Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-07-18
SCENES OF HORROR
FOREIGNERS BATrLFD HEROIC
ALLY FOR THEIR LIVES.
Hordes of the Boxers and Chinese Soldiers
Outnumbered Them, Butchering Men
outraging and Numbering Women and
Draining Children.

nese authorities had the dreadful news
from Pekin week ago and that Sheng
knew all the foreigners in Pekin were
dead when he asked the American con-
sui to cable Washington a proposal to
deliver the foreigners in safety at Tien
Tsin on condition that the allies would
suspend their operations to the north
of Pekin."
The correspondent adds certain de-
tails of affairs at Pekin after June 25.
According to his story the members of
the legation made daily sorties by
night and so successfully as to compel
date vicinity. These reverses had u
disheartening effect upon the Chinese
and they began to make signs of dis
affection followed by assertions to
Prince Ching's army which was en-
deavoring to cooperate with the be-
sieged. Ultimately Prince Tuan de-
oided to make a night attack on three
of the columns.
At o'clock on the evening. of July
6, says the correspondent, "flre was
opened with artillery on the British
legation, where the foreigners were
concentrated. For two hours the walls
were battered with shells and shot and
huge breaches were made in them.
Time and again advance was ordered
by the Chinese soldiery, volleying con-
stantly and moving toward the gaps.
The fire of the defenders, however, was
SO accurate and steady that herds of
Chinese soldiers and Boxers broke and
fled in the widest confusion, leaving
their dead and wounded around the
legation. They could not be rallied
until they were out of rifle range of
the foreigners.
Then Prince Tuan, making des-
perate appeal, induced them to stand
and return to the attack. Artillery
fire was then resumed and at the mid
die watch second attack was attempt
ed But before Prince Ching and Geii-
eral Wang Wen Shao, with their troops
wF5 wero-g0rHg to the ard iof''the for
eigpers, arrived, desperate battle en-,
sued between the various foreigners
and the Chinese.
Unfortunately, many OF Prince
Ching's troops deserted the Prince
Tuan. Prince Ching fell and was sup.
posed to have been killed, but the
search for his body was unsuccessful
and it is now believed that he was
only wounded and was carried off and
secreted by his faithful retainers.
General Wang Wen Shao. although
gray-headed and 70 years old, valiant
ly headed his troops. He was killed
and his force was completely outnum-
bered. .-sr' a..
"Throughout the night repeated at
lacks were made on the legations, but
these were invariably repuAed with
heavy losses. Toward the end of the
third watch, about a. M, the allies
had practically defeated the besiegers,
who were wavering and gradually
withdrawing. But just then General
Tung Fuh Slang arrived from the vi
cinity of Tien Tsin with large force
of Kan Su braves. BY this time the
walls of the legation had been battered
down and most of the buildings were
in ruins. Many of the allies had fall
en- at their posts and the small band
that was left took refuge in the wreck
ed buildings which they had endeav-
red to fortify.
Upon them the fire of the Chinese
artillery was directed. Toward sun
rise it was evident that the ammuni-
ton of the allies was running out and
at clock, as the advance of the Chi
nese in force failed to draw re-
Spouse, rush was determined upon.
"Thus, standing together as the sun
rose, the little remaining band-all
the Europeans-met death stubbornly.
There was a desperate hand-to-hand en-
counter, The Chinese lost heavily, but
as one man fell others advanced, and
finally overcome by overwhelming
odds, every one of the Europeans re-
naming was put to the sword in the
most atrocious manner"
wheat Receipts.
Denton, Texas, July 16.-Sanger a
small town on the Santa Fe northwest