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NARROW ESCAPE
OF ALLIED FORCES
Attack on Tien Tsin Came Near
Being a Disaster
LISCUM PICKED UP C0L0RS.
"Don't Retreat, Boys Keep ON FIR
ing" We're IIis Last Words-And
Dorward blamed This Nan.

New York, July H.-The Evening
World publishes the following from It's
Tien Tsln correspondent, under DATE Of
che Foo. July 49, via Shanghai, July
q:
The attack on the native city Of Tlen
Tsln on July 70, resulted In the narrow
est escape from what seemed up 10
midnight would be a terrible disaster
for the allies The Russians swinging
north and the other allies south at
daybreak. the Russians were 20 take the
forts near the native city wall and the
other allies the city itself.
General Fukushima. the japanese
commander. promised that the Japan
csc engineers, after three hours shell
fire from an guns would cross the
bridge over the wall and blowing up
the great south gate, making a breach
for the infantry Co enter
Upon this depended everything. Cen
cral Fukushima had not secuted the
bridge. and IN tWenty-four hours had
not secuted the ground over which the
charge on the bridge had TO be made
DESTROYED THE BRIDGE.
The Chinese destroyed the bridge and
flooded the land around 81. The allies.
shell fire IN no wise subdued the CHI
nese rifle fire from the looph0ld wall
which was thirty feet high with a moat
twenty feet in depth around TO-
An outer wall OF mud made 10 impos.
F.bIe for the infantry and marines COM
Ing ON the field TO reply 20 the chinese
Gre They lost fifty men in ten minutes
then rushed back from the mud wall
which they had reached
General Dorward, the British com.
marder. FASTENED forward, with a frag.
meutary instead of an integral sBlrm-
ish line.
Tile American marines and the Welsh
msloers. together. under command of
Waller were on the extreme left Then
the British marines and the French
advanced 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 10 Col Llscum, OF the Ninth T. B.
infantry
DOWNWARD BLAMEs LISCUM.
porVard lays the blame FOR the blum.
der and sacrifice OF life on Liscum, bat
Forwards chief Of stan was heard 70
say when LIscum arrived:
"Get IN down the road anywhere
quickly ..
col. Llscum hurredly led his men
through the gate IN as open order as
possible They We're Immediately under
fra The stan saw them pass over INC
bridge leading 90 a field which proven
90 bo "a cul de- sac .-i
BEFORE the two battalions or Amer
cans. numbering f26 men, could eNt,hu
themselves. they We're subjected, pe
Sides the fire from the loop-holes IN lh'
forts no "a fierce fire from the emorss.
ur,s in O. line Of fortified mud house'
an their flank. 80. ..
Three thousand rifles probably Wer'
turned on them with an accuracy VIM,
has amazed every officer among lh'
allies The blue shirts of the American
troops made them distinct marx.
whereas the khaki uniforms OF the aI
hes could not be seen. Col. lAse um
guiding his men. walked up and down
the line. not even ducking ms heal
while the bullets fell around.
The Americans charged into the Hans
frc with rushcs The ground ovei
whilh they charged was marshy an'
| lined with bitches.
II was evidently Col Lscum.s inten'
ton 20 rush the houses from which th'