The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-29

the position in which they were frs
seen they remained till late in the af
ternoon, when they moved off, appa
rently in the direction of the west gate
of the city, Hour after hour passed
and still We watched in vain for the
south gate to be blown up. Then came
a letter from General Fukushima tc
General Dorward saying that it was his
intention to hold his present position
throughout the night and asking Gene
raj Dorward to protect his left flank
i during it. General DorWard, OF
course, agreed, being very unwilling to
withdraw under the circumstances
| General Fukushmas plan was tc
throw a bridge over the moat under
cover of darkness, and resume the at
tack on the south gate early in the
morning,
Up to this time General Dorward had
received no message from the Russian
general informing him Of the progress
of the operations on the left bank of the
river. Contradictory reports were fly
ing about. First we heard that the
Russians had captured the battery of
guns on the Lutai canal with but little
|
| ing down on the fort and the city from
the east, Next the rumor ran that they
had been repulsed with heavy loss;
then, again, that, though successful as
at first reported, they were retiring
from the positions captured and re-
were designed to be the leading feature
of the day; those undertaken by Gene
rails Fukushma and Dorward were as
| sumed to be in support of, and to be de-
| pendent upon, the operations conducted
| by the Russian general. 1t was there
| fore rather strange that he should have
| left General Dorward all day In ignor-
| ance of his movements. However, this
| failure to communicate had no practi-
| cal result. General Fulxushima had de-
! cided to remain where he was, and
| General Dorward to stand by him. be-
fore they knew for certain that the
Russians had been successful. They
had been very successful After heavy
fighting they had captured the batter
les on the north bank of the Lutai ca
nal and pushing on to the north had
destroyed the two Chinese camps.
Leaving a force to attack the forts at
dawn, the main body returned to camp
in the evening, having lost in round
numbers one hundred and fifty men.
| have already given some idea Of the
difficulties in the way of obtaining ac-
curate returns Of the casualties. On
our side of the river they were far
heavier. A constant stream of wound
ed seemed to emerge from the gateway
in the mud wall Outside to right and
left of it they lay in long lines often
two or three deep. Splendid work was
done by British naval officers and men
and by the men Of the First Chinese
regiment in bringing them in. Nearly
all the American wounded were car
ried out Of fire by our men. who re-
turned again and again to get more.
Whatever the future may show as
regards the active fighting qualities Of
the First Chinese regiment, they GER
tainly possess in highly developed de-
gree the quality of passive courage so
often before displayed by Chinese cool
les. The incident Of the scaling-ladders
at Taku in 1859 is a well-known case In
point. Major Pereira of the First Chi
nese regiment was hit while conduct
Ing stretcher party of his men, and
Captain Olivana was killed while MAX
Ing his third journey to the place where
the Ninth American regiment were.
Twice he went for their wounded, and
the third time to take them ammuni-
ton, men of the First Chinese regiment
accompanying him each time. Need
less to say, our own men, mostly of the
naval contingent, We're not behind I'M
this way. The Unexpectedly heavy
casualties threw upon Major Watson,
r. A. M. c., and Captain Prynne, r. A.
M, c., very heavy work. They came up
with the British troops sent from Hong
Kong, but, as may be easily imagined
their services were not confined to at
tending to their own men, AS in all
other respects, the Japanese army is
eplendidly equipped medically, but even
their arrangements were inadequate
thoroughly to cope with the number of
their cases that came along. But,
though his losses were heavy General
Fukushima expressed himself well sat
sfled at the end of the day. And, in
deed, the fight was won. His know-
edge of the Chinese told him that they
would sneak away in the night. Most
of them did,
The Japanese met with but little OPP
position when, at three in the morning
of the 14th, they crossed the moat blew
up the entrance to the bastion of the |
south gate, scaled the walls, and, open
ing the gate itself from the inside, adj |
mitted the rest of the force. The |
French were nearest to the gate when
the japanese flag went up over it, and |
they Immediately rushed in and hoisted |
a huge tricolor on the wall, the British |
and Americans following.