Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-06-25
Fierce FIGHTING STILL GOING ON.
Great Slaughter at Tiien Tsin---4OOO
Chinese Said to Have
Been Killed.
100000 MEN NEEDED.

London, Junr % A. M.-TEe pp-
sitiun Of tho international forces in the
section Of northern China where 10000
men are striving IT, keep footing and
to succpr the Legations IN Pckin appears
to increase in rc,il with every fresh
dispatch. Fckin hG$ uut been heard
from direct for II days. The East dis
patch was one impluring all. Admiral
Seymours column OF eoeo was last
heard from l. days ago. At that time
it WAS surrounded midway between
Pekin and Ticn Tsiu. Possibly now it
has reached Pckin.
The 5000 internationals at Tcn Tsin
were hard pressed and fighting for their
lives, Thursday. and a relieving force
of less than 1000 had been beaten back
to Taku. Friday. Observers on the
spot think that 100 600 mon would not
be too many to grasp China firmly.
The admiralty has received the fJl-
lowing from the British rear admiral
at Taku:
"Chee Foo. June 23.-only one runner
has got through from Tien Tsiu for five
days. No Information could be obtain
Ell except that the foreign settlement
had been almost entirely destroyed ana
that our people were fighting hard.
News is received as this telegram is
dispatched that an attempt tn relieve
Tirn TSin. June -. was rrpulscd. with
some loss
The telegram also said: "Thc allied
admirils are working III perfect accord,
with the Russian vicc admiral rs senior
officer.
a press message from Shanghai. IA
tea yesterday, at i. H.. cmhodics
SOM latgr information. 1t says;
Official japanese kilograms confirm
the reports of Il defeat Of the allied
forces 1T Ticn Tsin. IN" foreigners
there are now placed in Il most dcspcr-
ate situation. The Russian admiral
fIilIchraudt. yesterday. sent mixed
fore. Of 1000 from Taku T. attempt tn
relief Of Tion Tsn. Nearly half of the
force consisted of Japanese The re-
mainder was made up Of contingents
representing the other nations.
The guns ~ the Chinese around
Tien Tsin are superior To anything the
defending European forces has or Is
likely 10 have for some time.
THE bombardment of Tien Tsin con
tinued. Friday. Bomb shelers were
hastily erected by tn" foreign troops.
largely constructed Of Wrtted piece
goods. The food supplies are INSULT
cient and the continued Smelling is re-
ported to be telling terribly.
Among those killed Of the relief
force. Friday. was the commander If
II. VI. $. Earfleur. The foreign casual |
ti-s We're 800.
Japan is making every effort. Her |
troops are now arriving at Taku in |
large numbers. The Chinese troops in |
the province If chi Ii include 10000
auxiliaries. who have been drilled by |
Russian ana German officers
Capt. Beatty and Lieut.. Wright. !
British, have been severely wounded |
at Ticn Tsin. according to Il Shanghai, |
to the Daily Express dated, |
The information was
brought there by tho British cruiser
Orlando from che Foo. The losses Of /
the Russians have been heavy.
1t was reported from Shanghai last
nvenng that the allied forces had
blown up the Taku fort, ana that pv-
ny available man had been sent to the
relief Of Tien Tsin. Two thousand
three hundred Chinese bodies are al
legged To have been crcmated at Taku.
ana upwards of 1000 Chinese are said
ia have been killed at Tien Tsin
Chinese runners who have arrived lt
raku report that foreign force WAS en-
gagged several days ago, with an OVER
body of Chinese. - miles west
If Ticn Tsin.l At Shanghai it is assumed
hat this force was Admiral Scymour's.
The Shanghai correspondent nf the
Daily Express says: 81 learn from \.
who stealthily left Pcllin, Juna
g, and who succeeded at great hazard in
Getting clear that the Boxers are massed
around Pekin ana that more than half
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