Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-18
CHINESE RUSH
TO THE BATTLE.
Advanced DetermluedIy Carrying
Lighted Torches
FLED AT THE FIRST FIRE
,.,oe.e Account ofFighting Around
a., TJu-ueroism Of AIlies Oar
ing Exploit of Young MAN.

victoria. 3. C, July 1S-The steam
OBJ rmpress Of India brings de'aneu
.5y.ras of the fighting at Tien isin'
rl sbi,pamura. who commanded the
r.osrass troops at Tien TsIn prior 70
,es relief Of that place, has forwarded
IN bis government a detailed report OF
.ss Incidents from the time Of the at
,a,k until June rs, The report says In
parts at.
The Chinese advanced determlnedly
a. ,hs assault. There were some hum
srsds Of them and they we're carrying
u,,,.l torches They advanced In a
.erss ~ rusEes and the japanese az
,orsl them 10 get Within close pIvNlin-
ty before they opened IRE lhen tile
I6rauese fired several yolleys IRON the
Wazims and other smal guns, ana the
p6xtrs throwing away their lofGhss'
al Afterwards, during the night
,be Chinese only approached IN par
rss OF three or four, but made no res
olgte attack. They contented them
ssIyes with endeayorlng TO sneak up
and fire the outer buildings. on exam
instl6n the bodies az the slain were
fou0l Do De young men ot tWenty-touI
an twenty-five, clad in SILK and carrying
pouchas with Mauser ammunition,
ah5Yt daybreak on the nth, some loo
Chinese wearing red caps and red belts
epproached brandishing swords AS
e55p AS they got within range two or
tb-sa yolleys were fired and they retred
hastily This was but an advance par
a. though FAR 90 the eastward was seen
a large force with a number OF large
Guns moving towards the native city
M allies watched them Numbering
ttsr biz guns and al 2:45 p. m. the
Chinese began "a furious bombardment
or the foreign concessions. Many OF
tbs shells Zen between the British ana
German concessions.
Under cover OF the artillery fire the
main body OF the Chinese troops ad-
yarred against the railway station but
tbav were beaten back hv the allies.
The Germans guarding part Of the city
were attacked by a large body OF chi
uase and would have been overpoWered
had NOT the timely arrival OF the Japa-
nese saved them. They advanced with
a ringing cheer and the Chinese were
routed.
on the 18th at z a. m. the Chinese
tro0ps. uniting their forces, ,''acked
simultaneously from the north ana
south The allies met and beat Ltek
each attack.
The Russian troops who were In the
advance crossed the river and attacked
The enemy from the front They were
followed boy the English, Germans and
japanese. The Chinese were driven out
OF their position on the opposite side OF
the river. From near the native city,
though, they continued the lombard
ment Their shells were aimed mostly
al he conspicuous buildings IN the con-
cesslons. Gordon Hall and the japanese
consulate.
On the 18th the enemys attack was
directed from the left bank As before
their shells were aimed at the foreign
concessions ana they succeeded TO set
ting fire 90 the Specie bank which was
burned 90 the ground.
On the Z2nl the b0mbardment was re-
Eumed The Smelling OF the beselged
+ concessions was continuous. The Cos
sacks, who We're pdtroling. brought IN
teliigence in the afternoon that a force
+ NJ 1000 90 5000 allies was advancing
from Taku 90 relieve Tien Tsin. and had
arrived within l6 miles OF Tien Tsin.
There was great Joy when word was
passed around of the approaching relief
and next morning the allied force at
HCk.ng from the east and south. drove
on the enemy and the firing ceased.
Another report published In the Jap
anesa press from Tien Tsin SAYS that
on June g.rd the United States con-
s1ate was burned during the lombard
m-nt
The japanese papers also tell Of the
exploit of n young empl0ye OF a COM
f mereal house. named Waite. who dis
4 cuIsal himself az a Boxer and accom-
4 panied hy four COssacRs. left the be-
fege3 city Of Tien Tdn on June 18th.
4 After four days OF marrow escapes and
Fight from pursuing Boxers. he ana the
4 Russians reached Taku on the 23rd,
with their letters, which asked for re-
Inducements.
LETTER FROM A CONsuBs WIFE.
Santa Rosa. Cal, July lS.-Ietters
have been received here from Mrs, j.
w iassdale. wife OF the United States
consul 40 Tien Tsin and from Mrs.
Iug Dummond The letters are IN.
i dsg date of June 18th. and tell OF crit
4 zeal conditions existing there al that
time Another letter from Mrs. Drum.
monI at Shanghai tells OF her safe ar
real there with her husband and child-
ZEN and describes the hurried escape
on June 10th from Tien TNn on the last
amored train that succeeded IN leav-
ing there Neither of the letters con.
leirs any intimauon as to the whore.
ao1uts 0f Consul Ragsdale and family,
although 10 Us supposed they also left
Ten IsIn with the other Americans.
MN. Ragsdale 10 her letter says: "All
iAe mission churches In Tien Tsin (the
.hlnese city, two blocks from here
nave been burned They have been
closed ever since the trouble began, and
4 were turned over 90 the Chinese oiiioi-
as The Chimes official seal had beer
paced on the doors TO show that they
4 We're under Chinese protection. II
points 60 a bad state Of things and
4 proves how powerless they are to pro.
4 lect anything.
More than week ago a guard went
H.m here 10 meet and aid some Belgian
.t.usees trying 60 reach Tien Tsln Al
several villages they were given tee
.uc 'hings 10 eat. The Boxers burned
e.tIy one OF the villages and killed eve
4 man. woman and child they found
BECAUSE they a'aci foreigners.
AN Chinese, from the highest 20 IN,
N"esL think Boxer spirit tina
eal Dc killed That's the reason lt'i
~ lird for the Chinese officials 20 pu
men Gown. The soldiers will not dgh
4 UNREST IN YANG Use REGION.
New York. July ia dispatch 10 tn,
iIolhe from London SAYS:
me entire region Of the Yang Use q
~ state OF unrest. Shanghai Is me
A'-,1 With a native uprising and IN,
NY, hetn provinces are 10 open revolt
4 nsiever may be the ultimate polio,
"a 'ne powers, the Immediate effect %
VIZ lccessful retreat Of the foreigner
~ zen Isln Is sincerely Quieting and re-
,s'slilng. The allied armies are fight
e lhere Tor the prevention OF mas
80 ana the protection OF foreign M
"s-b through the Chinese empire.
me retreat OF the foreign contingent
n ~ lhe coast would be the signal for vel
~" terrorism IN every quarter OF tn
aboard 3.,ed and the interior.
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