The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-19
CITY OF TIEN-TSIN LAID Waste.
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mel Shimamura. who commanded tho jap
anese troops at Tien-Ts,n prior TO the re-
lief of that place. has forwa r,.ed to his Gov
eminent a detailed report OF the Incidents
from the time of the attack until June %.
The report says. I'm part:
The Chinese advanced determinedly to
the assault. There were some hundreds Of
them and they were CARRYING lighted
torches. They advanced In n series Of
rushes and the japanese allowed them to
get within close proximity before they
opened fire. Then the Japanese fired sew
eral volleys from the Maxins and other
small guns. and the Boxers throwing away
their torches, fled. Afterwards during the
night. the Chinese only approached in par
ties Of three or four. but made no resoiute
attack They contented themselves with
endeavoring to sneak up and FIRE the out
building. On examin. tion the bodies of The
slain were found TO be young men of "a or
%. clad In silk and carrying pouches with
Mauser ammunition.
About daybreak on the Nth some 30
Chinese wearing red caps and red belts. sp-
preached. brandishinS swords As soon rs
they got within range two or three volleys
were fired, and they retired hastily. This
WAS hut an advance party. though. for to
the eastward was seen a large force with
a number OF large guns. moving toward 'he
native city. The allies watched them I'M
limbering their big guns and at a:45 D. m
the Chinese began furious bombardment
OF the foreign concessions. Many Of the
shells fell between the British and German
concessions.
main body of the Chinese advanced against
the railway station. but they were bea. n
back by the allies. The Germans guarding
part of the city were attacked by large
body OF Chinese cavalry. and would have
been ocerpowered had I, no, been for the
-f,- nl Of he y.p
coming " the japanese they advanced with
a. ringing cheer and the Chinese we're routed.
'op the 18th. at a. M. the Chinese
troops. uniting their forces, attacked stimuli
tsneously from the north and south. The
allies met and beat back each attack.
THE Russian troops. who we're In tho ad-
vance. crossed the river and attacked the
enemy from the front. They were followed
by the English. Germans and japanese. The
Chinese were driven out OF their position on
the opposite side Of the river. From
near the native city though. they continued
the bombardment. Their shells were aimed
mostly at the conspicuous buildings In the
concessions. Gordon Hail and the japanese
consulate. On the 18Th the enemys attack
was directed from the left hank. As be-
fore. their shells were aimed at the foreign
concessions and they succeeded In setting
fire TO the Specie Bank, which was burned
TO the ground.
''On the I'D the bombaTdment was re-
surned. The Smelling OF the besieged con-
cessious was continuous. The Cossacks,
who were patroliing brought intelligence In
the afternoon that a force Of 200 to 500
allies advancing from Taku to relieve
Tien-Tsin and had arrived within sixteen
miles of Tien-Tsu. There was great JOY
when word was passed round OF the ap-
preaching relief and next morning the al
lied force. attacking from the east and
south. drove off the enemy and the firing
ceased"
Another report. published in the japanese
press from Tien-fsin. says that on June
2. the United States Consulate WAS burned
during the bUmtarCmeut