The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-08-10
THAT WAR IN CHINA
Allied Forces Ran Up Against
the Chinese.
Lost a Dozen Hundred Men, But
the Yellow Boys Took to
Their Heels.

The American and British forces be-
gan the advance on Pekin last Thurs
day, according to a dispatch dated Aug
2 from Iien Tsin to the Daily Express
The main body of the allies" con
tlnues the correspondent, marched July
30. General Chaffee was delayed by
difficulties of Decentralization. General
DOrward (the British commander) had
no such obstacles and his delay is in
explicable.
The other foreign troops are now
half way to Lola. The forces include
2O,OOO japanese under General Yam
achuchi, and 10000 Russians. The
British force totals 5000, and the other
forelgn troops are 1000. We are weak
in artillery.
August / a strong force of Chinese
from the native city attacked Ten Tsin.
by series of brilliant charges our
troops drove the enemy from their posi-
tiOns. The native city is still defiant
and the allies are unwilling to march
troops through its streets, as this would
mean an immense slaughter. When the
Chinese saw so large a body of troops
marching westward, they apparently be-
lieved they would have an easy victory
over those who were left"
A message to the same paper from q
correspondent in Pekin dated july %
says:
The women have borne all the hOr.
rOrs with marvellous fOrtitude, and even
with cheerfullness. The Chinese wanted
peace when the arsenals at Tien Tsin
were captured, and the negotiations
bade fair to be successful. UnfOrtun.
ately, Ii Ping Heng and Kang Yu ar
rived here at the critical moment and
OverthreW the peace party. Food has
been short, but not terribly SO, though
we have had to be very careful"
A Shanghai dispatch dated August 4,
says:
1.-The first overt attack upon foreign
ers occurred this morning. Three Chinese
supposed to be soldiers in disguise, fired
at a well-knOwn English resident while
he was lying asleep on the veranda OF
his house. He had narrow escape.
From various sources comes state
ments that large body OF Boxers, some
estimating them at 10000, is gathering
south Of Tien Tsin and threatening com
municatiOns."
HeadIess and Butchered.
Charles Mcintosh, Toronto, Canada,
man but an American citizen, who was
DR.. DlffendOrfers assistant in the wooden
mill, said: Il think | must have spent
about Is days in the tower. | was doing
sharpshOOtiDg most Of the time. We
got Lee-MetfOrd rifles from the arsenals,
and how many Mongolans they brought
to death | do not know. | tried to run
three engines out of Pekin, but did not
get far. | think we must have got hall
way through. Bodies of Chinese were
lying all along the track, headless and
butchered. 1t was the work of the Box
ers. They fought with spears and knives
until they got IN with the imperial
troops, and would not use foreign guns.
Now they have lot of them and they
shoot well.
1.-The tower commanded a view OF the
entire situation for miles. In the tower
part of the building the marines and
soldiers were holding the position
against the attacking party. They had
lOopholed the building by removing the
bricks, and it was necessary that they
should be kept posted on the movements
of the enemy so as to be prepared for
the charges. We signalled to them from
the tower and arranged to let them
know exactly where the Chinese were.
These are the kind of bullets we
used" said the speaker, as he drew sew
eral cartridges from his pocket. They
are dumdum bullets, and we got them
from the Chinese arsenal. They tear a
man to pieces, and we're probably in
tended for our fellows, but we gave the
Chinese a dose of their own medicine.
The Chinese had three guns in all
trained on the mill. They shot the
dwellings into ruins and damaged the
mill considerably. In all we had 1OC
marines in the mill. The American sol
diers that came to our rescue while we
were in the shot-riddled tower filled our
hearts with emotion indescribabIe The
marines were the first to come around
the bend near the tower. and they made
magnificent appearance with the flag
flying at the head of the column. The
people went wild with Joy at the sight OF
the reinforCements. The best fighters
among the allies are the Americans
British and japanese. The japanese
have earned a most enviable reputation
for discipline and bravery. Their army
seemed to be made up of men of exactly
the same size, and their equipment was
perfect. They are brave and patient,
"The American soldier has earned 6
great reputation for fighting qualities
Every man of them is a soldier OF tht
best quality. The boys seemed to have
the dash and energy that was lacking
in some OF the European commands"
ECCApEn FROM pEKvN