The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-30
SEYMOUR FOUGHT FURl0USLY
THE BRITISH ADMIRAL'S REPORT
OF HIS OPERATIONS.


Got within Twelve Miles of Pekh
After Fighting ut Almost Every step
The Decision to Retrcat-Attackcdb by
Imperial Troops Sent from Pek'h-
uenxv Losses inflicted on the Chinese
-Enemy,s Arsenal Captured and I'M
. stores of Gums, Arms and Ann
munition of the Latest Pattern Taken
The Arsenal Burned-Losses OF the
Allies.
London, June 30-3 a. m,-The adVeh-
lures of the hard fighting allies unaer
Admiral Seymour, their reaching An
+ine twelve miles from Pekin, the de-
cision to retreat the capture OF rice anu
immense stores of modern arms anu
ammunition, affording material Tor the
strenuous defense until relieved-al
this is told in dispatch from Admlral
Seymour received by the admiralty at
midnight, which runs as follows:
"Tien-Tsin, June 27 via Che FOO ~
1906 D. m.-Have returned to TIen-Islh
with the forces, having been unable 10
reach Pekin by rail.
"On June II two attacks on the ao-
vance guard were made by the boNeis'
who were repulsed with considerable
loss to them and none to our side. oh
Tune IA the Boxers attacked the tram
at I,ang-Yang in large numbers anu
with great determination. We repulsed
them with a loss of about one hundreo
killed Our losses were five ltallahs'
.rhe same afternoon the Boxers az
tackled the British guard left to protect
I,ofa station. Reinforcements We're sent
hack and the enemy were driven OH
with a hundred killed. Two of Our sea-
men were wounded
1--WE pushed forward to Anting ana
engaged the enemy on June Is ana June
a. inflicting loss of 175. There were
no casualties on our side, EXlehslFe
destruction of the railroad in our front
having made further advance by ran
impossible, / decided on June 10 TO re-
turn to Yang Tsun, where 1t was pro-
posed to organize an advance by the
river TO Pekin. After my departure
from Lang Yang two trains left to tol-
low on. were attacked on June 1S by
Boxers and imperial troops from Pekin'
who lost from 400 to 500 killed. our
casualties were six killed and forty
eight wounded These trains Joined me
at Yang Tsun the same evening.
'.The railway at Yang Tsun was torn
IN for some distance. The force being
short of provisions and hampered with
wounded compelled us to Withdraw on
Tjen Tsin. with which we had not been
in communication for six days and our
supplies had been cut off.
"On June 10 the wounded with neces-
saries started by boat, the forces
marching alongside the river. Opposi-
tion was experienced during the whole
course of the river from nearly every
village, the Boxers, when defeated IN
one village. retiring to the next and
skillfully retarding our advance by oc-
cupving well selected positions from
which they had to be forced, often at
the point of the bayonet and in face OIL
a CALLING fire, difficult to locate,
s'On June rs we made a night march,
arriving at daybreak opposite the inn
perial armory above Tien Tsin, where,
after friendly advances, treacherous,
heavy fire was opened, while our men
were exposed to the opposite river
bank. The enemy were kept in check
by rifle fire in front, while their posi-
tion was turned by party of marines
and seamen under Major johnson, who
rushed and occupied one of the salient
points, selzing the guns. The Germans
lower down, sienced two guns and then
crossed the rived and captured them
The armory was next occupied by the
combined forces. Determined attempts
to retake the armory were made on the
following day but unsuccessfully.
eve found immense stones of guns
arms and ammunition of the latest pat
tern Several guns were mounted ir
our defense and we sheled the Chinese
forts lower down.
"Having found ammunition and rice
we could have held out for some days
but, being hampered with large num-
bers of wounded, I sent to Tien Tsir
for a relieving forcS, which arrived or
the morning of June 25. The armory
was evacuated, and the forces arrived
at Tien Tsin on June 26. We burned
the armory.
Casualties to date British, killed
27; wounded, rs: Americans killed, 4
wounded, 25; French killed, l, wounded
10; Germans killed, 2; wounded 62; Ital-
lars killed, 3; wounded 3; japanese
killed, 2: wounded g; Austrians killed, 1
wounded, /: and Russians killed, 10
wounded o."