New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
DIED AS HEROES DIE.
Continued from FIRST ,,npe.

W as supposed to have been killed. but as the
SEA 1rch for his body was unsuct essfll it is now
believed that he was onI WV 1unded and was
carried off and secreted by his faithful retainers
General Wang Wen shao. all hough gray haired
and seventy years old, valf ntIy led his troops
in person He was killed, iand his force. which
was completely outnumber d. was routed.
BEsIEGERs REINFORCED.
Throughout the night repeated attacks were
made on the Legation, but these were invariably
repuIsed with heavy losses. Toward the end Of
the third watch. about @5 a m the allies had
practically defeated the besiegers, who were
wavering and gradually withdrawing But Just
t~en General Tung Fuh Slang arrived from the
Y unity of Tien-Tsn wial a large force Of Kan
S braves. BY this time the walls of the I.ega-
ti.an had been battered down and most of the
bu ldings We're in ruins, Many of the allies
ha d fallen at their posts. and the small band
thas was left took refuge in the wrecked build
ings which they endeavtTed hastily to fortify.
MET DEATH FIGHTING HARD
"U pom them the fire of the Chinese artillery
,Sent that the ammunition of the allies was run
ming out, and at o'clock as the advances of
the Ch inese in force failed to draw response a
ru.h ". determined upon.
Thus standing together as the sun rose. the
little remaining band all Europeans met death
stubbornky. There a desperate hand-to-
hand encounter The Chirtese lost heavily but,
as one maa1 fell, others fsdvanced: and finally
overcome hy overwhelming odds. every one of
the Europeans remaining: was put to the sword
in the most atrocious naauner."
ANOTHER STORY OF THE FIGHT.
The Shanghai correspondent of The Daily
Express" on the alleged authority of couriers
who brought the story, gives a sensational ac-
count. He says:
"Maddened with hunger. after having been
without food for many days, the members of the
legation and the guards made a sortie on the
night of June 80 and billed two hundred Chi
nese in unexpected attack. General Tung
Fuh Slang enraSed over the loss of so many
men. brought up heavy guns; and Prince Tuan
gave the order that every foreigner must be de-
stroyed His words were: Destroy every for
eign vestdge and make China a sealed book to
all Western Powers
PRINCE Tuan had previously discovered that
Prince Ching supplying the foreigners Sc
cretly with ammunition. He therefore ordered
General Tung Fuh Slang to nre on Prince
Ching's troops, and it is reported that Ching |
was killed or seriously wounded.
I'm the final attempt TO cut their way |
through the legation people formed a square, |
with the women and children IN the centre |
When the Boxers realized that they were being
attacked. they became like wild beasts, and shot |
each other in the darkness.
KILLED THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. |
The foreigners went mad, and killed all their |
women and children with revolvers. Heavy |
guns bombarded all night, until the buildings |
were demolished and in flames, Many foreigners
were roasted in the ruins The Boxers rushed
en- them and hacked and stabbed both dead and
wounded cutting off their heads and carrying |
them through the streets their rifles shout
ing hercey. They then attacked the native
Christian quarters, massacred all who refused
to join them outraged the women and Drained
the children Hundreds of mission buildings
We're burned"
CHINA BLAZING WITH REVOLT
The correspondent adds
"AH China is afame with revolt against
foreigners. Only in the extreme west is there
quietude. Every port even Shanghai is men
aced In the provinces of Hoo-Pe and Hoo
Nan thousands Of native Christians have been
mutilated and tortured the women being arst
outraged and then massaered"