The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-30
FIGHTING WAS FAST.
SEYMOUR SENT THE STORY OF HIS
EXPEDITION.
ENEMY MET AT EVERY STEP.
VILLAGE AFTER VILLAGE DE-
TENDED By THE BOXERS.

Time and Again the Relieving Force
Was Attacked, Driving Back The
Eeathen-Treachero Heavy Fire
Opened After Friendly Advances.
Great Stores of Arms and Ammu-
milton Were Captured-Guns of the
Latest Pattern.
London. June 80, 8 a. m.-The adventures
of the hard-hghting allies, under Admiral
Seymour, their reaching .Anting, twelve
miles from Pekin, the decision to retreat
the capture of rice and immense stores Of
modern arms and ammunition, affording
material for strenuous defense until re-
neved-an this is told in q dispatch from
Admiral Seymour received by the admi-
rally at midnight, which runs as follows:
''Tien Tsin, June 81, via Che Foo, June
29 1906 p m.-Have returned to Tien
Tsiu with the forces, having been unable
to reach Pekin by rail. On June 49, two
attacks on the advanced guard were made
by the Boxers, who were repulsed with
considerable loss to them and none on cur
side On June Ii, the Boxers attacked the
train at Lang Yang in large numbers,
and with great determination. We repuls-
ed them with a loss of about 100 killed. Our
loss was five Italians.
THE same afternoon the Boxers at
tackled the British guard left to protect
Lola station. Reinforcements were sent
back and the enemy were driven off with
@ hundred killed. Two of our seamen
were wounded. ;5'sa9aeasEsiE
I'VE pushed forward to Anting and en-
gagged the enemy on June 13 and June "A,
snf1icting a loss of 175. There were no
casualties on our side.
Extensive destruction of the railroad
In our front, having made further advance
by rail impossible 1 decided on June l6
TO return to Yang-Tsun, where it was
proposed to organize an advance by the
river to Pekin. After my departure from
Lang Yang, two trains left to follow on,
were attacked on June is by Boxers, and
imperial troops from Pekn, who lost from
400 to 500 killed. Our casualties were six
killed and 4S wounded. These trains join
ed me at Yang Tsun the same evening.
THE railway at Yang Tsun was found
entirely demolished and the trains could
not be moved. The force being short
of provisions and hampered with wound
ed, compelled US TO withdraw on Tien
Tsin. with which we had not been in com
munication for six days, and our supplies
had been cut off.
ION June 49, the wounded. with neces-
saries, started by boat, the forces march
ing alongside the river. Opposition was
experienced during the whole course of
the river from nearly every village, the
Boxers, when defeated in one village re-
tiring to the next and skillfully retarding
our advance by occupying well-selected
positions from which they had to be
forced often at the point of the bayonet
and in face of a calling fire difficult to
locate.
ION June % we made night march, ar
riving al daybreak opposite the imperial
armory above Tien Tsin, where. after
friendly advances, a treacherous heavy
fire was opened, while our men were eX-
posed on the opposite river bank. The
enemy were kept in check by rifle fire in
front while their position was turned by
a party of marines and seamen under
Mai. Johnson, who rushed and occupied
one of the salient points, seizing the guns
The Germans, lower down, silenced two
guns and then crossed the river and cap
tured them. The armory was next occu-
pied by the combined forces. Determined
attempts to retake the armory were made
on the following day. but unsuccessfully
Found immense stores of guns, arms
and ammunition of the latest pattern
Several guns were mounted in our defense
and shelled the Chinese forts lower down
Having found ammunition and rice,
we could have held out for some days;
but being hampered with large numbers
of wounded l sent to Tien Tsin for re-
lieving force. which arrived on the morn
ing of June 25 The armory was evacuat-
ed and the forces arrived at Tien Tsin on
June &c. We burned the armory
Casualties to date: British killed, q;
wounded rs. Americans, killed. A. wound
ed, %. French. killed l; wounded 10. Ger
mans. killed, u; wounded 62. Italians,
killed, g. wounded, 8. Japanese, killed. 2;
wounded, 8. Austrian, killed, 1; wounded,
/, and Russians, killed. 10; wounded, q.
No News of Legations.
London, June so, a. m.-There
Is absolutely no authentic word
as to the whereabouts of the members of
the legations, although abundant reports
from Chinese sources say that they were
safe a few days ago. The Daily Mails
Shanghai correspondent telegraphing yes
terday, says:
"An imperial decree has been sent 20
all the viceroys, advising them that the
foreigners were safe in Pekin on June 25,
and affirming that the government woul1
protect them This is authentic and re-
liable ! received it through high Chi
nese official, having means of communica-
tion from the capital to Shanghai, by cou-
rier to Pao Ting Flu, and thence by teie-
graph.
There is no doubt that the Chinese gov
ernment fully recognizes what the safety
of the ministers implies at the present
time and for this reason there Is less
nnpaSinesS aho1t them ~
The Shanghai correspondent of The Daily
Express, under yesterdays date, says;
Chinese officials declare they have I'M
perial authority for stating that the for
eign ministers left Pekin for Tien Tsin,
via Poo Ting Flu. on June &C. They mad
passports and were escorted by strong
body Of Chinese troops. 1t is impossible
to verify this statement, and the consuls
here are not disposed 10 place much faith
In it. Jung Lu. former generalissimo OF
the Chinese forces, who was dismissed by
the Empress Dowager when she designated
Pu Chun as heir apparent to the throne
has promulgated an order to all viceroys
and governors not to obey imperial edlcts
issued since June 16. This is interpreted
TO mean another coup d'etat is toreshad-
owed. and It is believed that new en-
peror will be proclaimed"
Ii Hung Delayed.
The Canton correspondent of the Daily