Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-20
DISPATCH FROM CHAFFEE
HE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMS THE CAP
TURE OF PEkIN.
From Remey Says That
Allies Are BOmba riding the
Inner City.

The War Department yesterday received
from Gen. Chaffee a dispatch officially con-
firming earlier unofficial information as to
the fall of Pekin. This is the first heard
directly from Chaffee since August II. The
explanation of the long silence is given by
Admiral Remey, who states in a dispatch
70 the Navy Department that the military
telegraph line laid by our signal corps to
the front has been interrupted.
Advices received late last night from the
foreign Office at Toxic. Japan. by the Jap
anese legation in this city confirm and
amplfy previous accounts of the capture
OF Pekin by the allied troops.
Following is the text of the dispatch from
Gen Chaffee, as made public by the War
Department.:
"CHEFOO, August 10, 1900.
'Adjutant General. Washington:
..PEkIN August live entered lega-
tons grounds at > O'Clock last night with
14th and Light Battery. Eight wounded
during days lighting. Otherwise all well
tSigned) "CHAFFEE'
1t is believed that there is mistake in
the date of this dispatch, as all informa ton
from other sources fixes the 18th. not the
14th. as the date on which Pekin was en-
tered.
BOmba riding the Inner City
Admiral Remey's dispatch. which con-
tains much interesting information in few
words, is as follows:
CHEFOO (no date).
Bureau of Navigation, Washington:
Taku, 1sth.-Telegraph line to Pekin in
terrupted. Information, japanese sources,
empress dowager detained by Prince Yum
gedo. inner city. which being bombarded by
allies. Chaffee reports entered legation
grounds evening 14th. Eight wounded dur
ing days fighting; otherwise all well.
(SigneD REMEY
Prior to the receipt of the dispatch it was
accepted generally as a fact that the dow
ager empress, in company with the emperor
and a large suite. had left Pekin While
nothing is said in Admiral Remeys ad-
vices as to the whereabouts of the emperor
1t Is deemed scarcely proba BILE that he left
the city without the empress dowager
received by Admiral Remey is expressed,
and the Chinese minister, Mr.. WI, is very
positive that the emperor, empress dowager
and the entire Chinese court left Pekin be-
fore the arrival at the gates of the allies
Minister WI said that he had official ad-
vices to the effect that the emperor and
empress dowager had gone from Pekin to
the province of Shen-Si. considerable dis
lance west of the capital city. He had not
been advised to what city they had gone
but 1T seemed probable that their destina-
ton was the capital of Shen-Si province
The minister believed they were entirely
out of danger.
Japanexe Advices.
Late Saturday night the japanese minis
ter, Mr. Takahira, received the following
advices from the japanese foreign office at
Toxic
The Japanese consul at Chefoo wired
under date of August II, to the following
effect:
The foreign forces attacked on the east
ern side of Pekin Wednesday morning The
enemy obstinately resisted. In the evening
the Japanese blew up the Chiao-Yang gate
and the Tung-Chih gate Of the Tartar city
and succeeded in entering. In the meantime
other foreign forces entered the Chinese
city by the Tung-Pien gate. Detachments
were sent Immediately to the legations and
opened communications. The ministers and
STATS were found safe. The Japanese loss
was over 100, including three officers, name
ly, Captain Michiiye and Lieutenant Wata-
nabe. wounded. while Lieutenant Yazak
was killed. The Chinese loss computed
about 400
MIR. w. the Chinese minister received an
official cablegram announcing the entry of
the allied forces into Pekin on the night
of the 18th. 1t was sent by Ii Hung Chang
and transmitted to Minister Wu by the
Chinese minister in London. The text of
the dispatch was not given out but it was
explained that the message was a simple
announcement from the Chinese govern
meHt confrmatory of the other advices re-
porting the fall of the Chinese capital.