The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-26
HORRORS ON HORRORS
FRENZIED BOXERS MUTILATE
HELPLESS VICTIMS.
Women and Children Suffer Death by
Appalling Tortures-The Legation a
Slaughter Pen After the Capture.

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Slaughter Pen After the Capture.
LONDON, July 16.-This dispatch
from it's special correspondent is pub
lished by the Daily Mall
Shanghai, Sunday night (urgenO -
l deeply regret to have to confirm alb
solutely and fully the announcement
which 1 cabled on Friday to the effect
that the Legations in Picking were de-
stroyed on the night of July 81 and
all British and Europeans were mas
sacred. Further official Chinese mes
sages, one from the Governor of Shan
tung, were received here yesterday and
Saturday confirming the dread tidings.
After June 25 the Boxers and Inn
perial troops gradually increased in
numbers and massed themselves about
| the British Legation, camping in the
streets and places laid waste by the
Boxers. Daily sorties were made by
the small body of defenders who met
the Chinese in the streets, inflicting Sc
we're punishment upon them. These sor-
ties too often took place at night So
great was the courage and energy of
the little force that they gradually
compelled the Chinese to retreat from
the immediate vicinity of the British
Legation. Soon there began to be open
signs of disaffection and frequent de-
sertions of the troops of Prince Ching
who was endeavoring to cooperate
with the besieged.
ultimately Prince Tuan decided to
make an organized night attack Hav-
| ing secured a plentiful supply of am
munition for heavy guns, conference
of Chinese leaders was held and reg
ular plan of attack was agreed upon.
In three powerful columns, with strong
| reserves, at 6 d. m. on July fire was
opened with artillery upon the British
! legation, where the allies and all the
Europeans had concentrated. For two
hours walls and buildings were batter
ed with shot and SHE'LL and huge
breaches We're made in them. Then a
general advance was ordered, and the
/ Chinese infantry, volleying constantly,
moved toward the gaps The fire of the
! defenders, however, was so accurate
and steady that the hordes of Chinese
soldiers and Boxers broke and fled in
the widest confusion, leaving a large
number of their dead and wounded
around the legation.
"They were not rallied until out of
rifle range. Then Prince Tuan, making
| a desperate appeal, induced them to
stand and return to the attack. The
artillery fire was resumed, ana at the
middle watch a second attack was at
| tempted; but before the attackers
could accomplish their object they were
| met by Prince Ching and General
! Wang Weng Shao, with their troops,
who were going to the aid of the for
| eigners. A desperate battle ensuad be-
! tween the two forces of Chinese.
! unfortunately many of Prince
| Ching's troops deserted to Prince Tuan
! Prince Ching fell 1t is supposed that
! he was killed, but search for his body
! next morning was unsuccessful. 1t is
| now believed that he was )nly wounded
and was carried off and secrcted by his
! faithful retainers. Wang Werg Shao,
also a gray haired man of seventy, EVIL
| IDENTIFY led the troops in person. He was
! killed and his force completely outnum-
| bered and routed.
| Throughout the night repeated at
tacls We're made on the legation, but
+ they were invariably repulsed with
! heavy loss. Toward the end of the third
watch (about a. No. the allies had
practically defeated the besiegers, VINO
were wavering and gradually with
| drawing, when General Tung Pub Sian
! arrived from the vicinity of Tientsin
with large force Of Kansu braves. By
! this time the walls of the legation had
! been battered down and most or the
buildings were in ruins from he Chi
nese artillery fire. Many OF the allies
| had fallen at their posts and tile re-
Inaining small band, who We're still alive
| took refuge in the wrecked buildings,
which they endeavOred hastily to forti-
! fy Upon them the fire of the Chinese
! artillery was then directed.
| Toward sunrise it was evident that
| the ammunition of the allies was Iuri-
! ming out and at I o'clock, as an adj
| vance of the Chinese in force failed to
| draw a response, ii was at Orce clear
| that it was at length completely eX-
/ hausted. A rush was determined upon.
| This, standing together as the sur rose
fully. the remaining band of Europeans
met death stubbOrnly. There> was a
| hand-to-hand encounter. The Chinese
| lost heavily, but as one man fell others
advanced, and finally, overcome by
| overwhelming odds, every one of the
| Europeans remaining We're put to the
| sword in a most atrOcious manner"
| LONDON, July 16.-The Shanghai
correspondence of the Express, on the
alleged authority of cOuriers who
| brought the story, gives a very sensa-
tional account. He says:
"Maddened with hunger, after having
been without food for many days, the
members of the legation and the guards
made a sortie on the night of June Both,
and killed 200 Chinese in an unexpected
attack General Tung Fuh Slang, en-
ragged over the loss of so many men,
brought up heavy guns, and Prince
! Tuan gave the order that every foreign
er must be destroyed His words were:
| Destroy every foreign vestige and
make China a sealed book to all west
ern powers
prince Tuan had previously discov-
cred that Prince Ching was supplying
the foreigners with ammunition. He
therefore ordered General Fuh Slang to
fire on Prince Ching's troops, and it is
reported that Ching was killed or seri-
ously wounded.
I'm the final attempt to cut their way
| through, the legationers formed
! square, with the women and children
! in the center. When the Boxers realiz-
| ed that they We're being attacked they
became like wild beasts, and shot each
| other with revolVers. Heavy guns
| bombarded all night until the buildings
were roasted in the flames. The Boxers
rushed upon them and hacked and
stabbed both dead and wounded, cut
! ting eff their heads and carrying these
| through the streets on their rifles.
They then attacked the native Christ
ian quarters, massacred all who refused
to join them assaulted the women and
! Drained the children. Hundred of mis-
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