The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-30

LONDON, June 81 = " ~
sp1es of ,he hard-tignting allies under
.A,l,n,raI seniyour, their reaching An'liis'
,,scfy. niles trom Pekin, the decision 10
,ratrsaf he eapturs Of rice and immense
s,oraz of modern arms and ammunition
es,eorstrz rnarev.al for a strenuous defense
qntiI rel.eved-aH this IS told IN a dasPa'eh
from AirniraI seymour, received by lne
admiralty at Midnight. which runs Do ~
'' .ritn Tsln, June 2, -
tvia the Foo, June % 1o:oo.9
Have returned from Tlen Ism VIII. ,Ii35 .ie
s-1rees having been unable TO feaeh eA.L M
gh, rail-. on june 18Th two attacks Oh enc
advance guard ware made BY the ooAsts,
who were repulsed with cofslast1oie 80 80
20 them and none on our SlaS- "a = - @s-~
t7.,l The Boxers attacked the train at Lang
:: :Z-s,,e- ia large numbers and with great de-
termination. We repulsed them with a @ loss
~ alout one hundred killed; our loss was
tive Italians.
...rFr5 same afternoon the Boxers attacheo
IN, British guard lett 10 protect bota %.
lion. Reinforcement were sent p@ch' ~
m, enemy wer-. driven of with huilafeu
lEitIas Two of our sts4men wsre WounNe".
..yye ni.shed forward TO Anting ana en-
xra.44.i he enemy on June 18th ana lsth'
rT-i.r. ,-sr-A al
dnfiictiug a loss OF 10. 4heis
I.asuaities on our side
extensive destruction of the ralifo@o
Ya our front having made fuFther az
vance by rail Impossible, decloeu ott
.-IIJne 10th 10 return To Yang Tsun wiaele
Ill Was proposed to organize an aaNaiis0
Inv The river to Pezin. After my depart
7Ire from Lang Yang two trans !ei "
follow on were attacked on June 1Sth pS
Boxers AMI Imperial troops from fehil, 6
Who lest from 400 TO 5Jo killed. w
rctzr-stS Sf1fTt esift-
,,-o3,rd..d These trains Joined me at
Yang Tsun the same evening
RAII.WAY DFHiOi-fShElD-
..The railway at Yang Tsun was found
,artireI,. demolished and the trains could
moi be moved The force being Shor1
rf ,royisions and hampered with wound
ed. comrelled Us to Withdraw on ileh
srsin. with which we had not been IN
communication for six days, and our
supplies mad been cut of.
..0p June 18th The wounded. with neces-
-saries started by boat. the forces march
snsy alongside the river. Opposition was
experienced during the whole course OF the
river from nearly every village, the BOX
,rs when defeated in one village retiring
10 the next. and skilfully retarding our adj
vance bv occupying well selected positions,
from which they had to be forced. often at
abe point III the bayonet and in face OF a
sailing fire difficult to locate.
NIGHT MARCH
..0n June eSd we made a night march,
arriving III dayhreak opposite the lmpelia!
Arnary. above Tien Tsin, where, after
friendly advances a treacherous heavy ire
was opened, while our men Were exposed
on the opposite river bank. The enemy
4yere kept in check by rife IRE in front,
while their position was turned by a party
,lf marines ssld seamen under Major John-
Sston who rushed and occupied one OF the
salient points, seizing the guns. 1he Ger
mans. lower down, silenctai TWO guns ana
then crossed the river and captured them.
The armory was next occupied ny me
combined forces Determined attempts TO
retake the arraery were made on the fol-
lowing day, but unsuccessfuiiS+
IMMENSE STORE.
..Foound immense stores Of guns, arms
and ammunition of the latest pattern
Several guns were mounted in our defense
and slIelled the Chinese forts lower down.
Having found ammunition and rice
eye could have held out for some days;
a1ut. being hampered with large numbers
OF wounded. sent to Tien Tsin for
s-eljevIng force. which arrived the
snor-nIng Of June 25th. The armory was
evacuated, and the forces arrived at Zen
,Tsin on June 26th We burned the aTmory.
Casualties TO date: British, killed q,
wounded =: Americans. killed 4. wounded
p; French, killed !, wounded 10: Germans,
KILLED u. wounded e.; Italians, killed ..
wounded 5; japanese. killed ;, wounded 5:
.austrfsns, killed i. wounded l. ana RhS-
SLAMS. killed 10. wounded %
WE'RE SAFE MONDAY.
There is absolutely no authentic word as
10 The whereabouts of the members OF the
Legations. although abundant reports from
Chinese sources say that they were safe
Gew days ago
The Daily Mails Shanghai correspon-
dent, telegraphing yesterday, says:
.An Imperial decree has been sent to all
she viceroys advising them that The for
eIgn ministers were safe in Pekdn on June
9Th and affirming that tbs government
would protect them. This is authentic and
reliable. / received II through a nigh
Chinese official. having means of cammuni-
cation from the capital 10 Shanghai, by
courier 10 Pao Ting Flu, and thence by
telegraph.
There is no donbt that the Chinese Gov
rrnment fully recognizes what The safety
of the ministers implies at the present
time. and for this reason there is less
unessiness about them.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
Express. under yesterdays date. says:
Chinese officials declare they have I'M
perial authority for stating that the
.offlgu ministers iSit eiAiil ioi iie' san
via Pae Ting Flu, June 2sths they had
passports and We're escorted by strong
body OF Chinese troops. II is impossible
10 verify this statement, and the consuls
here are not disposed TO place much
faith in IL
MEM EMPEROR.
Jung Lu. former Geaeralissimo Of the
Chinese fcrts, who was dismissed by The
Empress Dowager when she designed Pu
Chung as heir apparent to the throne.
has promulgated TO all Viceroys and Gov
ernors not 10 obey Imperial edicts issued
since June 9Th. This is interpreted 10
rrean another coup etat. as fore
sl1adowed and 4, is said that a new En-
a,eror VIII be proclaimed
The cantoi correspondent OF the Daily