The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-25
THE GALLANT NINTH
PERILOUs POSITION OCCUPIED DY
THE AMERICANS.
SUPPORTED THE JAPANESE.
FOUND THEMSELVES FACING a
CHINESE BARRICADE.

Americans md japanese Troops.
Foreigners In Pekin Are Reported
Living-Large Part of Ticn Tsin
burned After the BnttIe-Americnn
Wounded Arc Reported Doing
Well.
Copyright. 1900, the Associated Press)
Tlen Tsin, Saturday. July IA, via che
Foo. July l6 and Shanghai, July 4-The
Ninth Regiment, L. S. Infantry, entered
the fight at Tien Tsin with 430 men. An
incomplete list of casualties shows eigh
teen killed, seventy-hve wounded and two
missing. The marines had four killed and
eighteen wounded.
Maj. James Regan, Ninth Infantry, vas
wounded in the leg, Capt. Edwin V. Book
miller Ninth Infantry in the leg and
groin; First Lieutenant Smedley d. But
Ter. L. S. Marine Corps. In the leg; Capt.
William B. Lemly U. S. Marine Corps IN
the arm Second Lieutenant Frank r.
Lang, Ninth Infantry. in the foot.
First Lieutenant Henry Leonard, of the
Marine Corps. carried Lieut.. Butler from
the field under a fierce fire He was shot
in the upper left arm while returning. but
ran and swan a mile under fire, getting
to the rear. His arm was amputated to-
day
Cept Charles r. Noyes who had been
slightly wounded in the leg and arm.
swan a mile with only his nose above
water, with a request for reinforcements.
First Lieut.. Louis B. Lawton, of the
inf afot aGh Fnin
forcements under fire, and received three
slight wounds.
Col. Liscum was shot in the abdomen
and died half an hour later. His last
words were Keep up firing"
In PeriIous Position.
The Ninth was ordered to support the
Japanese. who were receiving an en-
filading fire. After crossing a mud wall
half mile from the city wall, the Ninth
shifted, advancing against the hanking
fire, and reached a marsh beside the river
al the southwest corner of the city. A
body of Chinese in a burned village under
the wall just across the river, where
they were strongly barricaded, poured in
a fire, and whenever an American raised
a hand he was shot. A Nordenfelt gun
and two small cannons were also trained
upon them. They lay in the mud all day
without a surgeon TO attend their wounds.
and were unable to move or help the
wounded. without food and drinking the
canal water. They had exhausted theIt
ammunition, except a few rounds which
were retained in order to repel charge
If it should be made. None expected 10
escape. A few reaching the rear, report
ed that half OF the command had been
killed or wounded, including heat pros
tratons in the estimate
After the Americans had retired under
cover of the darkness they struggled back
in squads all night. pitifully exhausted
and carrying their wounded. The Ameri-
can hospital was crowded and short of
ton of such losses.
Gathering Up the Dead.
To-day squads searched the fields, coll
lecting the dead and wounded. Col Lis
GUMS body was escorted to a boat this
evening by two battalions of English
Il "a
their head. Lieut.. Col. Coolidge, who Is
now commanding the regiment, and Mai.
Lee were among the pail bearers. The
chap ain of the marine corps read the
service at the canal lock- The body will
be shipped TO San Francisco.
The to.al losses Of the allies were about
800 The British lest about so. The Japan
ese estimate their killed at 30, and wound
ed at $50 The Russians estimate their cas-
ualties at 80.
All day long the work of bringing in
the dead and wounded was continued.
The japanese were the heroes of the
battle Their fighting was remarkably
brave, and was praised by all their col
leagues. When some of the foreign Off
GERS counseled retreat last night the Jap
anese general said:
when my men move II will be for
ward"
This morning they charged the breaches
in the wall made by the artillery and
fought hand to hand in the streets. Their
conduct after the fight was equally good.
as they refrained from looting while some
Of the European soldiers were having an
orgie.
Dead Cinnamon cover the walls and
streets OF Tien Tsin.
Fifty guns were captured. The place
was full of munitions OF war.
Many fires have been started and the
city will probably be burned.
The Chinese are retreatlng toward Pc
kin.
Tien Tsin After the Battle.
Tien Tsin, Sunday, July Is. 8 p. M, via
Che Foo, July II, and Shanghai. July "a
Chinese from the walled city report that
the foreigners in Pekin are living, having
taken shelter in a bomb-proof. About
1000 Chinese were engaged in 'he battle
here July 10. More are coming from Pc
kin.
Gen. Mich was imprisoned because he
opposed making war on the foreigners
but afterward was released on the condi-
tion that he fight them. To this he sc-
ceded with lukewarmness. After the bat
tic he committed suicide.
A large part Of the walled city was