The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-28
SHILLING THAT WAS THE REAL THING.

hHfLllNt Thai NAS n NEAL lflNt
Meantime. Of course the work OF posting
the Japanese artillery had been going on as
rapidly MS possible just about a mile 10 the
eastward OF the Tartar wall there Il a sharp
break In the ground. which falls away toward
the city on a much lower Level. For , quarter
of a mile or more there are no villages along
the road, the last Of the huts being lust at the
edge Of the blum and the next well down on
the Nat next 10 the city Along the edge ~
this hluN in the arc Of n great circle the japanese
planted their nfty-tour guns. and then for
three hours there was such music rs the people
in Pekin had not heard before One Of the
| correspondence down IN the street with the
advance guard counted twenty shellS that hit
the gate In one minute. still the Chinese hung
on and whenever the Smelling would slacken
10 give The Infantry n chance IN get n the gate
tho defenders would return 10 their l~oopholes
and pour In M hot a FIRE as ever They were
using apparently all the kinds Of rifles and
glngalS that they ever had had, the oldest
and worst as well as the newest and best. The
Japanese werr suffering n great many casu-
alties. but they never seem to mind that, and
certainly do not lot II interfere lightly with their
plans Cen Yamaguchl decided 10 stick 10 il
and blow III the gate NJ night II he couldn't
do II before, md before noon tho japanese
SITUATION had se''lNd GOWN 70 inc Ola one OF wait,
1HE AMERICAN ATTACK.
II happened that the INSTRUMENTATION about
the reconnaissance got 70 Gen Chafee some
time before the news Of the Russians action,
50 that the Americans were ready to net in
stan'ly on tho news and 60 in with their
attack n once. Col DaGGe't with two COM
panies Of the Fourteenth pushed straight
forward to tho wall. and the rest ~ the rpgi-
ment, tho Ninth and tho marines followed
more slowly. The morning was terribly hot
and the men suffered greatly. many being COM
plctclv overcome In spite Of the easy stages
Of the march II vas about in.30 o'clock when
Col DaRcctt came down TO the last little open
stretch that had n he crossed to get his mon
directly under the wall The road had been
below tho level NJ the surrounding country
all the way, but just a. the last there was m
open space NJ about thirty yards. The road
Cd infsluarely against the corner Of the wall
and It was necessary To 20 across the moat
under the wall and along IL TO the gate.
We were 10 60 through tho Tung-pien-mun,
the gate the Russians said they had taken.
Asour mon came down to the wall they saw the
Russians in hot action against the gate above
them. From another cato. to the southwark,
on tho east wall ~ the Chinese CITY, there was
n very stiH FIRE IN tho moat and toward the
Russians, In crossing the mont our men were
exposed to this IRE. They went one nj a time
as fast a. they could run and fortunately NOT
ono " them wa hit ever slightly. Once under
the wall the problem was 20 get up and the men
solved il for themselves in Just the same fashion
the little Japanese did at Tientsin. The wall
5 old and crumbling and many Of the bricks
are worn down at tho outside end. leaving holes
where an agile mAa can get a grip. In the