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angle made by n bastion they found a good
pace and began 10 swarm up.

angle made by n bastion they found q good
pace and began TO swarm IN.
ouH rLA0 on PEKIS WALL,
II was slow work and very anxious. for there
was no telling how soon the Chinese might
conclude 20 rush tho handful that had reached
the top. Some fellow found n rope long enough
tdfeach 90 the top and after that tho rifles and
equipment were hauled up. lea wing tho men
freer to climb. It was nne to 500 the way those
tired. worn-out men rose to tho occasion under
tho excitement Of getting into pckin, A.
soon NJ a fcw guns were on top men were posted
10 keep down the sniplng, which was lively and
annoying. The Chinese had been camped all
along the wall and their mat tents we're every
where In great numbers. mostly with the ban
ners still flying In front ~ them, Some OF
these banners were white. \ fact which puzzled
VA not a little that morning for We could not
understand the stubborn resistance to the
Japanese and all along the line. coupled with
the white flags.
The Russians finally got into their gate again
Just before II o'clock and hoisted their nag
above 1t. A few minutes later the Stars and
Stripes. the Colors Of the Fourteenth United
States Infantry. wen. up on the wall where our
men had climbed up by their hands.
RUSSIAN DARBARrsM CROPS OUT.
The Russians had had a very sharp fight to
get back what they said they had taken so
easily the night before. and now they did not
seem TO be In mood for much more, They
ran n battery through the gate and blocked
up thu way and there they stopped A woman
camc out Of an alley with two little children.
The big Russians picked them up by the heels
and smashed their heads against the stone
pavement. They were not killed outright and
MA they lay in the mud and Nth they groaned.
Thereupon the Russians split open their heads
with bayoneta. One fellow picked up the
mother by one heel aud started 10 drag her
down the street. | swung my camera box
around to get the machine and snap him, but
one Of his comrades saw me and called to him
lie dropped her and skulkcd into ho crowd.
have not written much about this sort of
thing on this march. because my observation
leads me TO believe that as n general thing such
exhibitions OF brutality and barbnrsm are
sporadic. but with the Russians | am driven 30
believe that they are the rule. in the utter law
lessnes and cruelty Of the Russians there has
never come under my observation. In spite Of
very good opportunity for IL, n solitary effort
on tho part Of any officer 20 check II. Not a
word has been spoken for the side Of decency.
There seems to me 20 be no desire on the part
Of the army 20 have IL otherwise, Whatever
discipline there may be in the Russian army
certainly make no attempt 10 cover IT.
BRITISH REACH LOCATIONS FIRST.
The Americans we're inside the city with their
flag on the wall and feeling very good by II
o'clock. All we wanted now was some one 10
tell ia whore the legations were and we would
go straight and relieve them. Noon found us
In the same position. Some moro Of the Four
tenth had come mp and had forced themselves
through the Tuns-pien-mrn by the Russian
battery. There was no indication that tho
Russians were doing anything, Chahee was
still outside the city half a mile or more from
the wall with Rellly's battery. Smelling the gate
in the south wall wherethe British were to enter.
About / o'clock lie rode into the city. bringing
up the battery. There seemed a good chance
for a row with the Russians when our men
forced their battery aside so as 20 pass, but IL
all blew of In bad looks and Language on each
side which the other did not understand. Fl
nally we got past and then our entire force
came in.
Then the most astonishing thing Of the whole
expedition occuUed. Part of the battery went
one street and part OF IL stayed beside the gate
and ,helled do WI the wall to discourage snlpeIs.
The Fourteenth separated and went up two
different streets, the ninth did the same thing
and the marines followed suit. Then they all
sat Town TO rest and wonder why We did not
on. ChaTee had disappeared and no one
knew whore he had gone or how 10 find him.
Three or four members Of his stan riding aim
lessly up and down asked me II | had seen him.
| had seen him go mp the street ahead Of part Of
the battery, and set ont 10 try to find him by
the simple process Of following the bat
terry tracks. Two or three times In the course
OF my wnndcring~ I saw the British hu-tling
along at fast a. they could 10. but still We sat
and rested. Finally. the battery tracks led TO
a stan officer eating "A Watermelon az a shop
at the side Of a wide street. and he told me that
the general was somewhere on ahead, and that
communication had been opened up with the
legations.
But long before that the Indian troops had
entered the sluice gate under the Tartar wall
and marched into the British legation. and
Pekin was relieved. II was very disappointing
after We had marched SO hard and had such a
good chance TO get in first 10 lose II in that way.
when ! asked n major on IN" stan why We we're
waiting he replied that he didn't know. he sup
posed we were going into camp.
FIRST VIEW OF 4 LOCATION SUFFERER,
When We finally did get started we swung ont
into open ground lust south Of the Tartar wall
beside the Ha-ta-mun The German marines
OF the legation guards had already run down
that far 70 meet us. and how they cheered as
our fellows stepped out. Further along toward
the legations ! saw my first legationist, and
wanted TO beat him In the face.
at on top of the wall in a fresh suit Of clean
white. swinging a little stick and smoking a
cigarette. lie wore n straw hat and dangled
his legs over the edge Of the wall lie didn't
look as II he had over had the slightest trouble
Of any sort, hut particularly he was clean. and
TO ia who were caked with the dust and sweat
OF r hard march that was objectionable
We came through the sluice cato, marching
through mud ankle deep, and walked up an old
into the British legation, and there were
all the women In frcsh white gowns and all the
men clean-shaven and we'll groomed There
was one nice old man with n snow-whlte beard
and n very kindly face. and ! took him by the
arm and sat down on n bench nearby.
Tell me" I said you have had a very hard
time
Yes" hp said. we have had n terrible time"
But how did your supplies hold out? That
was tho question which troubled us most
The old man stroked his fine white beard and
The supplies held out fairly we'll
We are practically out Of timed milk and almost