Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-07-05
rREACHERY OF CHINESE ARMY.
Aid the Boxers In Attacking Troops Sent to
Relieve Pekin.

There is no longer any doubt as to
iympathy of the Chinese army with
.he Boxers. Admiral Seymour who
commanded the relief expedition sent
;e relieve Pekin gives detailed report,
which is the drst official information
confirming the suspicion of the powers,
rs no word has been received from Pc
sin for twenty days He says, under
late of June 29th.
Have returned to Tien Tsin with the
forces, being unable to reach Pekin by
rail
son June 13 two attacks on the adj
vance guard were made by the Boxers,
who were repulsed with considerable
loss to them, and none on our side.
''On June IA the Boxers attacked the
train at Lang Van in large numbers
and with great determination. We re-
pulsed them with a loss OF about 100
killed. Our loss was seven Italians,
"The same afternoon the Boxers at
tackled the British guard left to pro-
tect Lofa station. Reinforcements were
sent back and the enemy driven off
with 100 killed. Two of our seamen
were wounded.
1--WE pushed forward TO Anting and
engaged the enemy on June 13, and
June IA, inflicting loss of l75. There
were no casualties on our side.
Extensive destruction of the rail-
way in our front having made further
advance by rail impossible, l decided
on June is to return to Yang Tsun,
where it was proposed to organize an
sivance by the river TO Pekin.
AFTER my departure from Lang
Fang, two trains left TO follow on
we're attacked on Jnne ls, by Boxers
md imperial troops from Pekin, who
lost from 400 to 500 killed. Our casu-
alties were killed and 4s wounded.
These trains joined me at Yang Tsun
the same evening.
THE railway at Yang Tsun was
found entirely demolished and the
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1.-THE force being short of provisions
and hampered with wounded compelled
us to withdraw on Tien Tsin, with
which we had not been in communica-
tion for six days and our supplies had
been cut Off
"On June 10 the wounded, with nee
essaries, started by the boat, the forces
marching alongside the river
Opposition was experienced during
the whole course of the river from
nearly every village. Tho Boxers,
when defeated in one village, retired
to the next, and slilfully retarded our
advance by occupying well selected
positions from which they had to be
forced often at the point of the bayo-
net and in face of a calling fire diff
cult to locate.
ION June 23 we made night march,
arriving at daybreak opposite the inn
perial armory, Tien Tsin, where after
friendly advances. a treacherous heavy
hre was opened, while our men were
exposed on the opposite river bank.
The enemy We're kept in check by
rifle fire in front, while their position
was turned by party of marines and
seamen under Major 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 captured them.
The armory was next occupied bv
the combined forces Determined at,
tempts to retake the armorv were
made on the following day, but unsuc-
cessfully.
Found immense stores of guns arms
and ammunitions OF the latest pattern.
Several guns were mounted in our de-
Tense and shelled the Chinese forts
lower down.
Having found ammunition and rice.
we could have held out for some davs;
but, being hampered with large num-
bers of wounded, sent to Tien Tsin
for a relieving force, which arrived on
the morning of June 25.
The armory was evacuated and the
forces arrived at Tieu Tsin on June 2s.
We burned the armory."