Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-13
PLUCKY BRITISH.
Sixteen Marines Attack aForCe
of 1000 Boxers.
Trouble Expected for International
Column Before Reaching Pekin.
The Expedition Numbers Only 2O44 Men. In
Guiding 1O4 Americans.


! British marines, recOnnoitering in ad-
vance of the international column
marching to Pekin, fought and chased
1000 Boxers. Monday. killing 20 or 80.
y CORES pundent accompanying the
, column. in 4 dispatch dated Tien Tsin
June Il. via Shanghai June -. 615 y.
NJ. says; While the working parties
accompanied by patrol Of IS British
marines, commanded by Major John
son, Were repairing the line Monday
afternoon. miles beyond Lola. they
encountered small parties Of Boxers
who were destroying the line. The Box
crs moved away from the advancing
marines ami apparently dispersed into
| thu country. leaving the rails moved
ana the Slccpcrs burning.
Tho marines when two miles in adj
vance of the first train. near Lang
| Fang. suddenly perceived Boxers
streaming from q village on their left
II was estimated that they numbered
3o00. some Of them being mounted and
they We're trying 10 ",t between the
marines ana TIN train. Most Of them
We're armed with spears ana swords.
a few had firearms which they handled
aNkwardly.
The marines rctreated. Keeping up
| q running fight for over a mile and
killing between - and 20.
The Boxers pursued the British for
some distance Then. seeing more ma
rines from the train coming to their
assistance. Major Johnson'S is halted
and poured j heavy. continuous fire in
to the crowd. driving them across the
e III.
who punished tho Boxers severely with
MdXims.
The Boxers lied ana the Europeans
following up their success. cleared out
TWO villages. The total loss Of the Box
crs is estimated at 40 killed and wound
"a. Seven Of their wounded Were at
tended hy British surgeons. TIL Brit
ISL loss was nothing.
Unless their loss causes the Boxers
t. Icsc heart, the international column
Will have much trouble before it reach
.cs Pekin. The railway is 50 much dam
aged that the column only covered 81
miles, Sunday ana Monday. ana there
is reason to fear that the road beyond
is more badly damaged.
Evidence Of Gen. Nieh's operations
We're found i'll headless bodies The
Whole country presents a desolatc as
rect entire villages having been de
rted
The expedition numbers o0i4. as fol-
lows: British. 915; Germans. 80: Rus
slams, $50. Frcnchmen. 12S; Americans.
loi: japanese. -: Italians. 40: and Aus
TRANS. p
London. June $50 y M-The
Times in an extra edition. publishes the
following dispatch from Pokin. dated
June L. p. M.-The chancellor Of the
Japanese legation Sugiyama Akira.
while proceeding alone and unprotect-
I'd en- official duty. was brutally muir
derci by soldiers at Tung Flu Slang.
the favorite body guard Of the En-
press. at Navigate railroad station.
yesterday.
The foreign achievements are daily
expected. The present isolated position
Of Pekin. the destruction Of foreign
property in the country. and the inse-
curity OF life are directly attributable
u The treachcry Of the Chinese govern
mcnt"
Washington. Jun" l3.-Thr following
digpateh was received III the state a.
partment, today. "Chin kian= June
T.. Secretary uf state. Largo number
natives organized secret society halted
here People very apprchcnsivc NJ
protection. Want cruiser. Martin"
Martin. who signed the above dispatch
is the United States consul at Chir
kianE.
Ticn Tsin. June 12.-Onc hundred and
siXty-three British landed. last even
ing. An additional 20 British have
been sent to FonG-Shan This morn
ing. special train lot Ticn Ten for
Yang -Tsun to bring Gen. Mich t. con-
suit with the viceroy. TeIcgraphic
communication with Pckin is still in
tcrrupted.
Tn" russian WJrships Prtropiunvski
ana Komilofr are at Taku bar ami the
Russian torpedo boats los and 101 are
in the river Taku. Want of transport
prevents the Russians from landing
troops. The Russians are very active
here today
II II rlimored that Gen. Flung Fab
Slang. With many thousand troops, is
at FongTai.
Thc latest news from Pao Ting Flu
Is that the Boxers. 5000 strong. are at-
lacking the Catholic convent there. |
Thr situation is critical ana the officials |
ere evidently inactive
The United States wurshps Nash |
vile ana Monacacy are expected at |
Taku