The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-07-18
AFTER
THREE DAYS
of Fighting 1ien Tsin Falls
Into the Hands Of
Foreigners

july Il;
"The allied troops resumed tre attack
upon the Chinese walled ci-y ~ Ron TsIn
on the morning II July = end surcesded
n bre1>h'ng the walls an1 captdring al
tho forts.
The Chinese Were comp'cte.y touted and
the allies t7ob possession II he native
city and It's defenses.
The total losses Of the 1li- in the en-
gagement Of Thursday. Friliy an1 sat
urday ere about so kipel or woun1e5.
The casualties were greatest among the
Russians and japanese"
The guns Of the allies did immense
damage to the native city. causing many
arge conhagrat;ons and finally the major
ity Of the enemys guns were sllenced ST.
nultaneousiy. Then 1900 Russians as
sisted by email parties Of Germans and
French assaulted and captured eight guns
that were in position on the railway en-
bankment and the fort, the magaz ne Of
which the French subsequently blew UP.
A body OF American, British, japanese
ard Austrian troops then made sortie
and attacked the west arsenal which the
Chinese had reoccupied.
After three hours Of the hardest fight
ing yet experienced, the Chinese fed.
REMEY CONFIRMS REPORT.
WASHINGTON, JULY 17.-Admiral
Penney this morning cabled the navy de-
partment that the city and forts Of Ten
Tsin are in the hands Of the allies. His
list Of KILLED and wounded Is somewhat
fuller than yesterdays report, but still
not entirely complete. His dispatch fol-
lows
"Che Foo, Ju'y 17.-Today hope to get
wounded from Tien Tsin either In hospi-
tails at Taku or aboard solace. Commu-
nicauon very uncertain. Following cas-
ualties apparently confirmed:
Marines--Captain Davis, killed; Captain
LemIey, Lieuteants Butter and Leonard,
wounded
Army-Colonel Liscum, killed; Majors
Reagan and Lee, Captains Noyes, Brew
gter and Bookmnler, Lleutenants Naylor,
Law'on, Hammond and Waidron. wound
cd. Total killed and wounded reports 775;
Russlans aud japanese lost heavi y; our
total loss reported 215; about 40 were ma
rines; but number believed 10 BE- exag-
g,rated. Have officer on shore especially
20 get authentic number Of names, which
Will be promptly te.egraphed. city" and
forts now in hands Of allies. Admiral
Seymour returned 10 fleet. officer on
shore is Admiral Alexion at Tien Tsin
(signed- "REMEY'
NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
WAsHINGTON, JULY 1.-THE who,e
Chinese situation materially frightened
this morning morning upon the receipt
Of Admiral Ren,ey's cable report Of the
capture Of Tiel Tsin by the allies. The
Associated Press dispatch showing that
this was the rative walled city, cleared
up an ambiguity that was contained in
the sdmiraTs dispatch and swept away
the last doubt n the official mind as TO
the Importance Of the victory. The hos
tllt Chinese have been driven out Of the
shelter OF the city into the open plain and
tie allied forces have quadrupled it's eff
cheney in combat by placing the Chinese
IN this position. 1t IS not doubted that
the forward movement on Pekin VIII be-
p,tn as soon as a cavalry contingent has
arrived from Japan which should be with
ma day or two.
The moral effect Of the defeat ~ the
allies at Tien Tsin would have been ter
r.ble. according TO army officers and
would have been followed by tha eXten-
sion OF the boxer revolt 30 all parts OF
China. Even lie Chinese minister says
that this blow has done much 20 crush
tho rebellion lie already Ia ks of peace
commissions in a most significant way
There was no change in the official SIT
,,ation this morning. Pending the arrival
Of the president II was not deemed prop
CIR 70 Issue any orders 10 the troops. The
irnpression gains that the good news OF
the morning has relieved the situation &c
the extent that the cabinet meeting
called for this afternoon viii not be OBJ
liged 10 deal with emergency measures S,
WASHINGTON, JULY IA decided
more hopeful feeling with regard to the
Chinese situation was apparent in all ad
ministraton cnCles this evening. The
tide Of sentiment which had beer
marked pessimls'.c turned wth the an
nouncement Of the victory Of the allies
at Tien Tsin ana the capture Of the forts
and native city and gath red further
strength from Minister Wu's cab.egran
declaring that the foreign min sters al
Pekin were safe July g.
Aside from these dispatches the arrv
al of the president and the special cab
net meeting called 20 consider III situa
tion were the features Of the day. Th'
cabinet met at 2:2O tbs afternoon, les
than an hour after the president reache,
the white house. over a hundred news
paper men thronged the corridors whil'
the cabinet was sitting behind clos
doors. The scene resembled the hott $
days OF the Spanish war There were pre-
ent Secretary lay, Secretary Root, Sec
retary Long, s cretary Gage and Post
master General Smith
At the conclusion Of the session. Secre
tary Root gave cut the '.lawhs state
,nnent Of the act.on Of the cabinet;