Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-07-25

houses when the color bearer rell
"Col Liscum picked up the colors
and stood looking around, appar-
emily for ford. q
"sBetter get down or they will
hit you3 shouted Maj Regan. 81
"I guess not'' wasL Liscum's re;
ply.
"The next instant a sharpshoot-
er's bullet went through the brave
colonel's abdomen.
"'I've got he said, as he fell
"'Get at them if you can,' the
dying officer said, and. added as his
last words:
a'Don't retreat, boys ;qkeep on
firing
"Ragin was hit Immediately
afterward.
Gall day long the allies line lay
under any cover the men could
find, running out of ammunition.
The July sun ), as beating down on
them and they had nothing to
drink but the s,.lty marsh water.
Meanwhile the wounded came
struggling and crawling through
the gate in the mud wall. There
was no order. They were sent any
where, without men to carry the
litters. as
"The doctors were hit by the
sharpshooters while trying to at
tend the wounded of the Ninth.
They could not attempt to carry
off the wounded from the bloody
field.
"Maj Regan, Capt Bookmiller,
and Capt Noyes were all hit twice.
Noyes, who was adjutant, was hit
in the arm before going into the
field and then hit in the leg. He
crawled back through the ditch
with the water tc his neck to report
the situation to Col Dorward.
SAT 1 o'clock Gen Fukushima
reported in writing to Dorward
that the Japanese were in the city.
4 could'see the loopholes blazing
bullets and lyddite shells. No in
fantry could charge in the face Of
this FIRE from 2 O'Clock to 5.
Though acting conjointly,
neither Dorward nor Fukushlma
knew each others whereabouts.
"Under cover of the darkness
the men of the Ninth crept back
from their dangerous position,
bearing their wounded. They exc
cuted this movement with loss of
one man killed. The casualties
were 81 men and five officers out Of
426. The marines lost 80, includ-
ing Capt Davis, who was shot
through the heart while talking to
Col Meade on the nigh. of July 13.
"It was decided to withdraw
when news came that the Chinese
were evacuating.
''The Russians were not so sue
cessful as hoped during the day,
and the total loss of the allies was
700. The Japanese losses were se-
we're; they were the most gallant
in the fight. But for the SArneri-
cans stopping the flank FIRE the
Japanese loss would have been
much heavier. ~ ~
"The French, Japanese, Ameri-
can. and British entered the city
at 2 o'clock on the morning of
July IA. Their entry was unop-
posed. The American flag at half
mast was hoisted over the south
gate. The walls were strewn with
the corpses of Chinese soldiers
killed by the shell fire, which
caused the flight. None appar-
emily were hit by bullets, the dam
age being done by lyddite shells.
"There is terrible row over the
burning of the town. Several for
eign officers are reported lost. The
tired soldiers remained on the
walls. The natives went looting
through the Chinese town. The
bank and the arsenal were heavy
sufferers,
San advance movement on Pc
kin is not contemplated soon.
1.-THE American wounded crowd
ed the hospital, but all are doing
well. The flags of the allied armies
are all half masted.
"Col Liscum was buried at Tong
Ku."
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