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orr TROOPS UNDER RUSSIAN FIEE.
II happened thst Chaneo had ordered tho
NInth and the marines n move ont To tho camp
that afternoon. 40 that Monday night he had
all his force together. Tho Russians were
coming ont pretty much MI dny. but Mo Brl'lsh
and many ~ the Jnpaneo did not start un'il
Tue'dly morning. This gave tho BRUSH
about their hardest da,'s marching before "
WA through. Early on TUESDAY morning.
tho 10Th. nccording 10 the general plan for the
days work. ChnTee sent hi troop Of cavalry
forward "a scout along the road 10 Pekin over
which he was Ia advance. 4 battalion OF IN
faniry wa made ready ~ gn along. but the
ordor was finally countermauded nm IN" ground
that tho troop was enough. All night We heard
h-avy rring in Pekin and knew Tint m" l"sn-
tons were still besieged and stil holding out.
once when the firing grew unu.lally heavy.
II seemed to me a II some Of the allIc' must he
moving some guns forward to take n hand
somewhere lust for the sake Of diversion. !
got M and went over to headquarters 10 see
II Reilly wa TO be ordered forward with his
battery but every body was sound asleep In
spite Of the rain.
when the cavalry went ont AZ 8 o'clock went
along 10 get n look AZ the Pekin road The Rus
SLAMS were then moving forward SOM OF their
troops on the road inst north n the canal, and
the French, who had been assigned Ia the same
road rs the Russians. were on our road, having
made a mistake They were struggling along
and juat nfter we had started one of Gen Chat
fees stan came out 20 toll them 10 get across
the canal to their own side
The cavalry went about three miles toward
Pekin when the fankers on the south were fired
on. Lieut. Quincy with six troopers went up TO
see what II was about The road here was
cut very deep with n high bank on the south
and n village on the north. just on tho edge Of
the canal Quincy and his men saw half a dozen
Chinese cavalrymen and chased them back
through a cornNeld until they ran bang onto a
trench full OF infantry and were compelled 70
return as hard a. they could run. One Of the
horses was killed. bur none OF the men was hurt.
Then tho troop was disnounted and sent ny
to tho top OF tho bank. with about fifteen French
men. who had struggled up. and we opened
fire Immediately there was a response very
much heavier than our own fire. and IL was owl
dent that there was a considerable force OF the
Chinese. The firing had been going on for
only a few minutes when a lively fire started
from across the canal This took us right In
the small Of the back. as II were, and Capt
Cabell announced that he was going back We
thought then that this cross IRE was from
Chinese force. but II developed after
ward that II was from Russians who were COM
ing up on that side and came under the high
over fire Of the Chinese directed at us on the
bank. OF course they answered
We got out and We went pretty quickly for
q short distance. The missionary who had
gone along ms n guide kept going until he got
back to camp and reported to Chaffee that the
reconnaissance was cut Of and in a very despe- |
rate position That made Chafee send every |
thing he had out on the road as fast rs II could
go, and the result was that by n little after O
the whole American force, which had
expected 10 remain quietly in camp for the
greater part Of the day. was in motion as fas'
as 1t could go toward Pekin.