The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-14

States.
LONDON, AUGUST 14-The shan
ghai correspondent or the Daily News
yesterday say the allied forces were
within 20 miles of Pekin.
1t is scarcely likely that the allies
could have advanced 20 miles in as
many hours.
A Yang Tsun dispatch dated August
Z giving details regarding the capture
Of that place says:
The Russians and French held the
left, the British the left center. the
Americans the right center. The Brit
ish and Americans advanced on the
city at a rapid rate for 5000 yards UNI
der a severe shell and rifle fire. The
Russians opened aAd the American
British advance became a race for 20
sitions, eliminating in a brilliant
charge.
"The heaviest loss Of the day was
sustained by the Americans. the 18th
infantry having nine killed and sixty
w wounded and several missing. The
Bengal lancers unsuccessfully attempt
ed { ocut off the Chinese retreat"
Another Yang Tsun dispatch says:
owing TO a mistake, British and
Russian guns shelled the 14th United
States infantry during the night and
wourdCC ten"
Commenting on this occurrence. ~"
Standard says:
1T is melancholy to learn that the
losses of the Americans, who seeu,s to
have borne themselves with cous;icu-
Gus ~gallantry, were increased by a de-
plorable error, in consequence Of which
their regiments were pounded by Rus
sian and British cannon The incident
emphasizes the necessity for a close
cooperation which is not easily OBJ
tainable without a general commander
and a general staff"
Official advices from Y~okohoma,
dated yesterday says that the allies
propose to advance on August 7 to
Nan Isl Tsung, between Yang Tsun
and WI Sing. The Japanese suffered
no casualties at Yang Tsun, but the
official reports say that they lost 800
at Peitsang.
The Daily Mails ST. Petersburg COR
respondent declares that the taking OF
Aikum has sealed the fate of the ris-
ing in eastern Manchuria. He says:
mo prisoners were taken by the
Russians. Wholesale massacre was the
order Of the day and when the battle
was over the Cossacks rode over the
field, killing all the wounded with the
butt end Of their muskets."
Once more the press OF London re-
marks unon the ability of the Ameri-
can government to secure news ahead
o fthe rest of the world. "It is to Gen.
Chaffee," says the Daily News. that
we are again indebted for news from
the front. No a single dispatch from
C.- HG-l -. .- 90 ~A-
issued from the war office"
Commenting upon the American re-
ply to the Chinese overtures, the Daily
News says: THE reply is more concii-
itory thar hat Of NJ. DeIcasse, and in
some respects it is a little too ambigu-
u Still, the substance is the same.
1t may be observed that the United
States government does not seem to
separate itself from the allies"
All of the mail arms used by the al
lies will be in accordance with the rec
concentrations Of the peace conference,
none being exploding or expanding
The drain of china and South Africa
upon England's stores is so great that
every private firm has been enlisted 10
help the government supply the de-
mand and to restore the reserve which
is much below par.
All the big ammunition factories are
working night and day in their efor's
to meet the governments wishes.
The British government, according
to the Shanghai correspondent Of he
Times, has offered to lend rs, 800 pounds
at 4 1-2 per cent to the viceroy of WI
Chang, province of Hr Pee, on the
Yang Use Kiane for IA payment CT
provincial troops.
LONDON, AUGUST 14.-Count Won
Waldersee. when bidding farewell yester-
dav TO the officers Of the Tenth Army
Corps a. Hanover, according TO the
Daily Mails Berlin correspondent said:
Upon the pluck of my soldiers 1 shali
rely to carry out my mission for the
welfare and the glory Of the fatherland'
and know that if the present difhcuitles
SHANGHAI, SUNDAY, AUGUST IL.
"A native powder magazine exploded
last night. The damage done is not
Known. Foreigners are not Admired
within the enclosure. .
PARIS. AUGUST 1.-THE Psha or
Persia arrived at Ostend at 5 O'Clock
tonight. He was received by the mill
tarv authorities, his arrival being ap-
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