The evening times., 1900-10-05
THE BATTLE OF TIEu1SIN
Lieutenant Iawt0n Describes the
Fight With the Chinese.
Wounded Three Times During the
Attack-Amerfcnns Supported the
JaPanese In Their Advance on the
WaII-Exposed TO Artillery and In
fantry Fire-Liscum's Last Words.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 5--Lieut- Louis B.
Lawton. who was wounded three times at
the battle of Tfentsin, July 4S last, and
who is eonyalescing at the Union Protest
ant Inflrmary. where he recently under
went an operation. gave a graphic &C
count of that bloody engagement, yester-
day Lieutenant Lawton was highly COM
mended for his bravery in that battle
The Ninth Infantry, under Gen E H
Liscun," he said, left the foreign con-
eession at ? a. N. and marched three
miles 10 a point south of the walled city
OF Tientsin and took q position in the
mans, and the French. From this point
it was two miles to the main wall and
half mile to the mud wall.
Very soon after arriving eight men in
one of our companies were struck by bull
lets fired from the main wall. The Chi
nese use the Mannlicher rife. which is
made on the same principle as the Aauser,
but shoots farther.
To see the troops swinging round into
line, double timing into columns CT pla
tOons ready for the advance, was a beau
tiful sight The sun was just coming up
and the shrapnel were bursting in the air
all about us The men were all IN good
condition and looked as though they were
ready for the tight.
THE advance to the mud wall which
was fifteen feet high, was made with lit
tie resistance Here We soon had our
machine and mountain guns mounted. The
British guns were manned with Sinks
tall, fine-looking men, wearing big, yel-
low turbans. and dressed in East Indian
costume. Their fire was directed againsa
the main wall, from which poured contin-
uously heavy artillery fire.
1.-The Americans crossed the mud wall
right behind the Japs, who went over
first. Our orders were to support the
Japs. The japanese troops are thief
est in the world. It's amusing, though,
to watch the little colonel get out in
front OF his command. He laughs and
grins, then says something, then all the
Japs laugh, and begin running forward
Our troops moved to the right and
got cover. from a raised road While
lying there a heavy fire opened upon
lis from the mud village, southeast OF
the walled city The Japs turned IN
that direction and We advanced behind
them until we reached an Enfor6abls
river seventy-five yards wide. We were
then exposed to both artillery and in
fantry fire from the mud village, not
over 100 yards distant. The only cover
we could get was from little ridges, or
bitches something like rice paddles.
1T was here. about 9 o'clock a. M,
that General Liseum was mortally
wounded. He died in half an hour. His
last words were: Keep up the fire on
those Ioophole houses About the same
time Major Eagan. Captain Neyes, and
CAPTAIN Bookmilier were severely
wounded, and was shot in the head. Ma
ior J. NJ. Lee assumed command of the
regiment and sent me back to General
Derward- OF the British Army, to report
our position and losses. and to ask for
ammunition and re-enforcements-'
The lieutenant prefers that some one
else tell how. with an orderly, he went
back and made his report. The British
general gave him two companies of ma
r1nes and hospital corps. and he
started to return to Major Lee. All
along the way the men of the hospital