The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-10
SEVEN HOURS Fighting.
Bloody Battle with Chinese Re-
ported TO Have Occurred
Sunday Morning.
ALLIES LOST OVER TWELVE HUNDRED.
The Allies Casualties Mere Mostly
Among the Russian and Jnpancse
Conttngemss-lsastIe Ground wns
nj Peit SANG. Some Distance From
Ticn rsiu.

Washington. Aug. G.-The following
dispatches have been received to-day:
"Chc Foo, Aug. 6.--i,ureau Nayiga-
tion, Washington: British gunboat
Fame reports. unofficial. an engage
ment at Peit Sang. Sunday morning.
{, from 10 10: 30. Allied loss. killed and
wounded, 1900; chiefly Russians and
| japanese. Chinese retIeating.
signedl "TAUsSIG."
"Che Foo, Aug. 6.--Bureau Naviga-
tion. Washington: Official report be-
lieved reliable. about 10000 allies heav-
lily engaged Chinese at Peit Sang day
light of the 5th.
| lSigned.l "REMEY,"
Taussig, who signed the first dis
patch. is in command Of the York
town, which is at Che Foo.
| Washington. Aug. 6.-Thc announce
ments received through Admiral
Eemcy and Commander Taussig. of re-
lorted heavy fighting on the road be-
yond Tien Tsin. was the news of in
teicst in the Chinese situation to-day.
Little doubt was expressed at the navy
department ,hat the news MAS SUBJ
stantially correct. 1t is probable q
later report may reduce the list of
casualties among the international
| forces. but il is evident that the move
ON Ptkin is at last fairly under way,
and that strong opposition has been
encountered. The war department Of
ficials who have been exceedingly re-
n
the scat of war. admitted to-day. when
the naval dispatches were received. tina.
the announcement Of tie battle was
not unexpected.
Ortimists' View Of situation.
Opinion among the various officials
now in Washington is somewhat disiu-
cd as 10 just what is presa-ed hy to-
days events. The more optimistic are
inclined 10 think that saei = severe
blow ~ the Chinese must have received
AT l'e;isang VIII result in the speedy
slisintegration of the forces now onpos-
ing the march of the international coli
uInn. In line with this prediction. IL
was prophcsied that the Chinese gov
eminent would find means 10 send the
nl,I istcrs from I'ckin under escort.
ard thus sta,e of the adsance upon
the capital.
Only n ReainrinE.
On the other hand there was a num-
lier Of officers. in n position 10 Judge
equally well. who held that the fight 1T
1citSang was only The beginning OF
strenuous resistance that would he
continued to the gates If l'ekin or be-
yond. IL was urged in support of this
view that the Chinese had hundred
men 10 lose against one 81 the allies:
that they were wcll-arrncd with mod
crn guns and had. apparently. an
abundance of amrpunition.
The r1an-Li Regime.
Ii is stated that considerable apprc-
hcnsion exists among those conyerSant
with oriental affairs at the reappcar.
nnce in Pekin politics ri that rabid
En,i-foreign fanatic. Ii Ping lung. IL
affairs may have had something To do
with the Shanghai rumors of Ii Hung
Changes suicide. 1t is certain that
with ii Ping Hung and Prince Tuan
in control of the de facto government
in China. a religious war of dery<sh-
like fanaticism would probably he
waged against all foreigners. and
fricn,s of the more liberal Chinese
Statesmen are exceedingly anxious as
10 their fate under the Tuan-ii regime.
Artillery supplies Tor Cbance.
The war department is in receipt OF
a dispatch from Gen. Macarthur. an
nouncing that he has shipped adoi-
tional artillery supplies to Taku for
use in the Chinese campaign. These
supplies include several gatling guns
end the remainder of the rife and
howiizer siege train now in Manila,
which. up 10 date. has remained use
less ia that country ON account Of the
bad roads How much better Gen.
Chafice may be able 10 handle these
MOI stcr guns through the almost inn
I.,ssablc rice swamps a. China. no one
AZ fine war department was willing To
guess. but his recent dispatch con-
tnimed an urgent appeal for more ar
tillcry. and he is getting il.
Effective Battcring Wenpon.
The ordnance experts at the war de-
parfment say that if il comes to u
bombardment of Pekin these five-inch
rifles and scven-inch howitzcrs. with
their enormous bursting charges OF
high explosives will be the most eff
fective battering weapons in the inter-
national column.
winister Wu NJ Cnpe May.
Minister WI left Washington on
Saturday for Cape May, and remained
away from Washington yesterday. al
though he had been expected to re-
turn on Sunday night.
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