The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22

| New York. July 21.-rhe New York World
| has received the following from its Ti'n-
| Tsin corr spondcnt. under date OF 'he-F"o.
July 70. via Shanghai. July u:
| The attack on the native city Of Ten
| Tsin on July - resulted in the narrow"st
| escape from what seemed up I" midnieht
would T.. a terrible disaster for the allies
| The Russians swung north and n" other
allies south at daybreak The Russians
| were to take the forts near the native city
wall and tn other allies III" city itself.
| General Fukushima II" japanese com
| mander, promised that tn" japanese en-
! yineers. after three hours shell iTc from
all guns. would cross tn" hridE" over the
| moat before the wall. and. blowing up the
| great south gate. make the breach f"r the
| infantry 10 enter. Upon this d"p"nded
| everything. General FUkushima had not
secuted the bridge and in twcu'y-f"Jr
| hours had not secuted the ground over
which the charge on the bridge had I" h'
| made.
! The Chinese destroyed the bridge and
! flooded the land AROUND it. Tn" allies sh"ii
! fir. in nuwi~c subduei tn" chiHc-e rifle
| fire from the Ioop-hol,d wall. which was
! thirty feet high with modi twenty feet
! iu depth around IL.
An outer wall Of mud made i imruSSiHl"
| for the infantry and marines coming on
! the field To- reply 10 the Chimes" trr. They
+ last fifty mon in ten minutes. th"n rushed
/ back from the mud wall. which they had
/ reached.
General Dnrwari. .he British commander.
FASTENED forward with = .raSmcntary, IN
! stead of an integral skirmish line.
| The American marines and the Welsh
| FGsiiiers together under command Of Wal
! Ter. were on the cxtrem@ left Then The
| British marines and the French advanced
| with the japanese along the road toward
! the gate I'm the mud wall.
Forwards Orders Not Clear.
Dorwari's plan for the Americans to sup
| port the Japanese was not inai> clear 70
! Colonel I.iScum of the Ninth I nited Stats
| Infantry. Dorward lays the blame for III"
| hlunGcr and sacrifice Of If on l-iscurn
hut Dorwar d's chief of staff was heard to
say when I!Srum moved:
Get in down the road, anywhere, quick
ly.'
Colonel fIscum hurriedly lei his men
through the gate in IS open order as pos
sihle. They were Immediately under FIRE
The staff saw them PASS over the bridge
leading TO a field which proved to be
oul de sac.
Before the two battalions OF Americans
numbering 40 men. could extend tn m
selves, they were subjected. besides the FIRE
from the l"ophoIcs in the forts. to 4 fierce
fire from the sub;asures IN line NJ forri-
fled uudhouSes on their flank
Three thousand riffs. probably. were
turned on them with an accuracy which
has amazed every officer among the allies.
The blue shirts OF the American Troops
made them distinct marks whore the
khaki uniforms Of the other allies could
not be seen. Colonel I.scum. guiding his
men. walked up and down the I'm. not
even ducking his head while the bullets fell
around.
The Americans charged into the Hank
fire with rushes. The ground over which
they charged was ma,shy and lined with
bitches.
II was evidently Colonel Liscum's inten-
ton to rush the houses from which the
flank fire coming and thus get posi-
ton for Ranking the wall.
Iiscum's Death.
At $3.50 the line had Just reached the
shore of the canal and thirty yards sep