The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09

went over the mud wall and scattered over the
fiat, rushing forward with a yell. The bullets
spattered in the soft ground about them ana
| now and then a man went down, but the line
held on. The Chinese dropped their shells close
in and their bullets sung across the neio anu
occasionally over the wall. but they we're snow
ing IA q new marvel, one that not even fuku-
shima had anticipated. They were shooting low'
taking aim At their assailants and hitting mem
PICTURE or mi rlGHT.
After all there IS nothing much IN he siRh'
tina; resembles what We have been led 10 eN-
pccr from boyhood up by the pictures ~ the Oh
war books u il lust y broad green Held WIN
many regular mounds Of mud scattered here
and there, A hard yellow road runs stralRh'
through the middle NJ II out there a few nun
dred wards. and there are two or three clusters
~ mud huts, By tho first OF them there Is
broad stretch Of water bearing away totherlgh'
where II widens 10 q hundred yards or more.
with more mud huts, thick and close together
beyond II. There is no smoke except where
the Asiatlc artillery occasionally fires its screw
guns. Noise you hear in plenty, the sharp roar
Of the gun rs IT is fred and the sharper crack OF
the exploding shell. on the hard yellow road
In mid-tield a column OF little men In white WIN
blue bands about heir shoulders are running Tor
ward. Every yard or So one OF them ialS OF
drops ont Behind them come moro mem
bigger fellows all in washed-olu blue WIN pls
white helmets set askew on their heads. ne
French are going in. Then come the brltlsh'
big husky chaps in dark blue, with wide straw
hats with turned-up rims, sailornen IRON the
ships IN Taku. and marines in khaki. Chinese
too. in khaki but with the same funny straw
hats and long tapping ends onthe bands. Ihere
go the Americans, making twice the speed ~
their double that the little Japanese did JUST
at the start they swing IN 10 the right. on the
eastern one Of The two roads from the arsenal
and presently they are spread out fanwise going
over the Nat Swampy land toward that broad
reach Of water which they can never croSs. "
is nearing = o'clock and the attack has gone IN.
Along the mud wall there are a few minutes
Of surprising quiet. with conversation very
hushed among hose who stay there We
have aeen many men 20 down in the hrst rnSh'
The fire from both sides is terrific. The bullets
drop over the mud wall and fall into the canal
ont in the fold. where the litter bearers are
gathering M tho last Of those hit in coming
No. there IL n pest Of bullets. Wounded ana
dead are living behind the wall and surgeons
OF two or three nationalities have fixed up
temporary dressing stations there. One
badly wounded man Is lying under the pro-
lection 81 the brick gate through the mud wall.
On the other side one OF lnt Olu Tllhllt lphueI
OF the ROYAL Asiatlc Artillery is slowly pound
ing away. Every explosion shakes the bricks
half dIslodged by a Chinese shell and the sur
econ has TO move his men and his station.
How tremendously fast the Chinese fire isl
The bullets spot the road and spatter the mud
in the swampy fields. over our heads, as wa
watch from the mud wall. there Is an unend-
ing whistle. with only one comforting feature
about IL. There Is no secondary crack 10 the
Mannlicher bullet. such as there is with the
Mauser. The line seems TO he extended now
as far as II will he. The japanese are mas>ed
about the huts well up toward the city wall
and spread out on each side Of them. The
little men in white and blue are keeping very
close cover, hut they are also maintaining a
hot FIRE against the Chinese. The rife has
not the spIteful crack Of the KraR, the volley
slithers rather than snaps. They fire very
well. Whatever punishment they are getting
It is not disturbing their e%auanimity,
THE ATTACH CHECKED,
By o O'Clock We realized that the attack is
checked: our men have gone as far as they can.
The japanese engineers cannot get to the wall
10 guncotton the gate. Fukushima Ia with
his men. but Dorward stands on the brick
gate and watches the long line through his
binoculars. They begin to bring in the
wounded. here and there a man struggling
in nlone. and now and then an on1oer In care
OF some o! his men or Of another officer. II
IL the same story with them all, terrible fire
from an enemy not to he seen. a huge wall
To go against with wide water in front OF II:
and no matter what part OF the field you are
in. an enAlading fire. A messenger comes
in from the Ninth md asks for supports. Many
men nre hit, he says. and he gives n list Of off,
- lgl ,naItIaa tho Tnlnnal ~ Killed
Singularly enough this report soon becomes
persistent and common. II is all over the
field that the american Colonel has been killed.
The result is that when early in the afternoon
the Colonel does receive a mortal wound. no
one sxccpt those actually with him will believe
Il did not happen in the morning To this
call for supports the marine artillery who
have used up all their ammunition are sent
in. They are n sober company rs they file
through the dig brick gate Capt. Fuller
has already had n bullet through the rim Of
his hat and for the last half hour has been
holding il uncOnsclously In his hand as II that
made his head safer. They swing out on the
road on the double and in less than fifty yards
six men are down.
Now il is lust n question Of endurance. VI
Fukushima Is right the Chinese will VI by
and by, They have stopped our advance. but
can they stand II 10 nave us stay Nnere We are
all day? Can We stand il 10 stay there? Over
at the left Of our line our marines and the
Fusiliers have found excellent cover behind the
grave mounds. Presently the men begin TO
fool with the Chinese, sticking their hats I'M
on cleaning rods from behind the mounds,
We can see It as plainly as il We were there
but IL draws a lively fire and Is not amusing TO
watch. II was here that Capt. "Reddy" Davis.
,ne Of the best fellows in the corps. was killed.
He was talking to the Colonel when he got a
bullet through the heart. Here. too Butler,
one of the most efficient OF the youngsters
was hit in the leg, the complement OF the wound
Cant. Lemly got in coming up to the mud wall.
Can't. Norton, the surgeon. and Lieut.. Leonard,
the battalion adjutant, volunteered TO take
him of the field. and did IL unhurt. although
Leonard was nearly exhausted by the ire
mendous e~xertion. Iemly and Butler put
their two wounded legs together and hobbled
of as II trying 10 run a three legged race. Then
Leonard started back, just In time to fall In
with Capt. Fuller's company going in 10 sup
mort the Ninth. Across the awful field he went
for the third time aud had got almost TO cover
when he was hit in the upper left arm, near the
shoulder. The bullet ranged downward to-
ward the elbow. splintering the bone and
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