Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-25
THE GALLANT 9TH INFANTRY.
Americans Give Good Account OF Themselves
in Battle OF lien Tsin.

Copyright. 1900, The Associated Press.
Tien Tsin, Saturday. July IA. via che
Foo, July l6 and Shanghai. July 2i-'rhe
9Th Regiment. L. S. Inf. entered the fight
at Tien Tsin with i30 men. An incom
plete list of casualties shows Is killed. Il
wounded and two missing. The marines
had killed and is wounded
FIRST Lieut.. Henry Leonard of the Ma
rine Corps. carried Lieut.. Butler from the
field under a fierce fire. He was shot i'm
the upper left arm while returning. but
ran and swan a mile under fire. getting
10 the rear. His arm WAS amputated
today.
capt. Charles r. Noyes. who had been
slightly wounded in the arm and leg.
swan a mile with only his nose above
water, with request for reinforcrmcnts.
First Lieut. Louis Il. Lawton of the 81 h
INF, made a dash for reinforCements un-
der fire and received three slight wounds.
The 9Th was ordered to support the
Japanese, who We're receiving an en-
iiladins fire. After crossing a mud wall
half a mile from the city wall the 9th
shifted. advancing against the thanking
FIRE, and reached a marsh beside the river
at the southwest corner of the city. A
body of Chinese in burned village I'M
der the wall Just across the river where
they Were strongly barriCaded. poured in
a fire and whenever an American raised
hand he was shot \ Nordenfeldt gun
and two small cannon were also trained
upon them.
They lay in the mud all day without a
We're unable to move or help the wound
ed without food and drinking the canal
water. They had exhausted their ammu-
milton except few rounds which Were
retained in order to repel charge If it
should be made None expected to es-
cape. \ few reaching the rear reported
that half of the command had been killed
or wounded. including heat proStratons
in the estimate.
After the Americans had retired under
cover Of the darkness they struggled
back to Tien Tsin in squads all night.
pitifully exhausted and CARRYING their
wounded. The American hospital was
crowded and short of surgeons. there
having been no expectation Of such
losses.
Today. squads searched the fields. col
lecting the dead and wounded. Col. Lis
Gums body was escorted to d boat. this
evening, by two battaiions of English
their head. Lieut. Col. Coolidge, who is
now commanding the regiment, and ma
Lee We're among the pail bearers The
chaplain of the Marine Corps read the
service at the canal lock. The body will
be shipped to San Francisco.
The total losses of the allies were about
800. The British lost 80. The Japanese
estimate their killed at 50 and wounded
a 30. The Russians estimate their cas-
uaities a. $50
All day long the work of bringing in
the dead and wounded was continued.
The japanese were the heroes of the bat
tie. Their lighting was remarkably brave
and was praised by all their colleagues
When some of the foreign officers coun-
selled retreat last night. the japanese
general said when my men move il
will be forward. This morning. they
charged the breaches in the wall made
by the artillery and fought hand to hand
in the streets. Their conduct after the
fight was equally good. as they refrained
from looting while some of the European
soldiers were having an orgie.
Dead Cinnamon covered the walls and
streets of Tien Tsin. Fifty guns We're
captured. The place was fun of NUM-
tions of war. Many fires have been starr
ed and most of the city will probably be
burned. The Chinese are retreating to-
wards Pekin.