The age-herald., 1900-08-14
The Fourteenth Infantry Suffer ed Severe Loss.
"A DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE
Shanghai Report Says the Allies at Noon Saturday Were Within
 's Twenty Miles of Pekin- Report Believtd

London, August IA, $50 a. m-A Yang Tsun dispatch dated August 7 giving de- tails regarding the capture of that place, says:
 "rhe Russians and French held the left, the British the left center, the Americans the right center and the Japanese the extreme rights. The British and Amerl- cans advanced on the village at a rapid rate for 5000 yards under a severe shell and rifle fire. The Russians opened, and the British-American advance became a race for positions, eliminating in a bril- liant charge. The heaviest loss of the day was sustained by the Americans, many of the Fourteenth Infantry having been killed, 62 wounded and several missing. The Bengal Lancers unsuccessfully at- tepmted to cut off the Chinese retreat.'
 Another Yang Tsung special says:
 owing to a mistake British and Rus sian guns shelled the Fourteenth United States Infantry during the night, wound ing ten."
 Commenting upon this occurrence the Standard says
 Tt is melancholy to learn that the losses of the Americans, who seem to have borne themselves with conspicuous gallantry, were increased by a deplorable error in consequence of which one of their regi- ments was pounded by Russian and Brit ish cannon. The incident emphasizes the necessity of that close cooperation which is not easily obtainabe without single commander and a general staff.'
 The British Consul at Canton, says the Daily Telegraph's correspondent there, has received the following message, dated August 6, from Sir Claude Macdonald, British Minister in Pekin:
 "Our situation here is desperate. In ten days our food supply will be at an end. Unless we are relieved a general massa- ere is probable.
 'The Chinese offer to escort us to Tien Tsin, but remembering Cawnpore, we re- fuse the offer. There are over 200 Eu- ropean women and children in this Lega- tion'
 In Twenty Miles of Pekin
 The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express, writing yesterday, says:
 "The allies at noon Saturday were within twenty miles of Pekin."
 As General Chaffees report, which is the only authentic news received here regard ing the advance, located the internationals 4 it seems probable that the Shanghai re- that the allies could avance twenty miles in as many hours.
 Official advices from Yokohoma dated yesterday say that the allies propose to ad- vance on August to Nan Tsi Tsung be- tween Yang Tsun and Wu Sing. The Jap anese suffered no casualties at Yang Tsun but the official reports say they had 300 at Pietsang.
 The Daily Mails S. Petersburg correspon- dent declares that the taking of Aingun has sealed the fate of the rising in northeast ern Manchuria. He adds:
 Killed the Wounded
 ''No prisoners were taken by the Rus sians. Wholesale massacre was the order of the day and when the battle was over the Cossacks rode over the field, killing all the wounded with the butt ends of their muskets."
 Once more the press of England remarks upon the ability of the American govern ment to secure news for the rest Of the world. "It Is to General Chaffee," says the Daily News that we are again indebted for news from the front. Not single des- patch from Sir Alfred Gasalee has thus far been issued by the war office"
 Commenting upon the American reply to the Chinese overtures the Daily News says:
 ''The reply is more conciatory than that of M. Delcasse and in some respects 1t Is little ambiguous. Still, its substance is the same. It may be observed that the United States Government does not seem to separate itself from the allies."
 All the small arms ammunition used by the allies will be in accordance with the recommendations of the peace conference, ncne being explosive or expanding. The drain of the China and South African wars upon England's stores is so great that every private firm has been enlisted to help the government supply the demand and to restore the reserve, which Is much below par. All the great ammunition firms are working night and day to meet the gov ernment's wishes.