River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-06-21
DEFIES THE WORLD.
Chinese Forts at TaSu Fire or In
ternational Fleet.
Former Are subducd and Occupied
-Four Hundred Chinese Report
ed KiIIed-Casurtties ON
the other Side.

Lennon. JUNE ~ t1OslAiii ta'N
begun in earnest in China by The battle
between the Chinese forts and the al
lied fleet al Taku. In the battle 20 Eu-
ropeans are reported 10 have been
killed and 81 wounded. A Russian gum
boat was blown up. The British gum
boat Algerine and the German warship
Itlis were badly damaged. two British
merchant vessels sunk. two forts blown
up, the rest captured at the point of the
bayonet by landing parties. and several
hundred Chinese soldiers Killed.
China Deaes the World.
No formal declaration of war has as
yet been issued, but there now seems
little doubt that China has decided TO
defy the world. Two important re-
ports were contained in yesterdays
dispatches, the taking of the Taku
forts and the forced return of Admiral
Seymour mixed relief. force 20 TEN
Tsin. Both are fully confirmed but as
vet nothing is definitely known of the
fate of the German minister. Baron Won
Ketteler. at Peking nor what has real
~ happened at the foreign legations in
the Chinese capital, though late adj
vices from japanese sources declare
that all the legation buildings in Pc
king have been captured by the Chi
nese.
The unofficial narratives. coming by.
way of Shanghai, vary widely and bear
internal evidence of experimenting the
main facts with guess work. One dis
patch says that the Yorktown partici-
pated in the bombardment. Another
asserts that American marines formed
part of the storming force of 1000. A
dispatch from Chefoo. dated Monday
afternoon. says:
The forts on both sides of Taku are
now occupied. The Chinese opened fire
Unexpectedly. The casualties TO the
mixed force were as follows:
'killed-Brtish. /: German. 8: Russian
|, and French. /. Wounded British, 4;
German, 7; Russian IS, and French, /.
Chinese torpedo boats were seized
Forts Open Fire.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing Monday, says:
The forts began firing in observance to
orders from Picking, conveyed in a per-
sonal edict of the empress dowager, by
advice Of Kang vi. president of the min
istry of war. Several warships were
struck by shells from the Pinch guns of
the forts.
-Four hundred Chinese are reported TO
have been killed. The Chinese, when re-
sian land force"
The Daily News has the following
from Chefoo:
Two of the forts were blown up. The
80 warships at Taku aggregated 100000
tons and carried more than 800 guns"
Powers Acting Promptly.
The powers are taking prompt ac-
ton Four thousand German troops
have been ordered 10 China; 10000
French troops are waiting TO embark
at Saigon, capital of French Cochin
China, and from 1900 to 5000 more
Russians have been ordered from Port
Arthur to Taku. This reinforcement,
says the St Petersburg correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph, is announced
in the ST. Petersburg Gazette. the gov
eminent pointing out that Russia is
sending so many troops solely for the
sake of peace and humanity.
Hundreds Massacred.
The Picking spondent of the
Times, in dispatch dated June IA, via
Tien-Tsin. June -. SAYS:
"A serious anti-foreign outbreak took
place last night, when some of the finest
buildings i'm the eastern part of the city
were burned and hundreds of native
Christians and servants employed by for
eigners were ma Ssacred within two miles
of the imperial palace II was an anxious
night for all foreigners. who We're collect
cd under the protection of the foreign
guards. The Boxers burned the Roman
Catholic East cathedral, the large build
ings of the London mission and the
American board of missions, and also the
buildings in the eastern part of the city
occupied by the foreign employees of the
maritime customs.
VIII Go to China.
Manila, June 1S.-The Ninth regi-
ment has been ordered to Manila
whence it will proceed to China
Under Sealed Orders.
Manila, June 1S.-The gunboat Con-
cord with marines aboard, has sailed
under sealed orders. supposedly for
China The British cruiser Buena
Ventura has sailed for Hong-Kong
with troops and stores for Hong Kong
and Tien-Tsin.
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