The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-10
LOSSES OF THE ALLIES.
Casualties Said to Have Been Two
Hundred-Most of Them Fatal.

LONDON, Aug 10, a. m.-In the cap
ture of YangTsun the losses of the allies,
according to a dispatch to the Daily Ex-
press from Che-Foo, dated Aug. s. purport-
ing to give an account of that engagement.
were 2O0. the majority of these being killed.
THE allies marched on Yang-Tsun," SAYS
this report, "at dawn on Monday. The po-
sition, held by 5000 Chinese, was well in
trenched to the east of the river. After
four hours heavy lighting the Chinese
were driven from their defense works"
Another disratch to the same paper.
dated Tien-Tsin, Aug 6. reco1nts a recon-
Loissance that morning by the Japanese be-
yond Hsi-Ku. the result being that the
enemy was developed in strong force. we'll
fortified at Wei-Ho. The Chinese were :.u-
perior IL. numbers, and. after facing the
fire of seven guns. the Japanese retired on
Hsi-Ku. with three killed and twenty-seven
wounded. but having captured 200 horses.
With the exception of these messages
General Chaffee's report is the only ac-
count published by the London morning pa
rers telling of the capture of Yang-Tsun.
The editorials generally incline to view the
progress toward Peking as thus far splen-
Gid, but one which cannot be maintained at
the present rapid rate, as the concentration
OF supplies ard the establishment of bases
will cause inevitable delays.
The news reaches the Shanghai COR
respondents from Tien-Tsin, with state
ments to the effect that the situation at
Tien-Tsin is again perilous. owing to the
assembling of Chinese troops within strik-
ing distance. The losses Of the allies in the
recent operations are now said to be 113o
men, of which number the Russians lost
900, the japanese 40 and the British 12O.
International suspicion has broken out
among the consuls at Shanghai on account
OF the determination of the British to land
there a brigade of Indian troops. 1t is re-
ported that the French will also land troops
at Shanghai to the number of 100 men,
While the ministers at Peking remain un-
relieved, it is not understood why Great
Britain should divert forces destined for
the relief expedition to garrison place
PNoNSs mus ioi1 HdS Ottl uHulS-
turbed
A news agency dispatch from Che-Foo.
dated Sunday. Aug. 8. says a messenger
from Peking reports that the dowager EN-
press sent four cart loads of food to the
legations on July Is.
The British Foreign Office is understood
TO have suppressed portions of the last
dispatch of the British minister at Pc
king, Sir Claude Macdonald, on the ground
that his explicit statements regarding tn,
quantity of food and ammunition avail.
able might be useful TO the enemy.
The commissioner of customs at Shang-
hal has received a routine message from
Sir Robert Hart, director general of i'm
periai customs, showing that the latter is
still conducting the business of imperial
customs-a rather curious state of affairs
when taken in conjunction with the words
Happily still alive" which he included in
the dispatch, which was dated Peking.
July q.
Commenting on Washingtons latest COM
munication to the Chinese government. the
Daily Chronicle describes it as "idyllic di-
rlomacy." and it declares the Chinese at
tempts ~ get .he ministers to leave Picking
as described by M. Pinchon, have convinced
everybody. except the Washington officials.
that steady application of force is the
only argument Peking can understand.