The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-28
THE TrENTsIN BATTLE.
A Detailed Account OF the "eee"' ~
tack ON the city by the
Allied Forces.

| 49, via Shanghai, July n The attack on
the native city Of Tientsin on July -
| resulted In the narrowest escape iroH
| what seemed up 20 midnight wouiu De
terrible disaster for the allies Inc rus nus
SLAMS swinging north and the other alnes
| south at daybreak the Russians VIZ
10 take The forts near the NATIVE ~
wall and the other allies the city tsen'
| Gen Fukushina, the Japanese conn
| mander promised that the Japanese en-
| eineers after three hours shell nre iroi
| all guns would cross the bridge over 'he
| moat before the wall and, blowing W
the great south gate, make a breach io'
| the infantry to enter.
Upon this depended everything. Gen
Fukushina had not secuted the bridge
and in "a hours had not scouteu the
ground over which the charge on the
| bridge had TO be made.
The Chinese destroyed the bridge and
| flooded the land around II. The aihes
shell fire in nowise subdued the Chinese
rifle fire from the loop-holed wall, which
was 30 feet high with a moat 20 feet IN
| depth around II.
| An outer wall OF mud made Ii impos-
| sible for the infantry and marines com
ing on the field TO reply TO the I'M
| nese.
They lost so men In ten minutes, then
rushed back from the mud wall, when
| they had reached
Gen. Dorward, the British command
| er, FASTENED forward with fraementary
| instead of an integral sRirmish line.
The American marines and the Welsi.
| fusileers, together under command OF
| Waller were on the extreme left. Then
| the British marines and the French al
\ vanced with the Japanese along the road
| toward the gate in the mud wall.
Forwards plan for the Americans TO
| support the japanese was not made
| clear to Col Liscum, of the Ninth United
| States infantry
Dorward lays the blame for the blum
der and sacrifice OF life on Liscum, but
| Forwards chief OF staff was heard 10
say when Liscum moved:
get in down the road anywhere
quickly"
Col. Liscum hurriedly led his men
| through the gate in as open order as pos
sible. They were Immediately under
fire.
| The staff saw them pass over the
bridge leading to a field, which proved 10
be a cul de sac.
| Before the two battalions of Amer
leans, numbering 426 men. could extend
themselves. they were subjected. besides
| the fire from the loopholes in the fort
| to a fierce fire from the embrasures in
line of fortified mud houses on their
| flank.
| Three thousand rifles probably were
| turned on them with an accuracy which
| has amazed every officer among the al
| lies
The blue shirts Of the American troops
made them distinct marks where the kha-
ki uniforms of the other allies could not
| be seen. Col. Liscum, guiding his men,
walked up and down the line. not even
ducking his head while the bullets fell
around. "..
The Americans charged into the flank
| fire with rushes. The ground over which
| they charged was marshy and lined with
| bitches.
1t was evidently Col Liscum's intention
to rush the houses from which the flank
fire was coming. and thus get a position
for Ranking the wall.
At 1890 the line had just reached the
shore of the canal and 80 yards sepa-
rated them from the houses, when the
color bearer fell
Col. Liscum picked up the colors and
stood looking around apparently for a
ford.
Better get down or they'll hit yo1.
shouted Mai. Regan.
II guess not" was Liscum's reply
The next instant a sharpshooter's bull
Let went through the colonels abdomen.
i've got it, he said as he fell
Get at them If you can" the dying
OIlCeT Salu, anu duueu as MS last words.
Don't retreat. boys: keep firing"
Regain was hit Immediately afterwarl.
All day long the allies line lay under
any cover they could find. running out OF
ammunition,
The July sun was beating down on them.
and they had nothing to drink but the
salty marsh water.
Meanwhile. the wounded came strag-
Cling and crawling through the gate in
the mud wall.
There was no order. They were sent
anywhere without men TO carry the
litters. The doctors were hit by the
sharpshooters while trying TO attend the
wounded of the Ninth.
They could not attempt 10 carry off
the wounded from the bloody field.
Maj. Regain, Capt Bookmiller and Capt.
Noyes were all hit twice.
Noyes, who was adjutant, was hit in
the arm before going into the field, and
then hit in the leg. He crawled back
through the ditch, with the water 10
his neck. TO report the situation to Col.
Dorward.
At one o'clock Gen. Fukushina reported
in writing TO Dorward that the japanese
were in the city l could see the loon
holes blazing with bullets and lydd,te
shells. No infantry could charge in the
face of this fire from two o'clock until
five.
Though acting conformity neither Dor
ward nor Fukushina knew each Others
whereabouts.
Under cover OF the darkness the mon
of the Ninth crept back from their dan
gerous position, bearing their wounded
They executed this movement with a loss
of one man killed. The casualties were
81 men and five officers out of 426
The marines lost 30. including Cant
Davis, who was shot through the heart.
while talking to Col. Meade, on the night
Of July 10.
IL was decided to withdraw. when
news came that the Chinese were eyacu-
ating. The Russians were not so sue
cessful as hoped during the day, and the
total loss Of the allies was 200.
The japanese losses were severe Tho
japanese were most gallant in the fight
But for the Americans stopping the flank
fire. the Japanese loss would have been
much heavier.
There Is terrible row over the bu-,-
ing of the town. Several foreign on
GERS are reported lost
The tired soldiers remained on the
walls The natives went looting through
the Chinese town. The bank and the
arsenal were heavy sufferers.
An advance movement on Picking 70
not contemplated soon. The American
wounded crowd the hospitals, but ali are
doing well.
The flags of the allied armies are all
salf-masted Col. Lscura was buried al
Tongku.
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