The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-15
The TAKING OF TEN TsIN.
uaw THE ALLIES CAPTURED THE
PORT-CITN OF PEkIN.

k4cfary-rhc Part the American
rroap. Took-BriIIiant Perform
snecs of the Japanese-Chinese as
.oIdiers.
derrick Palmer. In Golfers weeklyD
IN Tsiu. China. July H-Last night
mon lay outside the walls OF the ma
city. beaten. this morning We Occu-
the walls IN holiday procession with
uring "a shot In other words the
Dase did not realize that our position
worse than theirs. The price that we
for victory was the expenditure OF
eat deal OF artillery ammunition: the
rince that we made was death and
81 for the infantry In heat and slime.
loss Of our own Ninth Infantry was
~ heaviest Of oil for numbers engaged,
YOU know. We Americans In Ticn
r .n were ~ joyous when the big men In
ts and khaki came swinging into The
,.an. as We are hcartslck now that the
a4ities are counted. We had watched
p. the arrival Of the Ninth very impa-
..rly. ZIP 60 that time Two thin COM
r...es Of marines under Mai Waller were
meager force that We had to repre-
$40 The power and Importance Of tho
r I'D states only the Austrians had
Hard Proposition for the Japs.
fore they had had time 20 rest from
a. 2 hard journey up the river on light
- before they could settle down. or
,ta.r colonel become az all acquainted
vIts Tho nature Of the country or the
-
,rl action The object Of the general nt-
i K was the native city. and tho time
Sd, erday morning Under cover OF the
rHf wall whih surrounds both the ma
asa it's and the European concession. the
ans were 90 make a turning move
r.at on tho east. capturing the Tree
PORTS which had caused us SO much
-raable. while the composite force Of 800
f..seese. so British fmarines and Welsh
Fasuiersl. 80 Americans (mnrines and
1870 fragmcntary hattalions Of the Ninth.
81 French. and. some OF the British Chi
Wci-Hal-Wei Regiment. were Ia
make "a swining movement on the west.
Tr Russians were not expected TO get In
r The Walled City ana the composite
.a-e was The Japanese general prom
ssI the Russian general 80 have his nag
f.ur iu the native city by II a. m. Butler
us not more In error when he said that
MNNIA cat MS NAtENflhE AllAAftA AlA . w.
t-4 what the Tugcla was % Butler a
t-. mucky little canal was 20 Fuku-
sHna What she kopies were 90 Butler a
crnese wall. thirty :eet IN hight. with a
i t.ath of Two and half feet OF masonry
facing OF thirty feet OF earth, was
% rukushlma There was no breach Ia
e. wall. and no hope Of making one with
ar cry IRE. Fukushima's plan OF Civ
a me Infantry ingress was japanese; II
us dramatic His japanese engineers
N vfr. 20 rush across the little bridge over
A Is, canal and blow uP the South Gate
4 uih gun-cotton. But he neglected 20 ma
o.t Z tho bridge was still intact. II hap
-erf that Il was not. II " bad been.
~. Japanese engineers could not have
-- sea % under the whitening Ore which
would have been poured upon them.
starting the Trouble.
r.rdenonlum began al daybreak Ey-
o. etfn We hal was turned on che native
The naval guns were the bass
r..a aui the neld guns the high notes
r.. deep-throated 4-inch lydsfites spoke
N ear, uasr the Concession itself. the field
"a r.ae 81 shorter range further up the mud
vaH harke,i. cracked and banged with the
Fl eamH8-7ive humbleucss Of hrecrackers.
2Ie ,honshts-and I think the thought Of
r.lr.r very one-as / walked alpng the
II msI wall toward the West Arsenal. from
uH.eh trc infantry charge was 60 be made.
we're not 50 much with che destruction
nHHa we might or might not be- doing
wtn orr shells. as with the infantry.
When YOU see soldiers In open order 10 \
fe.d lckins running forward. ducking-
a. mltter " there are only half-som-
II r8rk ~ them-you forget the guns thong b
te.re ore ten batteries firing.
Tire West Arsenal We took, as / have
ar.iiy told you. five DAYS ago by swing
r- sroun.i on the fiat and 10 the south
II 81 'fe mud walt; and then We evacuated
Yesterday we made the same swing
n 1r movement. ana found no enemy on the
HaIr road leading through the plain
possess through gate 90 the mud wall
90 20 the South Gate OF the stone wall
n uriel surrounds the native city. You
ri come boy this road: for whenever
r. Chinese builds q we'll h. aleo builds
A 4H unfordlble moat on the outside % IL
When ] came up to the gate In the mud
van my attention was first attracted by
4 .. three guns Of the American Marines.
4 Trey were in the miro at the side OF the
rad beyond the mat They were out
~ ammunition aud both the artillery and
e" rihemen on the stone walls OF the ma
lone city had found them out Pouf-
r.HG the shells burst In the soft mud
las' beyond and Just at one side Of the
seAne gunr' crews. who. ~ the pull
f rope or with their shoulders az the
A'."s. sweat aud swore until they final
go. them 90 the road. ana then took
Nm over the moa, with great hnal
into safety behind the wall
The First Rush of the allies.
hon 81 a sudden the field behind them
med to blossom with men IN open or
The Ninth the British marines. the
ii1tntse-thrse or four thousand IN all
hfd been under cover OF the long erase.
fd now they rushed forward toward the
mnat tn open order. each line as Il came
hr 10 Thu moat making q left face and
rushing 20 the road ana then over the
tH1Re ~ quickly as men could 20 and
.rp their order They woreta great blue
mark for the rifemeu on the walls Of the
native city. They could not fire back
through the wall over which the Mann
h.her builsts were dropping IN ten min
n'e- forty men were hit without tho sat
tihetion OF an answering shot az the
tn.my
Tho result ~ this ns they came rushing
a'foss the bridge was ana was hound 20
DO. souc confusion. Fukushima. The Jap
'nese or D0gwood. the British general.
"1s not NJ the gate Of the mud wall. A
NsII-hefuddled British stan officer when
2" could be found. alone could icnly 70
h# questions OF commanding officers This
tiHat n casualties unnecessarily quick
..r1 the desire Of everybody 20 get in
iih the mud wall between us aud the
amy We could have waited as long as
aH.N 40 FHaH 4 faaa.H