The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-13
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also great need of rebuilding the rail
iUdo 10 Iaku and getting artillery equal
70 the guns with which the Chinese arc
daily bombarding the allies position
ne weeks work resulted in a substan-
Ial gam fer the Chinese as The allies los,
Hity or sixty men and succeeded in ac-
comprising nothing. Yesterday furnish
ed NV illustrations of the weakness of
I've present methods. majority of tho
commanders have agreed that ID was i'm
perdtiVe to attack the native city beyond
the fcreign settlements and to destroy the
artillery therein which menaced the set
uernents. The attack was fixed four days
ago, but was postponed because the
Russian commander considered his men
unit for the duty af err their recent work.
1t was again fixed for yesterday morn
ing, but was postponed because credita bio
reports we're in circulation that 10000 reg
uiars frcm the northwest had reinforce
the Chinese. In the meantime the Chinese
had removed two big guns on the fort
near by TO the native city and had plante
-FOUR IN the open near the east arsenal
TWO miles away. TIL. Sc shelled the city
Tor four hours, sending in more than 10J
shells. They got the rang of the public
buildings and of the club house used as
sp,tals, and dropped shells all about
item. Fortunately most of the shells
were defective and failed to burst and the
others had a small radius of fife 2tiVeness.
In the absence of a concerted plan the
Russians sent few companies of Cos
sacks, with two field guns, and the Jap
anese a battery of FOUNDERS and two
companies of infantry supporting the
English twelve-pounder from the H.. NJ.
5. Terrible to silence them. The Terriole'S
gun failed to get an effective position and
the Russians had one gun dismounred and
four men killed early in the engagement.
The Japanese were confident thai they 81
fenced the guns in the open. but it az
parel 10 the onlookers that these guns
fired the last shots as the japanese were
retiring.
The Russians lost heavily and the Jay
anese had one killed and twelve w )undei
The Chinese threw a few shells into the
city this morning to show that they were
Still alive.
y British officer described the situation
as choas. He said
we have wasted many hours in polite
ness; t is time we did some thing. -
There is no disagreement among the
commanders, but. in the absence of
definite head several of them are dis
posed to follow their own methods and
they simply abstain from operations con-
trary to these methods. The foreign pop
ulation is greatly aroused concerning this
apparent apathy. While the city is being
bombarded they are Likely to suffer heavi-
ly and they cannot understand the appar-
ent negligence of the governments to
furnish relief, and why reinforcements
are not coming on faster; the Americans
are particularly dissatisfied because,
though they have one of the smallest rep
reservations. their interests are second
to none. One experienced officer said:
1T is impossible to realize at home
that there has been more real war here
than in Cuba or the Philippines"
The Germans have occupied and raised
their flag over the imperial university
at Tien Tsin. The officers of the uni
versity are Americans The viceroy deed
ed the property to them. Consul Rags
dell has protested against the action of
the Germans