The age-herald., 1900-06-30
In Hordes They Surrounded the
 Foreign Forces.
FOREIGN MINISTERS PROBABLY SAFE
There Are, However, Conflicting Re- ports as to Their Whereabouts Hung Chang Beheads l3O
 Boxers for an Effect

London, June 3O.-(3 a. m.)-The adven- ture of the hard fighting allies under Ad- miral Seymour, their reaching Anting, l2 miles from Pekin, the decision to retreat, the capture of rice and immense stores of modern arms and ammunition affording material for a strenuous defense until re- lieved-all this is told in a dispatch from Admiral Seymour, received by the Admir- alty at midnight, which runs as follows:
 "Tien Tsin, June 27, via Che Foo, June 29.-Q005 D. m.)-Have returned to Tien Thin with the forces having been unable to reach Pekn by rail. On June 13 two at- tacks on the advance guard were made by the Boxers who were repulsed with con- siderable loss to them and none on our side. On June 14 the Boxers attacked the train at Lang Yang in large numbers and with great determination. We repulsed them with loss of about 100 killed. Our loss was five Italians.
 '"The same afternoon the Boxers attack ed the British left to protect Losa Station. Achievements were sent back and the enemy were driven off with a hundred killed. Two of our seamen were wounded.
 we pushed forward to Anting and en- gagged the enemy on June 13 and II, inflict- ing loss of 175. There were no casualties on our side
 Extensive destruction of the railway in our front having made further advance by rail impossible, I decided on June Il to re- turn to Yang Tsun, where it was proposed to organize an advance by the river to Pekn. After my departure from Lang Yang two trains left to follow on were at tackled on June IS by Boxers and Imperial troops from Pekn, who lost some 400 to 300 killed. Our casualties were six killed and forty-eight wounded. These trains joined me at Yang Tsun the same evening.
 'The railway to Yang Tsun was found entirely demolished and the trains could not be moved. The force being short of provisions and hampered with wounded compelled to withdraw on Tien Tsin, with which we had not been in communica- ton for six days and our supplies had been cut off
 "On June 19, the wounded, with neces- saries. started by boat, the forces march, ing alongside the river. Opposition was experienced during the whole course of the river from nearly every village, the Box CTS, when defeated in one village retir- ing to the next and skilfully retarding our advance by occupying well selected posi- tions from which they had to be forced, often at the point of the bayonet and in the face of galling fire difficult to locate
 "On June 23 we made night march, ar- irving at daybreak opposite the imperial armory above Tien Tsin, where, after friendly advances, a treacherous heavy fire was opened, while our men were exposed on the opposite river bank The enemy was kept in check by rifle fire in front, while their position was turned by party of marines and seamen under Major John- son who rushed and occupied one of the salient points, seizing the guns
 The Germans lower down, silenced two guns and then crossed the river and cap tured them. The armory was next occu- pied by the combined forces. Determined attempts to retake the armory were made on the following day but unsuccessfully
 Found immense stores of guns, arms eral guns were mounted in our defense and shelled the Chinese forts lower down.
 Having found ammunition and rice, we could have held out for some days but being hampered with large numbers of wounded I sent to Tien Tsin for a reliev- ing force, which arrived on the morning of June 25. The armory was evacuated and the forces arrived at Pien Tsin on June p6. We burned the armory.
 Casualties today:
 British killed, N; wounded, 75
 Americans killed, 4; wounded, 25.
 French killed, =; wounded, 10
 Germans killed, 12; wounded, 62
 Italians killed, 5; wounded, 8.
 Japanese killed, 2; wounded, B.
 'Austrians killed, l. wounded, 1.
 Russians killed, 10; wounded, 2."