, 1900-07-17

partment this morning received official
confirmation from Admiral Remey of
the reverse Of the allied forces at Tien-
Tsin on the morning of the 18th. The
dispatch is dated Che Foo, July 16, and
says:
Reported hat allied forces attacked
native city this morning, 18th. Rus
slams right, with Ninth infantry and
marines on the left. Losses allied
forces large-Russians 100, including
artillery colonel; Americans over 80;
British over 40; Japan So, including
colonel; French 25.
Colonel Liscum, Ninth infantry,
killed; also Captain Davis, marine
corps.
Captain Lemley, Lieutenants Butler
and Leonard wounded.
AT Z, evening, allied attack on ma
tive city was repulsed with great loss.
Returns yet incomplete; details not yet
confirmed. REMEY."
Tien-Tsin, July 10, via Che Foo, Ju-
ly Is. and Shanghai, July 16.-At 2
o'clock this afternoon 1000 of the al
lied troops were attempting to storm
the walls Of the city. The attack be-
gan at daylight. Its success is doubt
| full. The Chinese on the walls are es-
timated c~onservatively at 1000. They
are pouring a terrific hail of artillery,
rifle and machine gun fire upon the at
hackers. The Americans, japanese,
British and French troops are attack
ing from the west, and the Russians
from the east.
The Americans suffered terribly. AS
the Associated Press representative
left the field the chief surgeon of the
Ninth infantry said a conservative es-
innate was hat 20 per cent of the
Americans were hit. Colonel Wilson
H. Liscum is reported to have been
MORALLY wounded as he was walking
in front of the troops. Major Regal
and Captains Buckmiller, Wilcox and
| Noyes are among the wounded.
The marine losses include Captain
I Davis killed and Butler, Leonard and
several others wounded.
Officers declare that it was hotter
than Santiago.
When the correspondent left the
Americans were lying in the plain be-
tween the wall and the river under an
%enfilading and a direct fire. 1t was
equally difficult for them to advance
or retreat.
The correspondent counted 300
wounded men of all ~nationalities.
The officers Of the United States Ma
rine corps mentioned in the foregoing
dispatch are probably Captain Austin
R. Davis, recently at Manila, killed,
and First Lieutenant Smedley D. But
Ter Of the United States steamer New
ark and First Lieutenant Leonard, re-
Gently on duty at Cavite and also Of
the Newark, wounded.
Washington, July 16.-It is stated at
the war department that no such per-
son as Captain Wilcox, who was re-
ported wounded, is in the Ninth infan-
try. The officials here think it might
be Major Wallace of the Ninth.
London, July 16.-The Evening News
prints a dispatch dated at Shanghai
today giving a detailed account Of the
attack Of the allied forces on the ma
tive city of Tien-Tsin, as reported in
the dispatch to the Associated Press
dated Tien-Tsin, July 10, via Che Foo,
July Is, and Shanghai, July 16.
According to the Evening News dis
patch, the allies were repulsed and
compelled to retreat with a loss Of
more than 100 killed, the British los
ing forty and the Japanese 60. The
kAmericans and Russians, it is added.
also suffered heavily. Among the
Americans killed were Colonel French
of the Twenty-ffth infantry and Colo
mel Lscum of the Ninth infantry. A
Russian colonel of artillery was also
killed.
The dispatch adds that the Cinnamon
fought with great desperation and
their workmanship was accurate and
deadly.
Washington, July 16.-The report
that Colonel French, Twenty-ffth in
fantry, was killed at Tien-Tsin is not
understood at the war department.
Oficials state positively that Colonel
French is not in China. There is but
one Colonel French in the service, and
he commands the Twenty-second infan.
try, two battalions Of which are In the
philippines, and the third n in this
country, On June 80 Colonel French
was in New York on sick leave.
New York, July ia dispatch t.
the Herald from Tien Tsin, July 8
says: While the Chinese are making
q stubborn resistance about Tien Tsir
they are making no attempt to regaiz
Taku or to cut OF the approach to Tier
Tsin Tsin by river or railway. The en-
tire distance is deserted by the native'
and troops come up without seeing
Chfnaman. Unguarded launches ply VI
and down with dispatches. The res
toration Of the railroads ia being push
ed forward.
The Chinese have = faculty Of NOV
ing their guns rapidly and opening nr