Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-07-21
At the Battle Of Tlen TsIn the
Gallant Colonel Picked up
the Fallen Colors.
AMERICANS LOSE HEAVILY
Don't Retreat, Bows, Keep Fir
ine," Were HIS Last Words
Allies Misunderstood.
SOME DETAILS OF BATTLE

New York, July 21.-The Evening
World" publishes the following from
its Tien Tsin correspondent under
date Che Foo, July 18th, via Shanghai,
July 21st: The attack on the native
city of Tien Tsin, July 18th, resulted
in the narrowest escape from what
seemed up to midnight would be
terrible disaster for the allies. The
Russians swinging north and other al
lies south at daybreak, the Russians
were to take the forts near the native
city wall and other allies the city it's
elf. General Fukushina, Japanese
commander promised the Japanese
engineers after three hours she'll
fire from all guns, he would cross the
bridge over the wall and blowing up
the great south gate, make breach
for the infantry to enter
Upon this depended everything.
General Fukushina had not secuted
lHe Dliu6c anu III IWOHtJ-AOul pOuiS
had not secuted the ground over which
the charge on the bridge had 10 be
made. The Chinese destroyed the
bridge and flooded the land around it.
The allies shell fire in no wise sub
dued the Chinese rifle fire from the
loop-holed wall, which was thirty
feet high with a moat twenty feet in
depth around it. The outer wall OF
mud made it impossible for the infan.
try and marines coming on the field
to reply to the Chinese fire. They
lost fifty men in ten. minutes. then
rushed back from the mud wall which
they had reached.
General Dorward, the British com
mander, hastened forward with a |
fragmentary instead of an integra
skirmish line. The American ma
rines, and Welsh fusilers. together,
under command of Waller, in the OK.
treme left. Then the British marines
and French advanced with Japanese
along the road toward the gate in the
mud wall. Dorward's plan for the
Americans to support the Japanese
was not made clear to Col. Liscum, OF
the Ninth U. S. infantry.
Dorward lays the blame for the
blunder and sacrifice of life on Lis
cum, but Dorward's S chief of staff was
heard to say when Liscum moved,
Get in down the road anywhere
quickly" Liscum hurriedly led his
men through a gate in as open order
as possible. They were Immediately
under fire. The chief of staff saw
them pass over the bridge leading to
the field which proved to be Cul de
Sac. Before the two battalions of
Americans numbering 426 men, could
extend themselves, they were subject
ed besides to fire from loopholes III
the forts, to a fierce fire from loop
holes in the line of fortified mud
houses on the flank. At 1890 o'clock
the line just reached the shore canal
and thirty yards separated them from
the houses when the color bearer fell.
Liscum picked up the colors AMI stood
looking around apparently for Ford.
''Better get down or they will hit .tou
shouted Major Regan. Il guess not
was Liscum's reply. The next in
stant sharpshooter's bullet went
through Col. Liscums abdomen. "I've
got it" he said as he fell. Get at
them if you can," the dying officer
said, and added as his last words,
Don't retreat, boys, keep on firing. .
Regan was hit Immediately afterwar1.
All day the allies line lay under any
cover the men could find, out of ammu-
milton. Hot sun was beating down on
them, they had nothing to drink but
salt marsh water. Meanwhile the
wounded came struggling and crawl
ing through the gate in the mud wall
Doctors were hit by sharpshootcrs
while trying to attend the wounded oil
the Ninth. Major Regan, Capt. Book.
miller, and Capt. Noyes were all hi
twice. The latter crawled through the
ditch with water to his neck to 'eporl
the situation to Col. Dorward At !
o'clock General Fuxushina reported
in writing to Dorward that the Japa
nese were in the city. Thus. acting
conjointly, neither Dorward nor Flu
kushina knew each others where
abgts. Total loss Of allies was 7cl
Japanese losses were severe.
Washington, July 21.-The Chinese
Minister communicated to the secre
tary of state this morning. two i'm
portant kilograms: First, from
6heng. director of posts and tele
graphs at Shanghai, says: 'Fortu
nate that Minister Conger's telegraph
ic reply came. The Imperial decree
on the 22nd, this moon, corresponding
70 July 1Sth.) stated that all ministers
safe. while the insurgents arr
Sighting and killing each other. L
Hung Chang in proceeding northwarI
to suppress the riot. viii find it din
cult to 60 Second telegram IS from
Ii Kin II Yiceroy OF Marking. date
July 21st, received By Minister Nu a
10 O'Clock the same day. It IS as fol