Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-08-11
TEN TSIN ATTACKED
By a Strong Force of Chinese,
Driven Off by Gallant Charges.
Main Body of the Allies Marched on July
80, and the Chinese Attempted to
Retake Tien Tsin August /.

LONDON, Aug. 8, 4 a.m.-The British
and American forces began the advance
on Pekin last Thursday, according to
dispatch dated from Tien Tsin to the
Daily Express. The main body of the
allies" continues the correspondent,
marched July Both. Gen. Chatfee was
delayed by difficulties of disembark-
alton. Gen. Dorward lthe British com
mander) had no such obstacles and his
delay is inexplicable.
THE other foreign troops are now
half way to Lofa. The force includes
20, 900 Japanese under Gen. Yanmachu-
chi and 10000 Russians.
THE British force totals 1000, and
other foreign troops are 1000. We are
weak in artillery,
"On August lst strong force of Chi,
nese from the city attacked Tien Tsin.
BY a series of brilliant charges our
troops drove the enemy from their posi-
tions. The native city is still dehnant
and the allies are unwilling to march
troops through its streets as this would
mean a slaughter. When the Chinese
saw 50 large a body of troops marching
westward they apparently believed
they would have an easy victory over
those who were left"
A message to the same paper from
Pekin, dated July 22d, says;
The women have borne all the hor-
rors with marvellous fortitude and even
with cheerfulness. The Chinese wanted
peace when the arsenals at Tien Tsin
were captured and the Notifications
bade fair to be. Unfortunately Ii Ping
Hing and Kank Yu arrived at the criti-
cal moment and overthrow the peace
party.
Food has been short, but not terri
bly, so, though we have had to be very
careful"
Outbreak at Shanghai.
A Shanghai dispatch, dated August 4,
says; The first overt attack Of for
eigners occurred this morning. Three
Chinese, supposed to be soldiers in dis
guise, fired at a well known English res.
ident while he was asleep on the
veranda of his house. He had a mar
row escape.
From various sources come state
ments that large body Of Boxers-some
estimating them at 3,OOO-is moving
south of the city and threatening COM
muncations."
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail announces the reception Of
an imperial edict dated August ., order
ing Gen. Yung Lu to select high mill
tary and cival dignitaries, together
with a sufficient number of picked
troops, to escort the foreign ministers
to Tien Tsin as soon as they desired to
leave Pellin. BY the terms of the edict
Gen. Yung Lu will be held responsible
for their safety and he is given full au-
thority to deal summarily with those
opposing the peaceful passage of the
escort.
by such acts, concludes the edict,
do we show our good intention to pep
pie from afar and open our bosom to
them
Yokohama advices say that Gen.
Terachi has reported to the Japanese
government that it is not advisable to
send more troops to China, declaring
that the united force is now ample to
relieve the foreigners in Pekin.
Ii Hung Chang Impeached.
Chinese messages assert, that, in ad-
dition to causing the execution of high
functionaries of pro-foreign tendency,
Ii Ping Hong has impeachad Ii Hung
Chang, Liu Kung Yu, viceroy of Nam
king, and others on a charge of main
tanning relations with foreigners.
A Tien Tsin dispatch, dated August
list, to Berlin gives the imperial edict
issued July 27th, ordering the recap
ture of Talu and Tien Tsin by troops
from Shantung and the south.
Detailed accounts of the reconnois-
sance of July 80 say that the enemy's
guns attacked near Pi Sang were only
the advance post, and Pi Sang, it is be-
lieved, can only be captured after a
hard struggle, Gen. Gaselee and his
staff, accompanied the reconnaissance,
but no troops were engaged.
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Chefoo, dated July so, says;
THE Russians at Tien Tsin refuse to
allow the Americans to put up tele-
phone wires on the railroad poles, and
they claim the railroad, which the Eng
lish engineers are ready to work.
The river is full of railroad sleepers.
Hundreds of dead bodies of Chinese,
some decapitated, are floating in the