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ARE RfPBISED BY CHINESE.
international Troops at Tien-TSir
Defeated.
THIRTY AMERICANS DEAD,
Col. Liscom nnd Capts. Davis ana Lemlcy
Among the Killod-ORe Hundred Rrs-
slams Slain-Admiral Rsmc9 Scad5 sad
News TO Washington.

Washington, d. c.. July 17,-Tae
navy department this morning rccciY-
ed an official confirmation from Al
miral Remey of the reverse Of the al
lied forces at Tientsin on the morning
OF the 18th
The dispatch is dated Chefoo, July
JIG, and says: Reported that al. I'd
forces attacked native city the mona
ing of the 18th. Russians were On the
right, with Ninth infantry and marines
on the left.
Losses allied forces large. RuesNn,
100, including artillery colonel; ~.icr-
leans over thirty; British over forty;
japanese hfty-eight, including colonel;
French twenty-five. Col. LiscOm, 9th
infantry, killed; also Capt Davis, mar
inc corps; Capt Lemley, Lieuts. Butler
and Leonard wounded.
cat evening allied attack on native
city was repUlsed, with great loss. Re-
turns yet incomplete. Details not yet
confirmed. Remey"
Records OF the Fallen.
The war department has prepared
the following account of Col. Liscom' .
service record: He was born in YER
mont in 1871. He cnte the volun-
teer service as corporal in the First
Vermont infantry in May, 1861, and
was appointed second lieutenant Feb.
10, 1868. He rose in the regular line to
colonel of the Ninth infantry, April %,
1899. While in the Spanish war he
was made brigadier-general of volun-
teers July y, 1898, serving in that
capacity till Dec. 81 of the same year.
His record briefly stated in chronolo-
gical order is as follows:
Brevetted captain United States
army Aug. /, 1864, "for gallant services
in the battle of Bethesda Church and
during the campaign before Richmond,
Va" During the war of 1876, with
his regiment in the army of the Poto-
mac, participating in the battles of Ce-
dar Mountain, Bull Run, Chancellors-
willie, Gettysburg (where he was
wounded), Bethesda Church and the
siege of Petersburg.
Since the war Of the rebellion, he
served on the frontier, ETC., to April,
1898. commanding his regiment in
Florida and in the Santiago campaign
to July l, 1898, when he was wounded
in the battle of San Juan, Cuba; on
sick leave to April, 1899, and COM
manding his regiment en- route to and
in command of the First brigade, Sec
ond division, Eighth army corps, Jan.
Is, 1900, to April IS, 1900; commanding
his regiment in the Philippines to June
q, 1900, when he sailed with it for
Taku, China.
Capt. Austin R. Davis, United States
marine corps, also, killed, was native
of Georgia. He entered the marine
corps as a second lieutenant on July
i, 1894. He went out to the Philip
pines in April, 1899, in charge of the
marines, who took over the Cavite
naval station from the military
branch. His commission as captain in
the marine corps is dated March 3,
1899.
Capt. VIM. B. Lemly of the marine
corps, who is reported wounded, is
native of North Carolina, and
nephew of Judge Acknowledgement
Lemly of the navy. He entered the
corps on its increase in March. 1899,
being attached to the staff as an as
sistant quartermaster, with the rank
of captain.
Lieut. Smedley ID. Butler of the ma
rine corps, also wounded, was one of
the new officers in the service, having
been appointed from Pennsylvania in
April, 1899. He was sent to the Philip
pines Immediately upon his appoint.
ment and was one of the officers drawn
from the Cavite S.ation by Admiral
Kempff's forces at Tallu.
Maj James Reagan of the Ninth in
fantry entered the military service
from New York as a musician in
company H, Second infantry, before
the civil war. He served throughout
that war and received commission
as second lieutenant in the Eight
zenith infantry in December, 1866.
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