El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-13
GOVERNMENTS REPLY
To the Notice Of LIS Ap-
pOintment Is Character
isticaIIy Bold and
Incisive.

LONDON, Aug. ia special ols
patch fsom Chee Foo says that tn
general advance of the allies from T1el
Tsin began On August 8. 1tis believed
the Dispatch adds, that Pekin will b.
reached by August Is. 1t would be nj
surprise If the allies were today near
ing the gates of Pekin. With = route
cleared by the advance column, sever
days would not be too short for th'
foreign army to reach the capital. Few
details are allowed past the censor 81
Tien Tsin, and all the plans OF the
foreign commanders are kept secret
WITHIN TWENTY MILES.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The correspoc'
den. of this association at Shanghai
wires under dsts OF August IL at noon;
1.-THE allies are reported within 20
miles of Pekin."
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE
LONDON, Aug. 13.-The first details
OF the battle at Yang Tsuu on August
have arrived here in q special dis
patch. The Chinese mum bered about
10000. The Americans lost ten killed
and So wounded.
Part of the loss in wounded is due to
q mistake by the English and Russians,
who confounded the 14th . infantry
in the darkness with the Chinese, and
shelled them
Ten of the Americans were wounded
through this error.
Col. Daggett Of the 14th led beauti-
full charge. The battle lasted four hours.
The Chinese liDes extended east
three miles from the railroad bridge.
Colonel Aaron S. Daggett, of the
fourteenth infantry. served through
the civil war in the Maine volunteers,
receiving a commission in the fifth
United States veteran Infantry early
in 1865, as lieutenant colonel. He
went into the regular establishment as
q captain OF the 10Th infantry. became e
major of the 18Th in 1892, and lteuten-
b. It colonel of the 25sh IN 1895. He
became colonel of the 14In owing TO
the changes incident to the Spanish
war;
WORD FROM CHAFFEE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Chaffee
the war department. under
ate August 10, announcing his arr1v-
al 10 81 WI, which is about half way
between Tien Tsin and Pekin.
ATTACKED IN PEKIN
TEN TsIN, Aug. 6 Dslsyed.-T~o
couriers who left Pekin on
August arrived here to-day. They |
a o,rt that the dowager empress gave
the Legations food enough for few
DAYS but that Ii Ping Heng arrived
from south with troops. aud planted
Two batteries on the city wall near the
eyations. He attacked the legations
iercely with shell and rife fire for
Two days. The head of the missionary
BOARD was killed, according to the
,ouriers, while attempting TO obtain
BRO visions.
TRANSPORTS CHARTERED.
LONDON, Aug. 13.-The Russian
zov vernment has chartered she Allan
,tesmer Sicilisn for use as a transport
n China.
TIE GOVERNMENT REPLY
WAsH1GToN, Aug. 13.-The state
department today makes public the
.eply of the United States government
% Mtuister Wu's Communication made
IN Sunday morning, notifying the
tate department of the appointment
# Earl Lii Hung chang as envoy pleni-
,o.entiary to negotiate with the
powers.
This reply was sent to Minister Wu
rs O'CLOCK, Sunday afternoon;
Memorandum: Touching the i'm
,erial edict of August S.sppoin ting Ii
lung Chang envoy pleDipotentiary
o conduct negotiations on the part CT
}nina with the powers and requesting
cessation of hostilitles pending the ,
egotiatious, communicated I'd Mr. ,
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