Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-21
A RUSSIAN VICTORY
They Defeated the Chinese With
Great Slaughter along the Bor-
der of Siberia.
THE CHINESE SURPRISED
Part Of the Town of Aigun Was Destroyed
by the Russians Blagavestchenk Re-
lievsd-The Boxer Rebellion Is
Still Spreading.

st. Petersburg, July 21-The Chinese
who attacked Blagovestchensk concen.
trated on the right bank of the Amul
river. They have been severely routed
at the village of Sakhalin, which was
burned by shells from Russian guns
The Chinese town of Aigun has been
partly destroyed. The Russians occu-
pied all important defensive positions
on the right bank of the river driving
the Chinese out. 1t appears that the
Chinese were quite taken by surprise
They considered themselves masters of
Blagavestchensk, and never expected
an attack from the Russians, both in
the rear and front, but the czar's troops
carried out the operations with great
brilliancy, killing 1000 Chinese and cap
turing seventeen guns. At the same
time, their own losses were inconsid-
erable
STILL SPREADING
Shanghai, July N.-The Boxer rebel
lion is spreading northwest to the
Shansi, Shensi and Kamsu provinces
and southwest to the province of Ha-
nan.
A TERRIFIC BATTLE.
New York, July 21.-The Evening
World publishes the following from its
Tien Tsin correspondent, under date of
Che Foo July 10, via Shanghai, July 21
The attack on the native city Of Tien
Tsin, July 13, resulted in the narrowest
escape from what seemed up to mid
night would be terrible disaster for
the allies. The Russians swinging north
and the other allies south at daybreak,
the Russians to take the forts near the
native city wall and the other allies the
city ITSELF General Fukushina the
japanese commander, promised that
the Japanese engineers, after three
hours of shell fire from all the guns
would cross the bridge over the WALL
and. blowing up the great south gate,
would make breach for the infantry
to enter. Upon this depended every
thing. General Fukushina had not
secuted the bridge, and in twenty. four
hours had not secuted the ground over
WIlCH the Charge Oh tHe DIluSe Hdu 10
be made
CHINESE DESTROYED BRIDGE.
The Chinese destroyed the bridge and
flooded the land around it. The allies
shell fire.in no wise subdued the Chi
nese rifle fire from the loop holed WALL
which was 80 feet high, with moat 20
feet in depth around it. The outer wall
of mud made 1t impossible for the In
fantry and the marines coming on the
field to reply to the Chinese fire. They
lost fifty men in ten minutes. and then
rushed back from the mud wall which
they had reached.
A COMBINED ATTACK.
General Dorward, the British COM
mander, hastened forward with a frag-
mentary instead Of an integral skirmish
line. The American marines and the
Welsh fusileers, together, under the
command of Waller, were on the ex-
treme left. Then the British marines
and the French advanced with the Jap
anese along the road toward the gate in
the mud wall. Forwards plan for the
Americans to support the, Japanese was
not made clear to Colonel Liscum, of
the 9th United States infantry. Dor
ward lays the blame for the blunder
and the sacrifice of life on Liscum, but
Forwards chief Of staff was heard to
say when Liscum moved: Get in down
the road anywhere quickly
THE AMERICANS CHARGE.
Liscum hurriedly led his men through
the gate in as open order as possible
They were Immediately under fire. The
staff saw them pass over the bridge
lading to the field which proved to be
a cul de sac. Before two battalions Of
the Americans, numbering 426 men,
could extend themselves they were SUBJ
jected, besides a fire from the loop
holes in the forts, to fierce fire from
the embrasures in the line Of fortified
mud houses on the flank Three thou
sand rifles, probably, were turned on
them with an accuracy which amazed
every officer among the allies.
AMERICANS SUFFER TERRIBLY.
The blue shirts of the American
troops made them distinct marks,
whereas the khaki uniforms of the al
lies could not be seen. Colonel Liscum,
guiding his men, walked up and down
the line, not even ducking his head
while the bullets fell around. The
Americans charged into the flank fire
with rushes. The ground over which
%I,o, ~, n rcra1 xuoo ~, rchxy ouH 1innd
, with bitches. 1t was evidently Colonel
Liscum's intention to rush the houses
from which the flank fire was coming,
and thus get position for flanking the
wall. At 1890 o'clock the line had just
reached the shore of the canal, and 80
yards separated them from the houses,
when the color bearer fell. Llscun
picked up the colors and stood looking
around, apparently for ford.
COLONEL LIsCUM FALLS.
Better get down or they'll hit you,' y
shouted Major Regan.
II guess not" was Liscum's reply.
The next instant a sharpshooter's
bullet went through the colonel's abdo.
men. "I've got It," he said, as he fell
"Get at them II you can," the dying Off.
Ger said, and added, as his last words:
Don't retreat, boys. Keep on firing"
Reagan was hit Immediately after.
ward.
IN A BAD PLIGHT.
All day the allies line lay under any
cover the men could find, running ou,
of ammunition. The July sun was beat
ing down on them; they had nothing tt
drink but salty marsh water. Mean
while the wounded came struggling and