The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
DETAILS OF THE FALL OF MAI.
LISCUM At THE HEAD OF
HIS COLUMN
DON'T RETREAT, BOYS, HIS LAST
Allies Seemed Confused as to plan
of Attack Upon Tien Tsin-Ninth
Faced a whitening Fire
without EIinchinG.


NEW YORK, July 21.-Following is
from Tien Tsin correspondent, under
date of Che Foo July 10, via Shanghai
July II;
1.-THE attack on the native city of Tien
Tsin on July 13, resulted in the narrow
| est escape from what seemed, up to
midnight, would be a terrible disaster
! for the allies The Russians swinging
north and the other allies south at day
break, the Russians were to take the
forts near the native city wall, and the
other allies the city itself.
Gen. Fukushima, the japanese COM
mander, promised that the japanese en-
| gineers, after three hours shell fire from
| all guns: would cross the bridge over the
moat before the wall, and, blowing up
the great south gate, make breach for
| the infantry to enter Upon this de-
! pended everything. Gen. Fukushima had
not secuted the bridge, and in twenty
four hours had not secuted the ground
over which the charge on the bridge
had TO be made. The Chinese destroyed
the bridge and flooded the land around
| It, The allies shell fire in nowise sub
,dued the Chinese rifle fire from the loop
! boled wall, which was thirty feet high.
/ with d moat twenty feet in depth around
/ it.
IAN outer wall of mud made it impcs-
sible for the infantry and marines COM
/ ing on the field to reply to the Chinese
! fire. They lost fifty men in ten minutes,
| then rushed back from the mud wall,
which they had reached. Gen. Dorward
the British commander, fastened for
ward with fragmentary, instead Of
an integral sl1irmish line. The American
marines and the Welsh Fusileers, to-
gether under command of Waller, were
on the extreme left. Then the British
marines and the French advanced, with
! the Japanese, along the road toward the
! gate in the mud wall.
PLANS NOT CLEAR
Forwards plan for the Americans to
support the Japanese was not made
clear to Col Liscum, of the Ninth Uni
| ted States infantry. Dorward lays the
blame for the blunder and sacrifice of
life on Liscum, but Dorward's chief of
staff was heard to say when Liscum
moved:
Get in down the road anywhere,
quickly
"Col. Liscum hurriedly led his men
through the gate in as open order as
possible. They were Immediately under
! fire. The staff saw them pass over the
| bridge leading to a field, which proved
! to be cul de sac Before the two bat
| talions of Americans, numbering 426
| men, could extend themselves, they were
subjected, besides the fire of the loop
holes in the fort, to a fierce fire from
| the embrasures in line of fortified mud
| houses on the British flank. Three thou
| sand rifles, probably, were turned on
! them with an accuracy which has amaz-
ed every officer among the allies
The blue shirts of the American
! troops made them distinct marks, where
| the khaki uniforms of the other allies
! could not be seen. Col. Liscum, guild
ing his men, walked up and down the
line, not even ducking his head while
the bullets fell around. The Americans
| charged into the flank fire with rushes.
The ground over which they charged
was marshy, and lined with bitches.
cit was evidently Col Liscum's inten-
ton to rush the houses from which the
! flank fire was coming, and thus get a
position for thanking the wall At 10:39
the line had just reached the shore of
the canal, and thirty yards separated
! them from the houses when the color
bearer fell. Col Liscum picked up the
colors and stood looking around, appar-
emily for a ford.
. Better get down or they'll hit you
shouted Maj. Regain.
L guess not was Liscums reply.
LISCUM FALLS.
| The next instant a sharpshooter's bull
let went through the coloneFs abdomen
I've got it, he said as he fell. Get
at them if you can, the dying officer said
and added as his last words, Don't re-
treat, boys, keep on firing.
'Regan was hit Immediately afterwards
"All day long the allies line lay under
any cover the men could find running out
of ammunition. The July sun was beat
ing down upon them, and they had moth
ing to drink but the salty marsh water
| Meanwhile the wounded came struggling
and crawling through the gate in the mud
wall. There was no order. They wer@
sent anywhere, without men to carry the
liLters. The doctors were Fit by the
wounded of the Ninth. They could not
| attempt to carry off the wounded from
the bloody field
Maj. Regain, Capt BookmiIler and
Capt. Noyes were all hit twice. Noyes
who is adjutant, was hit in the arm be-
fore going into the field, and then hi
in the leg. He crawled back through the
ditch with the water to his neck, to re
port the situation to Capt. Dorward.
| "At 1 o'clock Gen. Fukushina reported
in writing to Dorward that the japanese
were in the city. / could see the loop.
holes blazing bullets and lyddite shells
No infantry could charge in the face Of
this fire from o'clock until 5. Though
acting conformity, neither Dorward mol
Fukushina knew each others where
ahouts
NINTH GETS OUT.
Under cover of the darkness the mer
of the Ninth crept back from their dan
geros position, bearing their wounded
| They executed this movement with tht
loss of one man killed The casualtie!
were 81 men and 5 officers out of 426
The marines lost 80, including Capt Da.
Wis, who was shot through the hear
while talking to Col. Meade on the nigh
OF July 10.
1T was decided to withdraw, when new.
came that the Chinese were evaeua ting
The Russians were not so successful a.
hoped during the day. and the total les.
of the allies was 700. The Japanese wer;
most gallant in the fight. But for the
Americans stopping the flank fire, the
Japanese loss would have been mucf
heavier.
THE French, Japanese, Americans and
British entered the city at 2 o'clock a.
the morning of July IA. The American
flag at half-mast was hoisted over the
the corpses- of Chinese soldiers killed by
the shell fire which caused their flight
None, apparently, were hit by bullets
the damage being done by lyddite shells
There is a terrible row over the burn.
ing of the town. Several foreign offic n.
are reported lost The tired soldiers re