The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-25
BRAVE DEEDS AT TIEN TSIN
Further Particulars of Fighting and
Incomplete List of Casualties.

Further Particulars of Fighting and
Incomplete List of Casualties.
Copyright, 1900, the Associated Press }
Tien Ts1n, Sa turday, July 14.-via Che
Foo, July Is, and Shanghai, July "a =
The 9th regiment, U. S. infantry, en-
tered the fight at lien Tsln with 48O
men. An incomplete list of casualties
shows IS killed, rs wounded and two
missing. The marines had killed and
Is wounded
First Lieut., Henry Leonard of the ma
rine corps, carried Lieut.. Butler from the
field under fierce fire. He was shot in
the upper arm while returning but ran
and swan a mile under fire. getting to
the rear. His arm was amputated today.
Capt Charles Il. NOyes, who had been
slightly wounded in the arm and Leg
swan a mile with only his nose above
water, with request for rein fOrcements
First Lieut.. Louis B. Lawton of the
9th infantry made dash for reinforce
ments under fire and received three slight
wounds.
The ninth was ordered to support the
Japanese who were receiving an 0nfilad-
ing fire, After crossing mud wall half
a mile from the city wall, the 9th shifted,
advancing against the thanking tire and
southwest corner OF the city. A body
OF Chinese in a burned village under the
wall just across the river, where they
were strongly barricaded, poured in q
fire and whenever an American raised a
head he was shot. A Nordenfeldt gun
and two small cannon were also trained
upon them. They Jay in the mud all day,
without a surgeon to attend their
wounded and were unable to move or
help the wounded without food and the
drinking the canal water. They had ex-
hausted their ammunition, except few
rounds which were retained in order to
repeal charge If it should be made.
None expected to escape. A few reach
ing the rear reported that half of the
command had been killed or wounded,
including prOStratlOns in the estimate.
After the Americans had retired under
cover of the darkness, they struggled
back to lien Tsin in squads, all night,
wounded. The American hospital was
crowded and shortrof surgeons, there
having been no expectation OF such
losses.
Today squads searched the fields, col
lecting the dead and wounded. Col. Lis
Gums body was escorted to boat this
evening by two battalions of English
troops, with general and colonel at
their head. Lieut.. Col. Coolidge, who
is now commanding the regiment, and
Major Lee, were among the pail bearers.
The chaplain of the marine corps read
the service at the canal lock. The body
will be shipped to San Francisco.
The total losses of the allies were about
800. The Japanese estimated their killed
at 90 and wounded at 25O The Russians
estimate their casualties at 100.
All day long the work of bringing in
the dead and wounded was continued.
The Japanese were the heroes of the
battle. Their lighting was remarkably
brave and was praised by all their col
leagues When some of the foreign officers
counselled retreat last night, the Japanese
ge neral said: when my men move, it
viii be forward. -
This morning they charged the breaches
in the wall made by the artillery and
fought hand to hand in the streets. Their
conduct after the lighting was equally
good as they refrained from looting,
while some of the European soldiers were
having an orgie.
Dead Cinnamon cover the walls and
streets of lien Tsin.
Fifty guns were captured. The place
was full of munitions of war
Many fires have been started and most
OF the city will probably be burned.
The Chinese are retreating towards
Pekin.