The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-25

our way. so that we coIld pass. Vel. as
soon as we entered the gate AID so- IL The
clear the Chinese opened up and things
got so hot that Reilly thought he would
drop few shrapnel into them. so he gave
the order for Lieutenant SumneraI 10
take his platoon (the one TO which l pc
long, through q very narrow passage and
open up Ny piece was in the lead and
iic gave Column LETT and we entered
the alley.
This was completely swept by he chi
nese fire from the the wall Of the I2rtar
city and the big Pagoda and numeroHs
sharpshooters. Well. the gun was ico
wide for the passage way, and , we GOT
stuck right in the middle. kelly Went
crazy he jumped down oil ms horse Gnu
commenced TO tear the Wall GOWN Win
his own hands. ana We kneH II we s-a!-ed
there long tlicrc ouGdn DC anyi', lett
10 Tell aipUut it: SO you should see that
wall come down. Axes, ShoVelS, STICKS,
hands and feet strated in. 1t was a case
of "blcedged ter dig and we "dSged-
The bullets were coming We-e-e, WE'VE
e-e Just like a lot of little baoy PIGS
grunting and kicking up the aust ana
chipping pieces off the stones and sling
ing them at MS. Well sir, in five minutes
we had enough Of that wall torn down
TO allow the piece 10 get unstuck ana we
lifted the old girl right off her feet and
almost carried her through we got
ba elk into the open and opened up ana
we Just tore that old Pagoda and wall to
little pieces. The wall OF the Tartar CITY
turned away. from us tfere4 the Pasodaa
being at the corner ahd We were IN a
beautiful thanking position land we just
rallei those walls.
THE "CHINKS' ROUTED.
We started in at the first tower (they
We're every hundred yards apart on the
wallis and just cleaned each out in sue
cesson On the second and third towers
they were flying the black flag which
means, no quarter given and none
asked and it was truly humorous to see
white flags of surrender so up on the
towers when we had knocked their black
boast down. We kept those walls clear
while the other four guns of the battery
and the infantry went ahead and made
the assault.
After we had been firing for four or five
hours. Summerall jumped up and aimed
his field glasses way down the wall, gaZed
intently for a moment and then turned
and shouted, Three cheersi The signal
flag is up. We have taken the walls of
the Tartar city and rescued the Ameri-
can minister and the legation
Such a scene OF joy l have never wit
messed in all my life. The stern and
businesslil1e soldiers just jumped up and
danced around in each others arms and
such soldier yells as came from those
threats was never eQualled before We
had driven the Chinese back and so we
limbercd UP and the worn out cannoneers
mounted and We moved out to join the
battery. When we came down along the
huge walls and saw American soldiers
swarning on top of them and saw the
American and English flags proudly float
ing on the big towers and saw the Ameri-
N minister and the consul the attaches
and the American ladies there we gave
another yell and the whole American
brigade took it up and it left a big lump
in my throat and q feeling in my heart
that / certainly was glad that l was an
.Amarican. We mad alct1 H1i:l;sh III our
task and our work was really over, so
We thought, but no, next morning Srisht
and early we went through the wall and
Summerall'S guns were sent ahead to
blow in the gates of the successive cities.
and the other four under Captain Reilly
went up on top of the wall and fired over
our heads while we advanced with the
Fourteenth Infantry with a gatlinc gun
TO blow the gates in and take the towns.
To shorten the story we just pushed the
Boxers and Imperial troopS back, blew
in three massive gates and were just go
ing to blow in the gate of the sacred or
last city when we We're recalled by Chat
fees order.
We went back to the battery and found
Captain Reilly dead Killed early in the
action. l never will forget the silence
over the camp that night or the next day
al the American Legation when we buried
the old hero We all went out to the
Emperor's private or scored gardens and
went into camp. Next day l was sent
to the hospital the 18th of Aususty,
am something of a derelect at present.
bIlt hone to be in some shane in a few