The sun., 1900-10-07

A,taok-sunerings Of the Americans From
the H.st-BrItlsh Miss a Chance-The bat.
a, for Yangtsun -Accu,ations OF Cruelty
AGAINST Russian, and Japancse-Cosmo-
.oIltan Character OF the Expedition.
From stan Core spondsnt Of THE SUN
In CAMP NEAR PnT-SANu. Sunday. Aug. g.
There b mud wall which runs along the right
bank OF the river, sometimes near. sometimes
far once the top OF this well was road
Now rart Of it Is road, and for the rest. where
the wall has tumbled down or been worn TO Il
thin odgc. the road goes where II listS, across
tho fields and round about The fields were
full of small corn and small grain. Now they
are full OF soldiers. We started out from lien
tsln believing this was war, but lust now as
big Fourteenth Infantry man oHme by ana
saw the huge dromedary eating broom corn
just back Of where 1 am sitting on the wall
he exclaimed;
~Nho said this warnt no blooming circus'
There's the meuaGere.
Thereupon Jap cooly picked mp the leau
rope and started 10 hitch the dromedarV I" u
rlcksha piled full Of bags Of rice and boxes ol
American canned beef IL Is right IN lront OF
the Russian camp. Tho big beast didn't like
his now JOD OF tlNf uiAlll ullN''0'''''H' 80
walked around in a ring and wound up tho
ricksha Then n RussH came over and took
him away from the Japs, and now he IL eating
broom corn again,
Meanwhile the column marching past me
bos shifted three or four times Sow gang
OF dirty FTenchmen. in washed-Out oVerahs
blue. with three or four kinds OF legginEi and
ealters and some with none OF any KIND, are
strln9lng along In columns OF thrcas and beg
ging water from the more thrifty Russahs'
When | began 70 write this nm American pack
train with ammunition was going up. Here
come the Annamesa with their pancake hats
aud rod sash flaps and mule cart. two mules
tandem, hauling four Fronchmen. and lot
Of Jap coolies dragging longshorsmen's trucks
loaded with bags Of rice
Almost everything this world AFFORDS In the
yay Of soldier man. and all his schemes Of
getting his chow and his ammunition to the
front, are going up this mud wall toward
place on the Pei River, about mile from here
where there was a Chinese camp this morning
which now ia Japanese Here come the
Welsh Fusileers In the time 1t took to write
that sentence and answer a question as 70 the
location OF American headquarters, they
shifted to a Jap pack train, Our siEnalmen
have lust gone up setting their poles and string
ing their wires. Then come the British Naval
Brigade with tandem mule carts. Then more
japanese Then some single pony carts, about
the best kind OF transportation FOR this country
vet shown In another hour Cen Chafee
will have direct communication with Tonsku
by his own will More Japanese coolies this
time with British plunder, tho British having
taken the Japanese example and hired lot
OF coolies In Nagasaki.
PLAN or ATTACK on PEIT-sASd.
I started down here from headquarters to
look for my cart with chow and water. The
line has been going up for two hours now and
the last OF II IL more than q mile down the wall
vet And now here comes an Indian service
pack train back for more. having been up once
and unloaded. This thing IL getting compl-
Gated. 1t began with tho Intention OF telling
something ultimately about tho fight the
sIlies-no the Japanese-had this morning for
the boosted Chinese position OF Peit-Sang
where there are supposed to be Chinese soldiers
IN thousands numbering any where from fifteen
e. forty-lve The Russians have set up al
instrument on the wall and are getting ready
10 h"liograph some damnatory dots and dashes
across country. But about the fight.
Wien the allies marched out OF Tient.n
the settlements yesterday afternoon. man.
jack and coolies. 1t was the plan that the Rus
with tho French. and the japanese, British
and Americans were to 60 Oh the right bank
,amp was made along the fringe OF villages
that mark the northern limit Of Tientsn. II
rained so hard that the men swore the Chinese
Ind contrived to turn the river on them
Very soon after ? o'clock this morning the
men we're routed out and before daylight were
on the march. The Japanese had tho advance
OF the western column, with the British and
Americans behind them. The Russians were
supposed 20 take care OF tho Chinese left. across
the river The Terrible's l2-pounders opened
the action, having moved forward Into posi-
ton near tho river north Of the Hs-Ku arsenal
They shelled tho Grst village 70 the north Of
whore the arsenal was
The Chinese repIieda at once with such accuracy
that the first shell sent half dozen civilians
who had come out 10 see tho fun scattering
for their lives. The British guns were too
much for the chinese aud the latter soon gave
up the struggq. Then a few Japs went Into
thevillaRe and cleaned il out capturing ten guns.
To the westward under cover Of the Pao-tiug-
IN road the line was well out. The Chinese
opened On IL with she'll Are and the nrst shrapue
killed two japanese c1yalrymen and their
horses The Japs we're ready, butthe Americans
and British had not yet reached their positions
The Japs did not wait however, They went
In on n frontal attack against the Chinese OK
treme right. whore it rested on the Pao-ting-fu
road and the line Of trenches leadugtoward
Pet-Sang.
GALLANTHY oP TIRE JAPs.
Ina beautiful line and IN magnificent order
the litte fellows went TO their work, their white
caps showing through the cornfelds like the
bull.eyes OF a thousand targets. The Chinese
fire was terrific, but il did not check tho attack
The Japs kept on steadily, and when the Chinese
stopped their guns Fukushima's men only
pressed the harder for they realized that they
were nearing the goal II was hot work. and
many a man was hit. hut it seemed only a few
minutes before the Japs had doubl~1 the Chinese
right back on itsclf and were rolling the pigtalls
up In their own trenches.
Further down our line the Japs had extended
into the positions originally Intended for the
British and Americans. The Royal Artillery
got over the Pan-ting-fu road and into action
against the arsenal and a Jap battery Joined
them. The Chinese tried 10 reply. and for a
little time we're effective. but soon we're silenced.
Then the infantry vent IN and the Chinese 1T
out FOR Naugtsln.
1t doesn't sound as II very much were done,