Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-24

left bank of thefiver.
AT PM. by direction Of Admiral Sey-
mour. the movement-on Tfen Tsin began.
At hrst the progress was SLOW because OF
the low stage OF the river and OF the fact
that the men were unaccustomed TO nan
ding junks in the narrow, shallow water
way.
When the force biyouacked for the night
1t was with the Belief that the force against
US would increase in the morning; All
slept in the fields under the river bank. be-
side the junks and sampans. and an early
start was made on the morning OF the 2is..
"A good highroad follows the left bank
OF the river and runs nearly parailel WIN ,,a
1t. Over this road 1t was easy to drag the
two English nine-pounders, the Frencn anu
Russian field pieces and the Newark
three-iEch rifle, and these guns ala gooo
lance a force of Chinese cavalry with sew
eral field pieces which appeared IN our
front shortly after the advance began on
the list. The allied forces on both sizes oi
the river were engaged the whole DAY In
forcing a passage The opposition of the
enemy was strongest about and BEYOND inc
village of Pietsang. Near sunset the Juhks
and sampans were moved under .ne lei.
bank OF the river, while the seamen anu
marines on the left bank were at the east
ern end of the village of Nant Shang, ana
those under the direction of Capt. Won USE
dom were abreast the same point on the
opposite side of the river protected Dy tne
other bank Here position received q
fire of she'll and shrapnel from two guns vi
the enemy, mounted, >as we aIter~alu
found out, in the northwest corner OF ths
arsenal grounds at the point marked ID on
map No 4.
1T had been apparent that before we
came to the Chinese city OF Tlen ism we
should have to leave the river and carry
the wounded by way of the raiiroad EN-
bankment to the foreign concession, Ior the
native city contains, it was estimated
million of Inhabitants, and extends on ootn
sides of the river to point nearly nve
miles north Of the European city: win
this purpose in view, 1t was declued 10
withdraw all the force under the bank OF
the river at the point which gave perfect
protection from gun fire. The artillery
practice of the Chinese on the position
| about c. may be said to have been admi-
rable, although the casualties were not SO
great as might have been expected.
THE casualties among the Newarks Of
ffcers and men on the 21st were one killed
and nine wounded, while the allied force
lost the valuable services of Captain Jelll-
coe, r. N, Admiral Seymours chief or
staff. who was severely wounded In the
morning.
whole allied force advanced silently down
the left bank of the river from It's post
ton. hoping not to attract attention. Inc
advance had approached within Few
yards of the next village beyond Nantsang
and around the bend. when light in one
of the streets seemed to indicate that the
enemy was on the alert. This proved true,
for almost Immediately fire from few
left of the village, being accompanied by
jeers and shouts. The British marines, UNI
der Major tombstone. were ordered up ana
quickly advanced, with the Newark's men,
through. the village marked No on sketch
No. s. and were followed by several COM
panies of Germans. A second village, IL
most continuous with the first, was passed
without opposition, when figures could be
clearly seen on the opposite bank In the
early dawn.
Fired ON From the Arsenal.
"A few moments afterward a man stood
up on the right bank, abreast of the inter-
val between village No. 9 and village No. 5.
He made some remarks in Chinese, and MIR.
Campbell, a member of the British consular
corps, was asked to come forward and in
terpret, which he promptly did, advancing
to the crest of the left bank. Mr. Camp
bell made some Inquiries in Chinese, but
heavy fire was almost Immediately opened
all along the right bank, as it turned out,
from behind a mud. wall or rampant sur
rounding the arsenal. Fortunately at first
the fire of the Chinese In the early morn
ing was not very effective, as the allied
forces were sheltered by a high mud wall
on the left bankS andna dry canal. The fire
from the arsenal was at once returned, the
Americans, English and Germans advanc-
ing to the southern end of the village
AT the same time. large party of Chi
nese opened tire from the cover of the
yond and Ensign WurtZbaugh suggested
to Capt. Won Usedom that the Newark's
men would advance and clear the Chinese
out of the position If they could be sup
ported Capt. Won Usedom at once con-
sented. and a line of skirmishers with two
companies from the Newark and two OF
Germans. with some British blue1ackets,
supported by the Austrian. seamen. was
formed under the direction of Capt. Won
Tsedom and advancing quickly drove the
Chinese force into the town
Just at this time information was sent
that another body of Chinese was threat
ening the left flank of the force under Ad-
miral Seymour, and from village marked
a large force of cavalry, infantry and ar
tillery could be seen advancing from the
south. This caused the officers and men
under Capt. Won USedom to fall back on
village No. 4, and by occupying
wood beyond the village in the direction of
the enemy the Chinese were prevented
from coming nearer, and although they
ANNOYED us at intervals throughout the day
with field gun and rifles. their fire was
not very effective. Capt. de Marbles of the
d 'Entrecasteaux supported this end of our
position with a nine-pounder field gun
About noon the arsenal was threatened
from the village to the westward by a
large force of Chinese and the Newarks
men were sent across the river to REIN
force the English and Germans on the
rampant facing that direction. Soon after
ward the 3-ineh field gun of the Newark
was brought forward and mounted on the
rampant at the angle at which the road
way marked led into the arsenal Enclosure.
las all my force except the four men
necessary to serve the gun were behind the
parapet the Germans kindly hauled /. to
the designated spot, and at sunset the
British sent crew to drag the gun to the
Headquarters Toward evening the entire
force was withdrawn into the arsenal
grounds from the left bank of the river
the wounded all being accommodated
within the buildings in the Enclosure,
which was surrounded by mud wall be-
tween and feet high, with two gates q
great number Of carriages, limbers and
field guns being removed from the store
house to make room for them. At sunset
Capt de Marbles, with the French sea-
men, occupied the building, or arsenal
proper The remainder of the force was
drawn within the Enclosure, with the ex-
ception of the British marines under Maj
tombstone who bivouacked outside under
its western wall, it not being deemed adj
visable at this time to attempt to hold all
of the arsenal grounds.
The casualties of this day of continuous
fighting were greater than those Of the pre-
ceding day in the case of the Newarks
men amoupting to three killed and thirteen
wounded. The percentage among the Brit
ish and Germans was about In the same
proportion the commander of the Kaiserin
Augusta whom we all admired and re-
spected being instantly killed while on the
western rampant. Among the killed were
three British wounded who were lying in
the junks, which were unavoidably sub
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