New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-21

tachment of the relief force and one from Cen
eraI Fukushima. in command of the Japanese
detachment. or army. rather. which appears to
be very strong. General Gazelee's letter was
dated from South Tsai-Tsung "a place not quits
half way between here and Tien-Tsin). August
s. 1900. and said:
Strong force OF alIies advancing. Twice defeated
enemy. Keep up your spirits
General Fukushimas, bearing the same date
was much longer. and such of it as the chief has
thought fit to publish TO the outer world runs as
follows:
japanese and American troops defeated tho
Tsinl. and occupied Yang-Tsun about one-quarter
q tho way up the 9Th the n ae Rssen lent
YangTsun this morning august s,to 3d. and while af
from yoar Ietsr that the foreign commgny at
unanimous and earnest desire Of the lieutenant
General and all of US to arrive at Pekng as soon
position.
He then goes to give the probable dates of
arrival at various places on the route, according
to which the troops should to-day be at Chang
Chia-wan, about seventeen miles from here; to-
morrow at TungChou. where they evidently an
ticpate a battle, since they allow a whole day
for the few miles between those two places, and.
finally. the probable date of arrival at Picking
August IL or IA.
JUBILATIoN SUCCEEDS DEPRESSION.
You can well imagine that after such a long
time Of monotonous suspense this good news
caused great jubilation, and to-day every one is
tremendously "bucked up" especially as our food
supply is beginning to look rather small and
we will soon be on starvation rations besides the
fact that the night attacks are again becoming
very heavy. However. I must once more try to
get back to my tale of woe, where left off be-
fore. am sorry that DO not write this more
regularly every day. II is not that have not
got time, as there is no lack OF that for
wretched wounded Zero with nothing to do;
but the reason is that am doing sort of private
secretary work for DR.. Morrison. our Times"
correspondent. who, told you, was slightly
wounded, and is In the convalescent ward with
me. He is, of course, preparing his detailed
count Of the siege. to be wired and sent home as
soon as we are released and my duties consist
in copying out all his various documents Conse-
quently, after writing away for him for several
hours end do not feel much inclined TO sit
down and go on writing my own account
You must be sure TO read carefully all that he
has got to say in 1.-The Times" as his account is
very good one.
was Just going to tell you last Monday about
our food supply and cornmissariat department.
A good deal of fuss was made about 1t when the
fellows in Ladysnlith began eating their horses,
but great Scott, we have been living on nothing
else since a few days after the siege began.
Fortunately. we had several hundred at our dis
posal but as we have been Chewing the poor
beasts at the rate of two a day. we have
very nearly come TO the end Of supply and
there are only few Of the more valuable ones
left do not think that poor old Creggan (ny
pony) ever graced the table. He stampeded out
Of the gate with a few others some time ago, and
I think strayed away and was lost.
HORSEFLESH THEIR STEADY DIET.
AS soon as the siege began the two foreign
stores in the quarter were looted. and all the
timed edibles brought into the British Lega-
ton, but. of course, they did not so far Besides
the ponies our salvation has been most oppor-
tune milk with large stock of grain, right in
the middle Of Lesation-st. This, Of course, we
Immediately Communicated, and can turn out
an ample supply of bread each day. At the be-
ginning Of the siege we also had-a small flock Of
sheep, but the mutton mostly reserved for
the hospital, women and children. The supply of
timed milk ran low some time ago, and what
was left was all Communicated for the hos
pital, so most of US have not seen milk for days
In fact. we have lived solely on porridge horse
flesh, bread and rice, and though this gets mo-
notonous day after day. we cannot say that we
ourselves are pinched in any way as yet.
In our mess nowadays the daily and unvary-
ing menu is:
reakfast-Porridge quite alone, milk any
Tiffn-Horse (also tout smpie-no vegetables) and
Tea-Bread and butter there Is still a little but
ter left)
Dinner-Horse and yellow rice"
Next Day:
Observation-Disclosures. etc. ana ad nauseam.
We who haven't the lady chiefs table enjoy
little extra Injuries, such occasionally pud-
ding for tiffin and a small ration OF cheese for
dinner, but In spite of these delicacies the mo-
notonous pony is apt to pail bit. However. we
must not complain, as we could not have be-
heved at the beginning of the siege that we
could possibly hold out nearly so long as we
have done. and as matter Of fact it is ex-
ceedingly lucky for that the troops are so
near, as in about ten days a great crash would
cone-every pony would be "chowed," all the
grain and rice would be exhausted and we would
be in nasty fix.
FEARING A FINAL ATTACK.
Wherefore, let us hope that the troops do not
meet with any sort of reverse which may delay
their advance. In that case, however, I think
a determined attempt would be made to Soup
per" US. they are evidently only holding off
through fear Of the advancing force, and we
might not survive to feel hungry. We have
been able sometimes to buy a good many eggs
sold to us surreptitiously at our barricades by
the soldiers who are besieging us, and these have
been a priceless boon to the sick babies and in
valids. The Yamen even, one day sent us in a
present Of ice, countless watermelons (ten times
more deadly than their bullets and shels). and
two hundred pounds OF hour-a fat lot to be dis
tributed among four thousand hungry people!
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