain Glory.
The small American contingents ev-
erywhere distinguished themselves
Captain McCaua and Major Waller
are at Tien Tsin and their men are
placed in the lead of every movement
by common consent, with the British
close behind them.
The foreigners of Tien Tsin declare
they owe their lives to the Russians
without whom the other small detach-
mentS would have been overwhelmed.
on the darkest day, Wednesday week.
when the Chinese were pressing on ev-
ery side and the bravest men were
abandoning hope. the Russian com
mander, Colonel Wozack. arranged that
the main body of troops should make
a sortle with the civilians. in the direc-
ton of Taku. leaving 400 Russians tn
defend the city and engage the atten-
tlon of the Chinese and ultimately sac
rliice themselves. The arrival of the
Americans saved the day and proved
a surprise
Among the military evidences Of the
immense Chinese preparations for var
IL may be mentioned that arsenals and
stores hitherto unknown have been dis
covered.
About ten million dollars worth Of
arms and ammunition. mostly modern
nave been destroyed in three arsenaIs
outside of Tien Tsin.
Admlral seymour was wounded
slightly recently by a spent ball. which
struck MN IN the shoulder while in the
mouse with Commander McCaUa and
Commander TaUssig.
The hero Of Tien Tsin is James Watts
q young Englishman. perhaps the hest
rider, who, with three Cossacks. ran the
gauntlet to Taku with messages
charging repeatedly through villages
under fire. Several foreign Command
erS have, recommended that the quar-
tette be decorated.
No Hope For Pekin.
Those best informed in 'Tien Tsir
consider the position OF the foreigners
as almost hopeless. 1t is hopeless tn
attempt TO force the way with the force
available.
Inc commanders are willing to resort
To desperate means. but to attempt
forced march from Tien Tsin with The
FORCES 2t hand means certain destruc-
ton to the army. besides slaughter of
the civilians left at Tien Tsin.
Enought soldiers are necessary TO do
Feat the Chinese army. maintain com
munlcation with the base of supplies
and guard the hospitals en- route.
The water supply is an important
problem in a country furnishing mono
except the river, the wells having been
poisoned.
Inc chinese are committing terrible
atrocities upon the wounded.
they are mutilating all the dead
which fan into their hands. General
Iung Fun Slang with 10000 of tho
best disciplined troops in the Chimes
army. Mohamedans. are marching from
the southwest towards Pekin. The ar
my thereahnuts numbers $4,000.
The empress fed 10 her summer nal
ace. Pei-
The Mohsmedans and Boxers are
fighting in Pekin.