Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-10
ALLIES ADVANCE IN TWO LINES.


Washington, Aug. S.--The dispatch Of
General Lhaiiee. Wlitten before the battle
oi sunday, con.isims the dispatches re-
oeNed at the navy department yesterday
ana also the press dispatches received to-
day concerning the attack ON the Chinese
at Iel lsang. General Chaii Dispatch
dated friday, Was not sent from Ihetoo
until today, an ineA pllcablc delay.
The most interesting feature vi the dis
patch is the information regarding the
positions Of the Chinese army and the fact
mat the advance upon tekln is made
by Two columns, one ON each side Of the
fei no river. The international force, as
gwen by General Chaiiee, would aggre-
gate about l4,UuU men, " hiie the other DIS
patches say iU,ouo, but tins difference can
easily be accounted tor US more Aien
mIgnl have been available when the move
ncnt began than when the conference
MAS neiu Oh the I'D inst. This coilfercu,e
Is supposed to have been between the sew
eral commanders present at 1lentsin. II
Is eN,uent that the foreign commanders do
not underestimate the task which they
have before them, as the dispatch shows
ih.tt a Thorough feconnaissance of the Chi-
iiese position mas been made, and that even
betoie the advance oi the International
iutccs fiuin tientaiii tic S1iii;ii;n;s.s .cyc
IA possession ol iull lniorma..on relative
10 lne Chinese posl.ion. ms Is one ot
Inc most welcome features oi the dispatch,
as II proves roncinssseiy that the interna-
tioiia column did not blunder upon an
miienched position OF the enemy.
According 10 the war department map,
the Town oi Pei Isang covers both slides
oi tne rner, out the main portion "a
Is ON the ielt side, wnete the Japanese,
English ana American forces had ar-
IdnSeu, according 10 General Chailcc
dispatch, 10 attack the enemy IN Hank.
4 lac lcit OF the Ihlnese on the other side
ol the river, according 10 the dispatch,
Vas partially protected by Hooded ground,
ANA piaciic.ly unassailable ior tnat r,A-
son. According 10 the map there Is "A
Lake i've miles nom the ri,er at this
point, and the ground may have been
hooded from tins Lake through the dykes
winch Sridifon The country thereabouts.
! he Russian and French iorces were u
attack .ne enemy lett on the right bans
OF the river between the river and the
railroad. lhis makes II probable that the
Hooded d stiict only extended 10 The line
oi the railroad, which at this point u
about mile and a half from the river.
General Chailee dispatch also shows
another important feature Of the plan OF
campaign agreed upon by the interna-
lional commanders. II Is expected that
the present objective point OF the column
l. ! ang Isun. Ihis is "A town about A..
miles beyond Pei Tsang, at the point
v here the railroad crosses the Pei IIo river
from the right ON the way to Pekin.
Ministers safe July 30.
Roine, Aug. Information received
here from 1akn, from Chcioo August 5,
says the commander OF the Italian cruiser
flba has seen note Of the governor Of
shan Tung, dated Pekin, July 80, saying
the ministers and foreigners are safe; that
provisions have been supplied to them,
and that conferences had taken place ON
| the subject of measures to be taken to
protect the ministers during their trip to
Iiehtsln, where, it Is added, they were to
establish their headquarters.