Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-18
CHINESE RUSH
TO THE BATTLE.
Advanced Determlnedlyp Carrying
Lighted Torches
FLED AT THE FIRST FIRE
,.n.osse Account ofFIghtIng Around
Tisp Tsin -HeroIsm Of Aiiies-D'r-
ing Exploit OF Young Man

Victoria. b. c., July 1S.-The steam
- rmpress Of India brings detailed
s5ylces OF the fighting at Tien Isin'
COL shImamura, who commanded the
1snanese troops at Tlen Tsn prior 10
,bs relief Of that place, has forwarded
20 his government detailed report OF
,be incidents from the time OF the at
tack until June 20, The report says IN
part:
The Chinese advanced determnedly
10 the assault. There were some hun
Sreds Of them and they were carrying
nghted torches. They advanced In a
s,rias OF rushes ana the japanese al
io,god them TO yet Within close prvNim-
ity before they opened fire. Then the
rspopsse fired several voileys from the
W5ylrs and other small guns, and the
p5vers throwing away their tOrches,
"a Afterwards, during the night
,he Chinese only approached IN par
lies of three or four, but made no res
oipta attack They cOntented them
sslyes with endeaVoring TO sneak up
and fire the outer buildings. on exam
ipstl0n the bodies OF the slain We're
found 30 be young men Of twenty-f0uf
on twenty-five, clad in silk and carrying
pouchps with Mauser ammunition.
About daybreak on the nth, some loo
Chinese wearing red caps and red belts.
approached brandishlng swords. As
soon as they got within range two or
three yolleys were fred and they retired
hastily This was but an advance par
tv though FAR TO the eastward was seen
n large force with a number Of large
guns moving towards the native city.
The allies watched them Numbering
their big guns and at 2:45 p. m. the
Chinese began a furious bOmbardment
OF the foreign concessions. Many OF
tho shells fen between the British ana
German concessions.
Under cover OF the artillery fire the
main body OF the Chinese troops ad-
yanced against the railway station. but
they were beaten back bv the allies.
The Germans guarding part Of the city
we're attacked by a large body OF chi
nese and would have been Overpowered
had not the timely arrival OF the Japa-
neae saved them. They advanced with
a ringing cheer and the Chinese were
on the 18th at Z a. m. the Chinese
/ troops. uniting their forces, attacked
simultaneously from the north and
south. The allies met and beat BACK
each attack
The Russian troops who were In the
advance crossed the river and attacked
the enemy from the front They were
followed by the English Germans and
japanese. The Chinese were driven out
OF their position on the opposite side OF
the river From near the native city
though, they continued the lombard
ment Their shells were aimed mostly
: az the conspicuous buildings IN the con-
4 oesslons, Gordon Hall and the Japanese
consulate.
on the 18th the enemy's attack was
directed from the left bank. As before
their shells were aimed at the foreign
concessions and they succeeded TO set
ting fire 10 the Specie bank, which was
burned To- the ground.
On the 22nd the bOmbardment was re-
sumed. The Smelling Of the heselged
concessions was continuous. The Cos
sacks, who were patrolling. brought in
T teligence 10 the afternoon that force
+ Of 1000 10 5000 allies was advancing
from Taku 20 relieve Tien Tsln. and had
4 arrived within lG miles OF Tien Tsin.
4 There was great Joy when word was
passed around Of the approaching relief
4 and next morning the allied force at
+ lacking from the east and south, drove
on the enemy and the firing ceased.
Another report published In the Jap
anese press from Tien Tsn says that
j on June 22nd the United States con-
sulato was burned during the lombard
ment
4 The japanese papers also tell OF the
+ exploit Of a young employe OF COM
mercal house, named Waite, VINO dis
4 euisel himself as a Boxer and accom-
4 panied by four COssacks. left the be-
4 feged city Of Tlen Tsin on June 18Th.
! After four days Of narrow escapes and
. flight from pursuing Boxers, he and the
4 Russians reached Taku on the 23rd,
/ with their letters, which asked Tor re-
4 hforcements.
LETTER FROM A CONsULs WIFE.
Santa Rosa. Cal. July lS~-Letters
4 have been received here from Mrs. J,
w. Kagsdale. wife OF the United states
4 consul al Tien Tsin and from Mrs.
4 Lucy Dummond The letters are I'm.
der date Of June 18th, and tell Of crit
iCal conditions existing there az that
. time Another letter from Mrs. Drum.
1 mond at Shanghai tells Of her safe ar
rical there with her husband and child
ren and describes the hurried escape
on June 18th from Tien Tsin on the last
d arm0red train that succeeded In leay.
Ing there Neither Of the letters con,
mins any intimation as TO the where's
abouts Of Consul Ragsdaie and family,
although 10 Is supposed they also left
Ten Tsln with the other Americans.
Mrs. Ragsdale IA her letter says: An
ne mission churches In Tien Tsin tthe
ehlnese city, two blocks from here.
nave been burned. They have been
Il closed ever since the trouble began. and
We're turned over to the Chinese offici-
aus The Chimes official seal had been
4 placed on the doors 10 show that they
Were under Chinese protection IL
points 20 a bad state Of things and
proves how powerless they are TO pro-
teCt anything.
4 More than a week ago a guard went
uom here 10 meet and aid some Belgian
refugees trying to reach Tien Tsln At
several villages they We're given tea
sna 'hings 10 eat The Boxers burned
every one Of the villages and killed eve
4 man, woman and child they found
because they aided foreigners
4 All Chinese, from the highest 10 the
invest think Boxer spirit that
esl Be Killed. That's the reason It's
hard for the Chinese officials 10 put
4 . mem Gown The soldiers viii not figR
UNREST IN YANG Use REGION.
New York, July ia dispatch to the
iIeune from London says.
u 4Ae entire region Of the Yang Use Is
~ state OF unrest Shanghai is me-
aaeel With a native uprising and the
vvS,lnern provinces are IN open revolt
nateyer may be the ultimate policy
i, 'hr powers the immediate effect OF
y successful retreat Of the foreigners
~ zen Isin Is sincerely quieting and re.
,'suilng. The allied armies are fight
- mere for the prevention OF a mas
80 ana the protection Of foreign In.
"1,sW through the Chinese empire.
zoe retreat OF the foreign contingents
we coast would BE- the signal for yell
Nv terrorism In every quarter Of the
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