The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-07-19
THE ALLIES REP['LSED.
Heavy Losses in a Battle With
Chinese at Tien Tsin.
COL. LECUM AMONG THE DEAD.


ing His Resi1b 1bsnt-A Russian Colo
mel of Artillery Also Among the
Dead.
London, July 17.-Up to this hour
no further news has beek-received re-
garding the reported massacre at
Pekin from any source. In the house
Of commons last evening beyond an ad-
mission that there was no ground for
hoping that the report was not true,
William St. John Brodrick. parliament
tary secretary to the foreign office. had
nothing to communicate. An unusual
hush fell upon the chamber when the
subject came up. A few members
doffed their hats, but otherwise there
was no demonstration.
The most alarming dispatch came
from Tien Tsin, July 13. via Shanghai.
July 16. 1t is as follows:
AT 2 o'clock this afternoon 1000 Of
the allied troops were attempting to
storm the wall Of the city. The at
tack began at daylight. Its success 10
doubtful. The Chinese on the walls
are estimated conservatively at 10000.
They are pouring terrific hail of ar
tillery, rifle and machine gun fire upon
the attackers. The American, Jap
anese, British and French troops are
attacking from the west and the Rus
slams from the east.
THE Americans suffered terribly A.
the press representatives left the field
the chief surgeon of the Ninth infantry
said a conservative estimate was that
rs per cent Of the Americans were hit
Col. Emerson H. Liscum Is reported
killed as he was walking in front of
the troops. Major Regan and Captains
Bookmiller. Wilcox and Noyes are
among the wounded. The marines
losses include Capt. Davis, killed, and
Butler, Leonard and several others
wounded.
when the correspondent left the
Americans were lying in the plain be-
tween the wall and the river under an
enfllading and direct fire. II was
equally difficult for them to advance
or retire. The correspondent counted
300 wounded men Of all nationalities."
Another dispatch says the allies
were repulsed and compelled to retreat
with loss of more than 100 killed, tho
British losing 40 and the Japanese 60.
The Americans and Russians, it 10
added, also suffered heavily. In ad.
dition to Col. Liscum, OF the Ninth In.
fantry, q Russian colonel OF artillery
was also killed. The dispatch adds
that the Cinnamon fought with great
desperation and that their marksman.
ship was accurate and deadly.
From Chefoo comes the report that
the entire adult male population Of the
three provinces OF Chi Ii. Shan Ii ana
Shan Tung are massing to defend
Pekin. in the conviction that the
powers mean war. There is little
doubt that further check of the al.
lies at Tien Tsin would be the signal
for general anti-foreign rising
throughout China.
Fighting is said TO be imminent at
New Chwang, where the Boxers are
threatening the foreign settlement.
The Russians have barricaded the
streets and loopholed the houses OF
the foreigners. The bank officials
have removed their valuables to Port
Arthur.
Perhaps the most serious among the
many reports from Shanghai is the
rumor that, since the massacre at
Pekin. five Chinese regiments have
been ordered south, with instructions
to make Ching Hang Pc, at the head
OF the Grand canal. the objective point
Tor the southwark extension of tho
Boxer movement.