The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-15

The Ninth Olives In"
Tho question had little general interest
then in the chaoso guns. horses. ammuni-
ton and soldiers OF all nations oddylng
about the gate. with the sikh Battery
banging away from tho crest of the mud
wall over our heads and every hody shont-
ing orders; but now Il has a great deal
I For the Ninth advanced. with the colonel
leading, until It found just such canal
between its line ana the enemy and the
colonel was scanning the barrier Tor some
ford when he was killed. Two or three
minutes afterwards hc disappeared with
the line of the Ninth. rushing through
the gate In a column Of twos while a
company Of japanese. who mad dlso mis-
understood orders. were rushing IN the
other direction
For hall an hour J paid no more atten-
tion 60 the Ninth. I only knew that they
had gone In" So far as ! understood
the tactical formation Tor che isn't. the
Ninth was not 10 play very active part
and were rather 90 act as support for the
Japancse-this out OF recognition 90 the
condition % the men. owing 60 their late
arrival Ny imns sliate object was 20 see
the South Gate blown up and the infan-
try rush into the gap. This was to be
the grand spectacular function OF the
days programme. as provided Tor US by
the poetic anu fearless Fukushima.
From the gate Of the mud wall .he
South Gate OF the native city b. not wise
ihle So I hurried westward along the
cover % tho mud wall. whose sky-iiae
was being disturbed by an occasional she'll
and lickei by a good many bullets. got
out 60 position where / could see he
South Gate just ar the American marines
and the Welsh Fusilicrs who were acting
as a single command under Col Meade
and MAJ Waller. spraug over tho wall
20 the charge with the agility Of 50 many
jack-rahbits. This was about 10 a. M,
according 20 my watch A 6i' the Niuth
and the British marines were crossing the
bridge over the moat next TO the mud
wall By the Ninth wac passing through
the gate down the road under ire So
the breaking out Of our line 81 infantry
attack was not Integral but fragmcntary.
The heavy nre ca the Ninth doubtless
diverted a good deal % Ore from our ma
rines and the Fusiliers They had even
and partially dry ground for their ad-
vance and they went toward the city wall
In soilicrly style with the. bullets spite
ting about their feet. When they came 20
the moat before the wall they had TO stop.
Just az they would have u there had been
40 moat. Even before this the IRE had
been heavy enough 90 make them veer
to the right and 20 take cover wherever
they could without regard - formation.
Finally. I saw the marines in blue clus-
tiers huggiug the protection Of chinese
graves and keeping up an Irregular IRE.
The Fusiiers were beside them, but they
were in khaki and ! could noe distinguish
them from the ground on which they were
lying.
CoVies of Japs la waiting.
Beside the road which runs from the
gate OF the mud wall 20 the South Gate
- tho native city there d. canal which
has ten or twelve feet OF water. ana TWO
or three feet Of ooze under that some
q the Jars were ON one side OF this ana
some on the other Those on the left were
hidden IN the grass or in open order me
others we're huddicd-thcir white caps ana
blue coats very distinct 20 the naked eve
AS chickens under their mothers wings.
behind the houses along the right OF the
road No one went on the road itself. II
was az bare Of life as one leading 10
snanish haci. uda on a mldsummer's noon
dav II now and then nn ammunition
mule stampedcd be and the man with u
likely went down together. For AN hour
I watched In vain Tor any movement OF
the Japs aud their gun cotton toward the
bridge There behind the houses the Jdps'
and there behind the graves the Amerl-
can and British marines and the welsh
Fusllers. stiil held on 20 their cover Tor
dear NE. They no more thought OF get
ting away from 81 than Of feeling OF
buzz-Eaw. ..,,
Il stuck my head up occasionally said
Mai waller. "iust to have a look around
I ana not keep Il up long. II ] had. me
hullets which went spat spat ia me
ground behind me might have hit thef
mark"
Now so Tor as bullct-fre was concerned
tho Chinese rinemen were as comfy hH
II they had been az the Hague Peace Com
ference THY stood on y" eAfth N"H
Uf,h Inc p,rapet OF stone facing between
,hew and us Through the deep lo0pholes
ali along came flashes OF fire ana bursts
- smok. as the lights Of a harhor twin
kle They did not come in volleys or IN
rairs. Look wherever YOU would. YOU saw
dret one ana thcn another breaking
forth Nor did they entirely neglect the
mud wall. with tho wounded ana Tow
reserves behind a. Apparently they were
ON the watch Tor human targets II you
shov,cl ,ourself above the mud wall. the
singing messenger Whlch hleht' W. ".
duet not FAR away made YOU take a NIUE
moro cover and N NIX that another m
senAe1 Tor YOU" had missed it8 marx
tsreouentlv something too small Tor T.
p,undcr ana TOO large for bullet went
ov.r with a sigh and q swish when fus-
gested that lts hight was acrobauf' anu
dronpipr al sharp angle. met me wa
~ ~ the moat with great splash. lhis
wa. "A solid lead bullet almost an men ~
e,lfhre manufactured IN Chinese af.e-
n,i n Is fred from an exaggerated flhe
q, tho hands OF two men. Gingah u the
,t.bt name Tor the weapon which we
a., brought 60 notice by Admiral sey-
,,,nr's exreditieu. In the earliest DAYS
th., they used Runpowder the chinese
haa yinsalis. and evidently haNg not lost
.S,sdence IN them The RinEaIs bullet
viii break a bone az " Il were OF P'P''
AZ the wud wall Gate.
Not long after We had thrown our hne
ovc, Tho mud wall al Observers Were
I t,ot,nr intently In another direction. 10
r,t,,,,e the word had passed that the
/ e,bineee we're going 20 ottack on tnei
- ,cco,tnt They were said 20 be com
| ~. cs,, on our flank ALONG the roud
ts,4in~ from the WEES Gate ~ = SOUTH
,ee.'cri,. direction from the native CITY,
~ DUAL see banners. troops and oihcera
~ h,raebsck moving. few american
/ atorlnea-aIl that we had left-were sent
,lo,g "our side" Of the mud wall 90 re-
80. ,hern II they attacked. Finally. this
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