The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-06-29
SEYMOUR is RESCUED.
Relief Forces Arrive In Very
Nick of Time.
PROVISIONS NEARLY EXHAUSTED.
British Admiral Is Brought Safely to
Tien Tsin, Having Suffered Casualties
Aggregating 374 Men Has Heard

Nothing From Legations at Peking.
LONDON, June 29.-The casualties of
the international force attacking Tien
Tsin were: Americans, 3 killed, 9
wounded; British, killed, l wounded;
Germans, Is killed, 27 wounded: Rus
slams, 10 killed, 81 wounded
The gun fire of the Americans and
British is described as beautiful
After the relieving force pushed on to
relieve Admiral Seymour Chinese regu-
lars under General Mich, says a dispatch
from Shanghai, again attacked Tien
Tsin tiercely and bombarded the foreign
settlement with terrible fire.
Colonel Dorward, British, commanded
the column that relieved Admiral Sey-
monr. American marines participated
In the achievement. The admiral was
found intrenched and surrounded by
immense masses of Chinese, who were
driven off by the relieving column after
brisk fight His men had made
brilliant resistance, never failing in
courage for 10 days of continuous fight
ing During ten days the men were on
quarter rations. They started with
provisions for ten days and they could
have held out a day or two longer.
The column was few miles beyond
Lola. Deeming it hopeless to attempt
to break through the hordes, Admiral
Seymour essayed night retreat toward
Tien Tsin, but came in collision with
strong Chinese force arriving from the
northwest, and could neither advance
nor retreat. There was nothing to do
but intrench and stand siege He vainly
attempted heliograph communication.
Seymour's men caught several Chi
nese, who said the legations had been
burned and the ministers killed. Others
said that the ministers had been impris-
oned
The Chinese displayed fanatical cour-
age in the attack.
-Four Thousand Russians left Tien
Tsin four days ago after Admiral Sey-
mour, but they never got in touch with
him.
Railway communication from Taku
to Tien Tsin has been restored and the
force is advancing toward Peiing.
Fighting was in progress Wednesday
in the vicinit of TIE Chulin Prepara-
tons are being made to support and re-
lnforce the Peking relieving column
Twenty thousand troops of all arms.
largely Japanese, have now been landed.
/ The fate of the members of the lega-
tions is still mystery. If they are
alive and unframed at Peking, the Chi
3 nese government deserves some credit,
Shanghai correspondents think, for re-
straining the fanatical mob
( Shanghai dispatch says: cit is re-
ported on good Chinese authority that
the government alarmed by the foreign
military preparations, has issued an
edict ordering the peremptory suppress
sion of the Boxers and announcing a
decision to protect the legations at all
hazards" /"
However, as this may be, the British
legation at Shanghai received definite
information yesterday that while sol
emnly pressing complete abstention
from warlike preparations the, Chinese
are mounting several new 6-inch guns
at the Fro Sing forts.
-Four British warships have sailed
from Hong Kong to reinforce the allied
squadron at Shanghai. The southern
provinces are sending troops toward Pc
king, and the exodus of Chinese of all
classes from Shanghai continues at the
rate of from 10000 to $4,000 day
Russian prestige has been injured
during the recent fighting, and an anti
Russian rising i'll the Liao Tong penin-
sula Russian Manchuria, is predicted
An imperial decree published in
Shanghai yesterday, says a correspond
ent of the Daily Express, asserts that
the imperial palace in Peking was
burned on june Is and that the attack
Oh the palace was made by revolving
Chinese troops.
American Mission Destroyed.