Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-27
THE FALL OF ITEM TSIN.
Col. Liscum's Last Words We're "Keep
Up the Firing"
Lack OF Cooperation and Several Blum
ders Made the Allies Losses Heavy
Chinese Were Driven Out by ARTILLERY
Fire.--Japanese Most Gallant.

The New York Evening World publishes
a copyright cablegram from Frederick
Palmer, its correspondent at Chefoo, Civ
ing a detailed account of the battle of TEN
Tsin.
The attack on the native city of Ten
Tsin on July IS resulted in the narrowest
escape from what seemed up to midnight
would be a terrible disaster for the allies.
The Russians swinging north and the 9TH
err allies south, at daybreAk the Russians
were to take the forts near the native city
wall and the other allies the city itself.
Gen. Fukushima, the Japanese commander
promised that the japanese engineers, af-
ter three hours shell fire from all the guns,
would cross the bridge over the moat be-
fore the wall, and, blowing up the great
south gate, make breach for the infantry
to enter. Upon this depended everything.
Gen. Fukushima had not secuted the
bridge, and in "a hours had not scout ed
the ground over which the charge on the
bridge had to be made, and the Chinese had
destroyed the bridge and flooded the land
around it.
The allies shell fire in nowise subdued
the Chinese rifle fire from the loopholes in
the wall, which was 30 feet high, with a
moat 20 feet in depth around it. An outer
fantry and marines coming on the field to
reply to the Chinese fire. They lost 80
men in 10 minutes, and then rushed back
from the mud wall which they had reached.
Gen. Dorwood, the British commander,
hastened forward with a fragmentary in
stead of an integral skirmish line. The
American marines and the Welsh fusiliers
together under command of Waller, were
on the extreme left; then the British
marines, and the French advanced with
the Japanese along the road toward the
gate in the mud wall
Dorwood's plan for the Americans to
| support the Japanese was not made clear
to Col. Liscum of the Ninth United States
infantry Dorwood lays the blame for the
blunder and sacrifice of life on Liscum,
but Corwoods chief-of staff was heard to
say when Liscum moved: sect in down
the road anywhere, quickly" Col. Liscum
hurriedly led his men through the gate in
as open order as possible. They were i'm
mediately under fire. The staff saw them
pass over the bridge leading to field which
proved to be cul-de-sac. Before the two
battalions of Americans, numbering 426
men, could extend themselves they were
subjected, besides the fire. from the loop
holes in the fort, to fierce fire from the
eLuDIdsuTes IN Inc OI IOrJlueu mud houses
| on their flank
Three thousand rifles probably were
turned on them with an accuracy which
has amazed every officer among the allies
The blue shirts of the American troops
made them distinct marks where the khaki
uniforms of the other allies could not be
seen. Col. 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 they charged was marshy and lined
with bitches. 1t was evidently Col. Lis
GUMS intention to rush the houses from
which the flank fire was coming and thus
get position for thanking the wall.
At 1890 the line had Just reached the
shore of the canal and 30 yards separated
them from the houses, when the color
bearer fell. Col. Liscum picked up the
colors and stood looking around, apparent
ly for ford.
Better get down or they'll hit you"
shouted Major Regain. 81 guess not, was
Liscum's reply.
The next instant a sharpshooter's bullet
went through the brave colonel's abdomen.
"Ive got it, he said, as he fell. sect at
them if you cam" the dying officer said;
and added as his last words, "Don't retreat,
boys; keep on firing" Regain was hit inn
mediately afterward.
All day long the allies line lay under any
cover the men could find, running out Of
ammunition. The July sun was beating