Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04
STORY OF SEYMOUR'S MARCH.

How the Internationals We're Driven Back
by the Chinese.
In dispatch of June 81, from Tien
Tsin, by way of Chez Foo, Juue 20, to
the British government, Admiral Sey-
more told the following story of the
adventures of the force of Interna-
tionals with whom he had been at
tempting the relief of Pekin:
Have returned to Tien Tsin with
the forces, having been unable to reach
Pekin by rail. On June 13two attacks
on the advanced guard were made by
Boxers who were repulsed with con-
siderable loss to them and none on our
side. On June II the Boxers attacked
the train at Lang Yang in large num-
bers and with great determination.
We repulsed them with loss of about
100. Our loss was five Italians.
"The same afternoon the Boxers at
tackled the British guard left to protect
Lola station. Re.enforcements were
sent back and the enemy we're driven
off with 100 killed. Two of our sea.
men were wounded.
"We pushed forward to Anting and
engaged the enemy on June Is and IA
inficting loss of It's. There were
no casualties on our side. -
Extensive destruction of the rail-
road in our front having made further
advance bysrail impossible, I decided
on June 16 to return to Yank Tsun,
where it was proposed to organize an
advance by the river to Pekin. After
my departure from Lang Yang two
trains left to follow on were attacked
on June 1S by Boxers and imperial
troops from Pekin, who lost from 400
to 500 killed. Our casualties six killed
and 48 wounded. These trains joined
me at Yang Tsun the same evening.
"The railroad at Yang Tsun was
found entirely demolished and the
trains could not be moved. The force
being short of provisions and hamper
ed with wounded compelled US to with.
draw on Tien Tsin with which we had
not been in communication for six
days and our supplies had been cut of.
ION June 10. the wounded, with
necessaries, started by boat, the forces
marching along the river. Opposition
was experienced during the whole
course of the river from nearly every
village, the Boxers, when defeated IN
one village, retiring to the next and
skillfully retarding our advance by oc'
cupying we'll selected positions from
which they had to be forced, often at
the point of the bayonet and in the
face of a CALLING fire difficult to locate.
"On June % we made night march,
arriving at day daybreak opposite the
imperial armory above Tien Tsin,
where, after friendly advances, a
treacherous heavy fire was opened
while our men were exposed on the
opposite river bank. The enemy were
kept in check by rifle fire in front,
while their position was turned by a
party of marines and seamen under
Mai. Johnson, who rushed and occu-
pied one of the salient points, Selling
the guns. The Germans, lower down,
silenced two guns and then crossed the
river and captured them. The armory
was next occupied by the combined
forces. Determined attempts to re-
take the armory were made on the
following day but unsuccessfully.
"Found immense stores of guns and
ammunition of the latest pattern.
Several guns were mounted in our
defenses and shelled the Chinese forts
lower down.
"Having found ammunition and
rice we could have held out for some
days; but, being hampered by large
numbes of wounded, I sent to Tien
Ssin for the relieving force which ar
rived on the morning of June 70.
The armory was evacuated and the
forces arrived at Tien Tsin on June 26.
We burned the armory.
Casualties to date: British, killed
27; wounded, rs. American, killed,
4; wounded, 25. French, killed, =;
wounded, 10. Germans, killed. II;
wounded, 62. Italian, killed, .;
wounded, 8. Austrian, killed, /;
wounded, 1. Russia, killed. lo;
wounded, o."
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