The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-30

Told in an Official Dispatch From the
Admiral Himself.

London, June 80, 800 a. m.-The ad-
ventures of the hard fighting allies. un-
der Admiral Seymour, their reaching
Anting, twelve miles from Pelzin, the
decision to retreat, the capture of rice
and immense stores of modern arms
and ammunition, affording material fora
strenuous defense until relieved-al
this told in a despatch from Admiral
Seymour received by admiralty at
midnight, which runs as follows:
T1en Ts1n, June q, via Che-Foo,
June 29, 1000 p. m. Have returned to
Tien Tsin with the forces, having been
unable to reach Pekin by rail On June
13 two attacks on the advance guard
We're made by the Boxers, who were re-
pulsed with considerable loss to them
and none on our side On June IA the
Boxers attacked the train at Lang Yang
in large numbers and with great deter
minatiOn. We repulSed them with a loss
of about one hundred killed. Our loss
was five Italians
THE same afternoon the Boxers at
tackled the British guard left to pro-
tect LOfa station. ReinforcementS were
| sent back and the enemy We're driven
off, with a hundred killed. Two of our
| seamen were wounded.
I'VE pushed forward to Anting and
engaged the enemy on June Is and June
| Il, infiicting a loss of 175. There were
no casualties on our side.
Extensive destruction of the railway
| in our front having made further ad-
vance by rail impossible. I decided on
June 16 to return to Yang Tsun, where
| it is proposed to organize an advance
| by the river to Pekin. After my depar-
| ture from Lang Yang two trains left to
| follow on were attacked on June Is by
| Boxers and imperial troops from Pel1in,
| who lost from four to five hundred kill
| ed. Our casualties We're six killed and
| 48 wounded. These trains Joined me at
Yang Tsun the same evening.
! THE railway at Yang Tsun was found
| entirely demolished and the trains could
/ not be moved. The force being short of
provisions and hampered with wounded
compelled US to withdraw on Tien Tsin,
with which we had not been in COM
munication for six days and our sup
| plies had been cut off.
''On June 19 the wounded, with neces-
saries, started by boat, the forces
marching along side the river. Opposi-
| ton 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
skilIfully restrained our advance by oc-
| cupying well selected position from
which they had to be forced often at the
| point of the bayonet and in face OF 8
| calling fire difficult to locate.
ION June %, we made a night march
arriving at daybreak opposite the i'm
! perial army above Tien TSin, where af-
| ter friendly advances a treacherou:
| heavy fire was opened while our mer
| were exposed on the Oppositeriver bank
The enemy We're kept in check by riff
fire in front while their position was
turned by a party of marines and sea
men under Major Johnson, who rushed
and occupied one of the salient points
seizing the guns. The Germans, lowe
down, silenced two guns and theI
crossed the river and captured them
The armory was then next occupied b!
the combined forces. Determined at
tempts to retake the armory were mad
on the following day, but unsuccessful
ly.
Found immense stores of guns, arms
and ammunition of the latest pattern
Several guns were mounted in our de
fense and shelled the Chinese fort
lower down
Having found ammunition and rice
we could have held out for some days
but, being hampered with large mum
bers of wounded, I sent to Tien Tsin 70
a relieving force, which arrived on tn
morning of June 25. The armory wa
evacuated and the forces arrived a
Tien Tsin on June 26. We burned tn
armory.
Casualties to date: British-killed
q, wounded rs; American-killed
wounded %; French-lCilled 1, wounde
10; Germans-killed u, wounded g.
Italians-killed 5. wounded 3; Japanes
killed ,, wounded 3; Austrian-kille le
1, wounded l; and Russian-Killed L
wounded