Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03

branch of the naval service. On the morn
ing of July 13, at $50 o'clock, Col: Meade
OF the United States marines received or
ders from the British general. who was In
command of the allied forces. to advance
against the Chinese left. In the allied
army there were English, Germans, ltal-
ians, Japanese Sikhs and Americans. the
latter numbering 100. and the entire force
consisting of $50 men. To them there was
an opposing force OF 10000 Chinese.
Marines Advance by Rushes.
The marines passed the arsenal, crossed
the mud wall and moved to attack that
part of the walled city Of Tien Tsin which
lay in front. Advancing by PUSHES to
line Of trenches within about 800 yards
from the enemy, they took cover. At this
point they opened fire, receiving muir
derous return fire. The discipline of the
marines was perfect AT about $3.50 am.
large force Of the enemy appeared upon
their left. which was also the left OF the
allied forces, with the evident intention Of
thanking them. A company under First
tack. During the fighting Butler at great
risk of his life went out Of the trench
to bring in wounded man. and was shot
while doing Lieutenant Buffers wound,
which was in the thigh, was bleeding dam
gerously. 1t was feared that the Chi
nese might cut the marines off, and they
did, in fact, make another effort later in
the day. Had the Chinese taken the
ground neid by the marines the american
wounded would have received no quarter
In this emergency. Captain Leonard
then serving as first lieutenant and regi-
mental adjutant to Colonel Meade offered
to take Butler to place of safety. Colo
mel Meade was unwilling to order any
one to incur such risk, as the fire of
the enemy swept the ground in the rear,
and was terribly close and accurate.
Insisted on Performing the Service.
Leonard, however, insisted on volunteer
ing for the service and obtained his colo
ners permission to go ahead. With Ser
geant Sutton to help, Leonard started to
the rear, with Butler. The party would run
few yards ana take cover behind some Of
the burial mounds, with which the place
was studded, and in this way they continued
until they got to a big ditch near the ar
senaI fort, for which they had headed. Be-
hind mud wall in rear Of this arsenal
they found good cover. By this time Leon
ard was vomiting, being sick from over
| exertion in the hot sun. following loss of
sleep. Sutton, who was also sick. was or
dered to remain with the wounded officer.
Having done all he could for Butler. Leon
| ard started to return to the firing line In
spite of the doctors circumstances AS he
! could not reach his former post without
great loss Of time. and as he could be of
| immediate service with Captain Fuller
| company, he Joined the latter. Fuller
| company had been the artillery command.
| but had exhausted Its fixed ammunition
| and was acting as infantry. moving toward
| the right flank, in obedience to an order of
General Dorward. to asst the 9th U. 8.
| Infantry. There was no cover in this ad-
vance, which was made in a virtual eche-
lon.
The company had got up to the 9th. and
| Leonard was leading a couple Of squads
| toward the cover Of a mud hut.
Saved From Bleeding to Death.
| He succeeded in reaching 1t with his men.
and had just got under cover himself, ex-
| cept his left arm, when he was struck by a
Mannllcher ball, revolving on its shorter
axis. This broke the arm and cut the
brachial artery. In a few minutes he would
have bled to death. sergt Adams and an
| English officer put on bandage with a
| hrst-aid package, using the three joints of
| a Jorgensen cleaning rod for splints. Sergt.
| Adams and Corp. Adriance then volunteered
| to take him to the rear. They had to cover
| 1900 yards Of hre-swept ground before they
| could bring him to a place of safety behind
| fortunately cut up by bitches and strewn
| with burial mounds. The three Americans
! would get into ditch leading to the rear
| and crawl to a lateral ditch. when the two
non-commissioned officers would dig out a
| resting place for Leonard with their bayo-
| nets.
All this time he was obliged to hold his
| left arm with his right hand, to ease the
| grinding together of the broken bones. In
this painful manner the party crawied and
ran for two hours. until they reached a
ditch in front Of the mud wall. where they
| ran through the ditch and over the wall
and fell on the other side exhausted. After
| being revived by a drink Of whisky, given
him by Mr.. Collins. an American newspaper
| man, Leonard was obliged to walk a mile
| and a half further, when he came up with
| a rickshaw. and was drawn to the hospital.
Some days later his wounded left arm was
1 a cd q shoulder.