Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-25
FIGHT AT TEN TSIN.
Graphic Account of the Terrible Ex-
perience of the Ninth.

Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press)
A dispatch from Tien Tsin, dated July II,
via Chefoo, July 16. and Shanghai, July o.
states: The 9th Regiment, United States
Infantry, entered the fight at Tien Tsin
with 43O men. An incomplete list of casual
ties shows IS killed, IS wounded and 2
missing The marines had killed and 1S
wounded.
Maj. James Regain. 9th Infantry was
wounded in the leg; Capt Edwin " Book
miller, 9th Infantry in the leg and groin:
First Lieut.. Smedley D. Butler. United
States Marine Corps. in the leg; Capt. Will
liam B. Lemly, United States Marine Corps
in the arm; Second Lieut.. Frank r. Lang,
9th Infantry, in the foot.
First Lieut.. Henry Leonard of the Marine
Corps carried Lieut.. Butler from the field
upper left arm while returning, but ran and
swan a mile under fire. getting to the
rear. His arm was amputated today.
Capt. Charles r. Noyes. who had been
a mile with only his nose above water, with
a request for reinforcements.
First Lieut.. Louis B. Lawton of the 9th
Infantry made dash for reinforcements
under fire, and received three slight
wounds.
Col Liscum was shot in the abdomen and
died half an hour later. His last words
were: Keep up firing
Under Severe Fire.
The 9th was ordered to support the>Jap-
anese, who were receiving an enfilading
fire After crossing a mud wall half mile
from the city wall the 9th shifted. advanc-
ing against the fanking fire, and reached q
marsh beside the river at the southwest
corner of the city. A body of Chinese. in a
burned village under the wall just across
the river, where they were strongly barri-
caded, poured in a fire. and whenever an
American raised hand he was shot
A Nordenfelt gun and two small cannon
were also trained upon them. They lay in
the mud all day, without a surgeon to at
tend their wounded, and were unable to
move or help the wounded, without food and
drinking the canal water. They had ex-
hausted their ammunition, except a few
rounds which were retained in order to re-
pei a charge If it should be made. None
expected to escape. A few, reaching the
rear. reported that hall of the command
had been killed or wounded, including heat
prostrations in the estimate.
After the Americans had retired under
cover Of the darkness they struggled back
in squads all night pitifully exhausted and
carrying their wounded, The Americans
hospital was crowded and short of sur
geons. there having been no expectation Of
Mournfui Duty.
Today squads searched the fields, collect
ing the dead and wounded. Col. Liscum's
body was escorted to a boat this evening
general and colonel at their head. Lieut..
Col. Coolidge, who is now commanding the
regiment, and Maj Lee were among the
pallbearers. The chaplain of the Marine
Corps read the service at the canal lock.
The body will be shipped to San Francisco
The total losses of the allies were about
500. The British lost fifty. The Japanese
estimate their killed at fifty and wounded
at $50. The Russians estimate their cas-
ualties at $50.
All day long the work of bringing in the
dead and wounded was continued.
Heroism of the Japanese
The Japanese were the heroes of the bat
tie. Their fighting was remarkably brave,
and was praised by all their colleagues.
When some of the foreign officers counseled
retreat last night the japanese general
said: when my men move it will be for
ward" This morning they charged the
breaches in the wall made by the artillery
and fought hand to hand in the streets.
Their conduct after the fight was equally
good, as they refrained from looting, while
some of the European soldiers were having
an orgie.