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

and I'm the half moon enclosure petweeh
hsh' ,,d nper gates they piled up the Jap
h' and wounded. But II was not Tor
ahs' go tie engineers could make ready
ohs ,u the inner gate four Of the soldiers
o. rrcd down the inside OF the wall ana
hao =, ne .mashing the locks with their gun
.p,,. and daving the bars
,uiyEsE IN Pull FLIoHT
~, ,,t.s open, II could not last. The
WI" ,..,ai in, In spite of the flies started
'ap'" ,,tt,p., in the enclosure between the
ID wv 1-hav spread along the wal! and through
CAV. oy.ry where. killlGx the Chinese. who
tAe'"o nll light. The second gate went
%" $40, , o'clock, by Q there were no chi
GOV" - d, rho city except those who had not
h"'' IN the nghting. or, having borne
iS"e" ,, s,ripped of their uniforms In inc
an"r ,.,,o f,.nion and become friends. FIRE
ou "l ,ra r,,n VI the Japanese very quickly
io"''' .,orsI to come from a house II was
a., torrh on the spot, and, as at Irs''
pu' CON. siderable shipping about the Streets
t'' .,nu many buildings In flames Inc
tH'' ,,.,s-a too, set many fires. IL Is so
ls""A III, and then lay all the blame to the
~ r,,ry mission house in the city they
destroyed. -ous mara plenty
A1WrH mo Ni'lIA NA''
49, NJ the stubbornness Of the chi
o. '..o,cs Dead men in uniform lay IN
pSe ,I.,.. the top Of the wall and at It's base
he"N Lo,, had been killed 10y shrapnel. IL
s''' n-h,r, to SEQ how accurate had been
va ,,,, M our guns. Many Il shell struck
ue'' -, ,s-ap,t Of the wall and. smashing
JUL w. .u ., n il. carried two or three men
oo""r r. one plac. FIVE men lay In a heap
"u'",ry al killed By the same she'll ana
spp'' ,srrirln evidences of the work OF
W,'p rt, wall WIS in great decay IN many
W. ,, u.rre foot wide at the top. and no.
p' , ,,,p. been mounted II was not
N,.i.,, tho wall that there were evidences
o", ., .Lon fin. Wherever you went in the
q. WV .,o ,ba holes rent in solid buildings
''L ,,..l.i down. roofs tumbled IN ana
W. .s,,,. ~ dead in the marrow streets
nv ,,, aI soldiers Most of them were
u ,bo,r nlue Of the common cody but
NJ thor, was a man in non-combatant
ne' -t,, , mn, If cartridges beside him as he
- Thor, were very few Of the gaudy
ont6t. Of the Boxers.
o.". ,,t..e fanatics seemed to have lost their
W., o,,r,yc N the last and left the heroic
- o., their fellows Of the sword who
quo tr ri,,iny their lives before the guns
,-oi,p devils. Banners ana steamers
81 tho foreign va
=, .,pdy Nags abounded and In almost
o ,,, ga. a big box Of ammunition ana
frequently a rih" OF SONIC '"'
there were seVrrM
..Is,oIv there was inquiry as to the
-, and strength Of the Chinese force
oi,v Old residents Of the settlements
.,o,k Chipase. sought out acquaintances
,bs business men Of the city who had
-, sod and cross-duestioned them. II was
a,yod cnriously enough, that most OF the
"a s,ldlsr. who lined the east and south
Iii, uora the uniform Of the Salt Commits
49,. soma we're found whose uniforms
s,o.o,usd them to be Of the army OF the east
aat.,cs and others Of the army OF the central
Lo,,nce These were Imperial troops. They
-. fov In comparison to those OF the salt
conuissioner. The conclusion reached by
AZ, Drav the commissioner Of customs Tor
r;sntsin. IA that the defence was made almost
.n,iro,v nv the troops Of the salt commissioner
,hs ,rained hands, or local militia, a force or
,o,Iyad by the city merchants TO protect
,hem from the Boxers and save their stores
from looting, and a force OF mercenaries,
mostly old soldiers. hired or impressed at the
Lao According 10 tho Information OF the mill
.tory officers there Uere at least 5000 Imperial
troops in the city. They were mostly under
Gen Nah. who came from Shanhaikuan.
Nieh was killed in the attack onthe west arsenal
on the morning Of the 10th, and the remnant
of his force that was then in the city was prac-
,icaIly all dispersed. Other Chinese speaking
foreigners got information which makes them
think there were not less than 5000 men in
the city, most Of them regular troops. Prob
ably no one will ever know the truth. just IA no
one wifi ever be able to make an estimate OF
thelr casualties that will have any reasonable
evidence 70 support IL. The bodies along the
wall and near it number several hundreds and
already they are beginning 10 drift down the
river by the score. or our own casualties there
Is as vet no report. but We know that they num-
Der well on toward a thousand
WOMEN AMONG THE Dad.
The evidences of non-combatant suffering
were not all confined 20 the men. Shrapnel
makes m distinction. In one little side street
Just beyond the east gate a bunch Of women
and children had been caught by a shell, The
street was narrow and the walls Of solid brick
a. that II was a perfect trap. The shell struck
near the top NJ the inside wall. apparently just
behind the group. as they were probably crouch
Ing in a corner for protection. II caught them
every one, seven women and four little chill
dren.
Evidence Of the tremendous preparation Of
The Chinese for wal was found in every hut
Not one had not it, box Of cartridges and in
nearly all there was at least one gun OF some
kind, many being new Mannlicher rifles or
carbines. Along the wall there were scores
Of huge giugals, guns made on the plan Of a
breechIoadinG nfe, with hreech block a COM
lination OF Mauscr holt action and rapid-fire