The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-09-07
HEROIC DEFENSE OF PEKIN
DEFENsEs OF LOCATIONS WE'RE
WONDERFUL.
every scrap Of Metal Converted late An
hmunition-s5 $4,000 worth - six
Ussd "a Making Breastworks.

/ ehiti"n Nopsooo worth ~ six
Used "a Making Brssst~orks.
Since the entrance into Pekin rrea,
Interest has been manifest In the
heroic defense made by the legations
The relief forces were surprised upo,
Inspecting tho defeuses at their com.
pleteness Tho barrfcades are, afte,
all the most wonderful sight 10 Pekin.
The barriers hedging the British leRA.
tion are marvel OF stone and brick
walls and earthworks. sandbag,
shield every foot Of space. The tops
OF the walls have inches for the rife.
men aud the buildings At their nor.
teoa aud windows have armor boxe.
bags stuffed with dirt and pillows. too
Back Of the United States legation H.
work named Fort Myers" which
tue marines held. completely screening
both sides Of the walls, with stems
leading to H. There i,s ioopholo In
the barrier acroS, the walls W hieh face.
similar Chinese work . few yard.
away. Another wall bars Legation
street In front Of the herman legations.
and confronting the enemy barricade,
within those limits are yet more walls
enabling the foreigners to contract th.
area Of defense n pressed. The tops
OF the American aud british buildings
were badly torn by the Chluesc shells
The most of the foreign shells fell dur.
ing the FIRST three weeks OF the bonn.
oardment, 400 day Buckotsfui Of
bullets were gathered 10 the grounds.
-Four hundred aud fourteen person,
lived 10 the compound through tho
greater part OF the siege. Three hun.
dred aud four marines. assisted by
slNty-hvc volunteers. commanded bv
the English Captain Poole, defended
the place. Eleven civilians were
KILLED and nineteen wounded. Fifty.
four marines and sailors we're killed
and he wounded. Gilbert 4. Reid
who was wounded In the foot. was the
only American civilian Injured. Two
foreign women were wounded.
The Imprisoned iegationers looked
like a company OF invalids. Every
part OF the enclosure testified to their
experiences. There was plo, OF new
graves headed with wooden crosse.
including the graves OF 1--we childron.
AZ the srond secretarys house wa.
the hospital oiled with invalidA At
one time all but four men Of the
Japanese contingent had been in the
hospital, wounded.
there were several caves rooted with
umoers. hsapcd over with earth. which
served ~ bonb-proofs.
The bulletin board was covered with
significant notices For instance:
AS there IL likely TO be n severe
dropping Ore today. wou,en and children
are forbidden TO walk about tho |
grounds
Here A. another;
owing to the small supply OF vege. |
tables and eggs, the market will DO
open only from 0 to 10 hereafter. All
horse meat inspected oy physician" |
The bravery Of tb, women was note
worthy, They berame 40 accustomed
10 the tlre that II liz dlnlcult to restrain
them from walking about the grounds |
1t all times
When q proposal ''As made 10 petit. |
lion the Tsung-li.Yawun for vegetables |
some said they would rathe- starve
than take help from that quarter. The
famen's food SUPPLY was farce. only
sufficient for one day. When meat was
asked for, the reply was that this
could not be furnished, because n state
of war existed In Petln.
The Tsung-li- Yamen posted proclA-
nation asking the people to kill all
Foreigners, as the lstter had made war
on China in attacking the forts at
raku.
The legations were aercely attacked
from July 18th TO July e5th. Al tho
latter date n nominal truce was agreed
10 and extended 10 August srd, al.
though the Chinese repeatedly violated
IT, There was considerable rifle firo
from August 3rd to August nth, and
then the Chineso mounted smooth
bores. The mainstay OF the foreigners
was an old gun used by the British In
1860. which was found In a junk shop
by Mitchell, the American gunner.
This was mounted on Russian car
'iage found by an Italian. Ammuni-
lion was fitted to II aud II was
'hristened the "Intern AtionAl Gun"
cold Medal Awarded Walter naher a n.
HnrIa Ann nn m. I..I-