The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-04
sE7@oEg'g OFFICIAL REPORT.
He Describes the Hard Fighting Of
the Allied Forces.

A dispatch from London says the ad-
venturers of the hard fighting allies ur-
der Admiral Seymore, their reaching
Anting, y miles from Pekin, the de-
cision to retreat, the capture Of rice
and immense stores of modern arms
and ammunition, affording material for
strenuous defense until relieved-all
this is tod in dispatch from Admiral
Seymour received by the admiralty at
midnight, which runs as follows:
''Tien Tsin, June 81, via Cheefoo,
June %, 1903 p. m.-Have returnedto to
Tien Tsin with the forces, having been
unable to reach Pekin by rail. On June
Is two attacks on the advanced guard
were made by Boxers who were re-
pulsed with considerable loss to them
and none on our side. Oo June II the
Boxers attacked the train at Lang
Yang in large numbers and with great
determination. We repulsed them with
loss of about 100 killed. Our loss was
five Italians. The same afternoon the
Boxers attacked the British guard left
to protect Lola station. Reinforce
meuts were sent back and the enemy
were driven off with 100 killed Two
of our seamen were wounded.
I'VE pushed forward to Antiug and
engaged the enemy on June 13 and
June II INJECTING loss of 175. There
were no casualties on our side. Exten-
sive destruction of the railroad in our
front having made further advanced by
r.il impossible, l decided on June l6 to
return to Yank Tsun, where it was pro-
posed to organize au advance by the
river to Pekin. After my departure
from Lang Yang two trains left to fol-
low on were attacked on June IS by
Boxers and imperial troops from Pekin,
who lest from 100 to 500 killed. Our
casualties six killed and 49 wounded.
These trains joined me at Yang Tsun
the same evening.
''The railway at Yang Tsan was
found entirely demolished and the
trains could not be moved. The force
being short of provisions ard hamper.
ed with wounded compelled US to with
draw on Tien Tsin with which we had
not been in communication for six days
aud our supplies had been cut off. On
June 10 the wounded, with necessaries,
started by boat, the forces marching
along the river. Opposition was ex-
perienced during the whole course of
the river from nearly every village, the
Boxers, when defeated in one village
retiring to the next aud skilfully re-
tarding our advance by occupying well
selected positions from which they had
to be forced, often at the point Of the
bayonet and in face Of a CALLING fire
difficult to locate.
"On June % we made night march,
arriving at daybreak opposite the i'm
perial armory, above Tien Tsin, where,
after friendly advances, treacherous
heavy fire was opened, while our men
were exposed On the opposite river
bank. The enemy were kept in check
by rife fire in front, while their posi-
tion was turned by party Of marines
and seamen under Maj. johnson, who
rushed and occupied one of the salient
points, seizing the guns. The Germans,
lower down, silenced two guns and
then crossed the river and captured
them. The armory was next occupied
by the combined forces. Determined
attempts to retake the armory were
made on the following day but unsuc-
cessfully
Found immense stores of guns,
arms and ammunition of the latest pat
tern. Several guns were mounted in
our defense and shelled the Chinese
forts lower down. Having found am
nunition and rice We could have held
out for some days; but being hampered
with large numbers Of wounded, sent
to Tien Tsin for the relieving force
which arrived on the morning Of June
%. The armory was evacuated and the
forces arrived at Tien Tsin on June 26.
We burned the armory Casualties to
date: British, killed p; wounded rs;
American, killed /; wounded 25;
French, killed l; wounded 10; Germans,
killed II; wounded 81; Italian, killed
5; wounded 3; Japanese, killed 2;
wounded 3; Austrian, killed /; wound
ed l; and Russians, killed 10; wounded