Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-30
FORCED TO RE TREAT.
Seymour's Splendid March in
Face of Great Odds.
No Word from Foreign Ministers ard
the Anxiety Increases.
Battlcship Oregon Reported Ashore About So
Miles From Che Foo. ,

London. June 60 A. M.-The ad-
ventures cf the hard fighting allies un-
4 ~ Admiral Seymour. their reaching
Anting. Il miles from Pekin. the decis-
ion to retreat, the capture Of Rice and
| immense stores of modern arms and
ammunition anOrding material for a
strenuous defence until relieved-all
this is told in dispatch from Admiral
Seymour received by the admiralty. at
midnight. runs as follows:
"Tien Tsin. June 27-Nia Che Foo,
June 29-1005 Z. M.-Have returned To
Tien Tsin with the forces. having been
unable t. reach PekIn by rail. on
June -. two attacks on the advanced
guard were made by the Boxers. who
were repulsed with considerable loss to
| them and none on our side.
con June IA. the Boxers attacked the
| train ut Lang Yang in large numbers
and with great determination. We re-
| pulsed them with loss of at ut 100
Kill d. our loss was five Italians.
The lame afternoon. the Boxers at
| tao hcd the Briti-h guard left to protect
| I-nfa station. r. Inducements We're
s,nt back ana the enemy wrra driven
VT with 100 Killed. Two # our Sc lmen
W'r" wounded.
we pushed forward to Antng and
| engaged the enemy. on June i and If,
intlicting a loss Of 10. There were NJ
casualties on our side.
Ext 'rsiNe destruction Of the railway
iu our front having made further ad-
vanc" by rail Impossible. | decided,
June Is, to return u Yang Tsun where
| il was prop 500. to orElniz, an advance
hv tn. river 10 Pckin. After my de-
parturr from Lang Yang two
trains. left to follow on. were attacked.
June IL. hy Boxers ana imperial troops
from Pckin. who lost from 400 to 500
killed. cur casualties We're six killed
ana IS wounded. These trains joined
me Mt Yang Tsun. the same evening.
Tho IIilway ut Yang Tsun was
und entirely demolished and the
trains il is not believed. moved. The
f rra being short If provisions ana
hlmpprnl with wounded compelled lis
tp withdraw on Ticn Tsin with which
we had not boon in communication for
six days. ana our supplies had been
cut off.
"On June ~. the wounds d. with nee
css aries. started by boat. the forces
marching alongside the river. Opposi-
t!on MA experienced during the who'll
clurs- WI tI, river from nearly every
village the Boxers. when defeated in
one village. retiring to the next and
skillfully rrtariiug our advance by &C
curyin@ VII selected positions from
which they had u re forced. often at
the point If the hayonct ana in the
flco ~ 4 CALLING fire difficult tp locate.
ron June -. Uc made night march,
arriving. At ddybrcak. opposite The inn
p rial armury above Tien Tsin. where.
after friendly advances, Il treaCherous
heavy fire vas opened while our men
were exposed on the opposite river
bank. The enemy were kept in check
IN rifle fire in front. whila their posi-
ton was turned BY purity Of marines
ana scamen under Major johnson. who
rushed and occupied one of the salient
points Selling tn guns. The Germans
lower down. silenced two guns and
then crossed the river and captured
them The armory was next occupied
By the combined forces. Determined
att ampts To re-take the afmory were
made on the following day. but unsuc-
ce-sfully
tulli iilllli- inst SbbltS Oh guns. arms |
and ammunition Of the latest patterns. |
Several guns We're mounted IN our de- |
fence ana shelled the Chinese forts |
lower down.
Having found ammunition and rice |
We could have held out for some days. |
but being hampered with large num- |
bers of wounded. I sent t. Tien Tsin |
for a relieving force. which arrived on
the morning of June 3 The armory
was evacuated and the forces arrived
at TIen Tsin. June %. We burned the
armury.
Casualties II dlte-British killed a.
wounded -; Americans killed 4.
wounded g.: French killed l. wounded
10; German killed j. wounded o.. Ital-
ians BILLED :. wounded >: Japincs" kill
Cd ? Woundcd 81 Austrian Killed l.
y oundcd 4: Russian killed 10. wound
"a 21"
Til" Canton correspondent of the ,
Daily Telegraph. in dispatch dated
Thursday. says: The unexpected ar
rival Of an cdict. late last night. from
the Emperor and Empress DowaErr
the departure Of Iii Hung
hang northW1rd On the United States
shin I!rrnklyn Arrangements for his
sailing had been quietly completed by I
'nit,d States Consul Robert NJ Nc
Wade and Commander Mclean of the
Don Juan Austria
The possibility Of rebellion in can
on and the Imperative necessity Of the
organization Of a property armed ana
-rliahic corps Of 10000 men arc among III
nr chief reasons for the cdict dctain-
NJ Ii orc hundred ana thirty pirates