The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-04
rIEN TSIN ENTERED
BY the Allied Forces and the For
eigners Rescued.
RIVALRY FOR FIRST TIME.
The American and British Troops
Went in Neck and Neck,
Other Details Of
The Battle.
The Battle

Dispatch from LONDON says the COLL
posite brigade Of 2 800 men who raised
the investment of Tien Tsin and pushed
on to help Admiral Seymour has prob
ably saved him. The latest steamer
arriving at Chefoo from Taku brought
this message, dated Tien Tsin, Monday,
June 25:
1.-The Russian general in command OF
the relief force had decided, in view OF
Saturdays heavy fighting and march
ing, that one days rest for the troops
was essential and that the advance
shonld not be resumed until today.
Meanwhile came Admiral Seymour
heliograph that his position was des-
perate and that he could only hold out
two days. The relief started at dawn
Monday"
Saturdays fighting began at day
break. The allied forces opened with
several of the Terrible's naval guns,
six field guns and numerous machine
guns, the firing being at long range.
They continued to advance steadily, the
Chinese artillery replying. The guns
of the allies were more skillfully
handled and put the guns Of the Chinese
out of action one by one, the Chinese
retreating about noon.
There was keen rivalry among the
representatives Of the various nations as
to which would enter Tien Tsin first,
and the Americans and British went in
neck and neck. The Russians stormed
the arse1si, thereby sustaining the
largest losses. Several thousand Japa:
nese have left Taku for Tien Tsin, and
altogether $4,000 japanese have land
ed. The international troops now ag-
gregate nearly 20, ,OO0, and Japan is pre-
pairing to send 10000 more. With
British, American and other troops
ordered to go, probably $4,000 will be
available in a month.
The Tong Shan refugees and the for
eign engineers at Chefoo estimate the
Chinese troops now in the field as %, 900
troops at Lu Tai, $4,000 at Shang Hal
Wan, $4,000 driven off from Tien Tsin
and $50, 900 at Pekin. The dispatch re-
ceived by the foreign Office stating that
the foreign legations were requested to
leave Pekin within a specified time is
interpreted in some unofficial quarters
as tantamount to giving the ministers
their passports and to declaration Of
war, but as China does nothing like
other countries, the official opinion IS
that there is nothing to do but to wait
the course of events and to see what the
ministers themselves say when they
are rescued.
All the students at the foreign hospi-
talsin Canton are leaving. Women mis-
sionaries are returning from the West
river ports. There was slight dis
turbance at Wo Chou Tuesday while the
women were embarking. The crowd
shouted, "Kill the foreign devils" A
dispatch from Tsin Tan says that the
Protestant mission at Weih Sein was
burned down by rebels Monday night
last.
A special dispatch from Chefoo says:
"The fight of the allied forces against
the combined Boxers and Chinese
soldiers barring the road to Tien Tsin
2ened at day break. One hundred and
fifty Americans were among the 1000
international troops. The Chinese
soon broke under heavy shelling and
and then the arsenal was attacked and
the guns were gradually silenced. The
fight was practically over at noon.
The German consul at Chefoo con-
firms the contents Of the message from
Vice Admir- Seymour which reached
Tien Tsin Monday saying he was then
eight miles eastward Of that city, terri
bl y harassed, could only hold out
another two days and had So men killed
and oyer 200 wounded and adds that
the admiral asked for the dispatch Of a
relief column of 1000 men. This
column left Tien Tsin during the morn
ing of June 25 under Russian COM
mand.