The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-15


tho British the Japanese. the Germans
and tho French From this point y vas
two miles 90 the main wall and a half
mile 10 the mud wall
Very soon after arriving eight men In
one OF our companies we're struck by hul-
lets fired from the main wall The Chi
uese use the Mannhcher rife. which r.
made on the same principal as the Mau-
SER hut shoots further
To see the troops swinging around in
10 line. double-t timing into columns o. pla-
toons ready Tor the advance. was heau,i-
ful sight The sun was Just coming 40
ana the shrapuel were bursting in the
air all about us. The men were ali In
good condition and looked as though they
Zero ready Tor the nght
"rhc advance 20 the mud wall. which
was % feet high was made with little
Resistance Here we soon mad our ma
Chine anu mountain guns mounted The
British guns were manned with Slkhs-
tall. nne-lookinE men, wearing blk yellow
turhans and dresie d In East Indian Coz
tune Their Ore was directed against tha
main wall. from which poured continuous
lN heavy artillery hire.
The Americans crossed the mud wall
right behind the JaTH who went over rSst.
our orders were 10 support the Japs.
The japanese troops are the finest In
the world avs amusing. though, 10 watch
the little colonel get out ia front OF his
command He laughs OF grius. then says
something. then an the Japs laugh and
begin running forward
"Our troops moved 10 the right nnd got
cover from "a ralsed road. While lying
there a heavy IRE was opened upon us
from the mud village southeast Of rhe
walled city Tho Japs turned IN that dlroo-
ton and We advanced behind them until
We reached an uufordable river - yards
wide We were then exposed 70 both az
tlicry aud infantry fire from the mud
village. not over ono hundred Yards dis
tsut The only cover We could get wns
from little rdees. or dtchcs. something
like rice paddles
"It was here. about a. m, that Gen.
4Ascum was MORALLY wounded Ho died
ia half an hour Hls last words were.
Keen up the IRE on those loophole hous-
es' About the same time Mai kagan.
Capt Noyes and Capt. Bookmiller were
severly wounded ana I was shot In tha
head Mai J NJ Lee assumed command
Of tho regiment and sent me back 20 Gen.
porward Of the British army 20 report
our position and losses and 70 ask for
ammunition ana rcluforcements F"
The lieutenant prefers that someone
else tell how with an orderly. he went
back and made his report. The British
general gave him two companies Of ma
rinea aud a hospital corps and he started
10 return 20 Maj. Lee. All along the way
the men OF the hospital corps we're drop
ping ont 20 attend 20 the wounded, ana
reaching point three hundred yards
from Mai Lee the men with Lieut.. Law
ten. who were acting under the orders %
their own officers. refused absolutely 20
proceed further So the Lieutenant allow
al them TO take position there. while he
continued alone TO report 20 the major.
n started on run" he said. and
rea ched the first ditch safely There were
only nifty yards left. Climbing out OF ths
ditrh. dropped my notebooks. which.
since was acting az ad1utanf. / could
not anord TO lose. The delay caused In
picking them up probably saved my life,
for just as ] was jumping into the last
ditch. while IN the air ] caught bullet
other than the one that was probably in
tended FOR me A. | climbed out Of this
last ditch I thought my arm was broken.
The bullet had shattered the nerves In
the shoulder ard the arm was pafaiyzed.
Capt W A Brewster came 60 me ana
dressed my wounds. and Mai. Lee came
up and ! made my report AZ this point
the Chinese concentrated their IRE on ne.
All hut the major and myself and two
ordcrics got TO better cover.
| his bayonei. my orderly dug me pit IN
| the meantime I received a wound through
| the shoe A man who had been wounded
twice was lying near me. ] thought no
was unconscious. Presently a third bullet
struck him IN the face and he got 40.
sized up the situation and walked around
behind me and lay down
when the Dit was dug the major and
lighted our pipes ana talked matters
over We remained there until 9. m.
| that evening. ] then walked back thres
miles 20 my old quarters az the foreign
concession.
About o'clock the next morning, July
"a, a force OF one hundred japanese cross
81 the moat TO the walled city 10 blow up
The gate with dynamite. Seveuty-iive OF
them, understood. were killed. but the
charge was placed against the gate Then
the electrical battery was found 70 be-
disabled 90 a Jap undertook 10 set tho
charge of with HE fingers. In doing -.
Of course. he was blown 20 atoms. Then
tho allies marched through"
Lieut. Lawton. though suffering from
tho recent operation on the nerves Of his
shoulder. seems 30 good spirits. and looks
tanned and healthy He q p years old and
is "A graduate OF West Point. lie IL dis
tsnt relative Of Gen. Lawton killed Al san
Alnteo last December. Its home Is IN Au-
burn. y. Y. Lieut.. Lawton's wife and
their youngest child came 10 Baltimore
with him.
Upon leaving the hospital Lieut.. Lawton
expects to take temporary quarters se
Fort AicfIenry lie does not know yet
whether the use OF his arm can be re-