The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09

the calf Of he left lcr. making n very bad wound.
After a while h. q 'Cid d 80 try 10 .t ou' h,
following the d tCh In which he hal ,uhcn cuyu,
With only his had above water hc padded
along In the g,u'ril dir 'C,iou Of thu mui vail
Presently the ditch ran into Huo'hor Whom,
It scomed 10 him Il" mI>, b. iu plain sight ufpl
the Chinese in thc city from 'h' WAY th"ir hu.ot,
hi21ed about IN; ho was not hit again 7rd
afier about two hours Of this roli 81 work..
with IN" -alt water Of The dit,Nrs mikms Is
leR wound sting ho coj so u point u"ut he vail
from which h" hobl,led N
While Major Baunistcr was drc-air. ~,
wound Con DorWnrd camc down 10 'hc drr,..ns
station and consulted wiz rim about rbc l,,..
tion of the mon along ~ liro ttui Nws.
could tell him nothing except about the N,n'h.
bur no Indicated their position on tho man
tho General had, and then DnrVard .nr' u
down to the battery Of l?-pounder~ with
instructions to try ont IN" range ahead of tho
Ninth about h~alf-past : hi a few shots, ard
when II had been found to stand by to begin
Smelling ut = o'clock 10 cover tho Withdrawal.
Tuktishima had sent IN word q little vhlo h-
fore asking Dorwsrd to protrc this nanN south
Of the arsenal west The English was not
plain and Dorwnrd did not understand but
tho ORDERLY did not speak English and 'Nors
could hr no explanation NJ day II bad h,on
] pUIlTtN " l0NINT VI JUN ''llll'llN NI'IE WIN
any body. several nen had gone M tho rad
10 try to And Fukushimn for Gen Dorvard.
hnt none had succeeded None knew ,u,,
where 20 look, and il was all a mans lfc vas
worth 10 go roaming about the field. and rot
n great many cared TO volunteer for the job
AMERICANS SHORT or WATER.
One thing this day should teach the tme-L
can army. one little thing vet Of great impor'
.- 49,. -. 40 ItHorayt hood 20 -
90 into battle 20 day. Every ono Of 'heu
except the American had some contri,aocs
for getting extra water 10 the field T. ha,
been n f~earfully hot dav and the men hay" M
fered greatly for water. Our men are no'o-i-
orsly prodigal Of the contents Of thoir ,0u,
teens. They hadn't been on the line two hours
before they were running ont and tho CRY WON'T
m for more. But there WAS no WAY to get
more. The British, French and ~JAp0ross
had their donkey carts or mules packed With
breakers. butthe Am orleans had nothing and
their men had to suffer and stand II ~ tcst
they could. II IL no very great reform 10
make but 1t counts afeld.
At half past I the ~ Founders fired 'hrNs
shots and then for half an hour there Wa 4
rest. while the last preparations were made
for beginning the music merrily at dusk. Word
came in from Fukushima that he meant to hang
III ~ dH . Nv INV W. " '''''N
TO support u night attempt 10 breach tho wall,
and a French battery which had not been n
action went out and took position on tho cause
way behind n group Of mud huts in rear II no
japanese. As loon rs II grew dusk tho >N,l.
ing hogan and then the men Of the Ninth ruSs
ont Of their shallow bitches and came oT ihs
field. They came slowly looking for ih"ir
wounded and in two hours or n little mors
had all come in. Fuller's ompan Of marines
that had gone in 10 support item
came out also. The rest Of the marines
and the Fusileers who had been over A. The
extreme left returned 10 the wall at The arsenal
and the marines took the guard duty there
for the night. Dorward began preparations
for planting some ~ Founders behind tis
mud wall, but soon abandoned the plan.
Only the japanese and the French held thcr
positions. The French had had sood cover
all day and had suffered comparatively little,
Litter bearers secured the field and the Wounded
were coming in in a stream when ] camc down
from the arsenal the last time a few minutes
ago. There Is no telling what the casualties
are. More than a hundred Anne ricau, have
been dressed in our hospital, and II is ~probahls
that the casualties Of the Ninth alone viii
reach nearly that number. Col. Liscum WAS
killed about l O'Clock. He was standing up
holding the colors. Major lee had just been
demonstrating with him for exposing himself
so much with so little TO gain from II, but the
Colonel refused TO get down. He was struck
in the abdomen and sank into an unconscious
condition almost Immediately. dying appar-
emily without pain.
just about shutdown the Chinese force which
had been hanging on the left flank all day Nit1-
drew toward the city. but II was not made
out whether they went inside the wall or 10
another position further to the northward.
There the action stands NJ midnight. We
attacked with all the force We could send IN
and the Chinese repulsed us all day. For IN.
morrow there Is little to expect except such a
fire as We endured to-day. unless Fukushima
is right. II he Is. the victory will be all his.
He II confident the Chinese will not stand for
another day OF such work as this has been,
Persistence in attack. he says. they cauuos
endure. He has ordered that not one Of his
men shall retire n foot. but II the Chluaman
who has furnished so many surprises IN This
war shall give us one more and stand 70 hla
work Tomorrow. il will be a sorry force Fuku-
shlma will have with which to oppose him
Then the only hope will be that the Russians
may force their way across TO the pagoda tort
after all and turn the Chinese guns on them.
selves.
FTKusHIMA WAS RIGHr.
VhiN " ul''l h''h hh Nlilll NhN 'AA
He has won his victory. He has demonstrated
that special knowledge Of your enemy is spme-
times Of more value than military precau'lol.
and he has driven through to success the plan
that Admiral Seymour was unwilling 10 sane
ton. His men are in the walled city ofTicutsip
and after them. through the gates they took.
British, French and Americans have followed
into the Chinese stronghold. over the south
gate. AT which the attack was directed, 10
Stars and Stripes are flying as this l. written,
over the east gate flies the red ball on a whlis
ground Of Japan. The Union Jack Snap- ~
the halyards above the north gate and thlna-
men from W~eiheiwei. in the khaki Of ths
White Queen. look down on tho subjects Of ths
Empress Dowager fighting for loot in Nh" sir""'f
below. At the west gate floats the red. wh'a
and blue OF France. and beyond. on the plan
to the north and west. the men who yesterday
. made such a stubborn and successful defence
Of the city are in Wild flight for their lives.
Gen. Fukushims. smiling and happy, coming
into his headquarters for a rest after tie da'
and night AZ the front, stopped long "nougN .
tell how il had happened. A. soon ~ D. '''
dark he ordered hs men TO pres forward lr"i
,hoir Yla,aa H., tho hua a,rps- tho rad Vl..a