, 1900-07-05

London. June $1,000 n. m.-The
adventures Of the hard fighting allies
under Admiral Seymour-their reach
ing Anting, twelve miles from Pekin,
the decision TO retreat, the capture of
rice and immense stores of modern
arms and ammunition, ~affording ma
terial for a defense until re-
lieved-all this is told in a dispatch
from Admiral Seymour received by the
admiralty at midnight, which runs as
follows:
"Tfen Tsin, June %, via Che Foo.
June 29.-1O:O5 p. m.-Have returned
10 Tien Tsin with the forces, having
been unable to reach Pekin by rail.
June 18th two attacks on the advanced
guard were made by the Boxers, who
were repulsed with considerable loss TO
them, and none 10 our side.
June 18th the Boxers attacked the
train at Lang Yang in large numbers
and with great determination. We re
pulsed them with a loss of about 100
killed. Our loss was seven Italians.
'"The same afternoon the Boxers at
tackled the British guard left to pro-
tect Lola station. Reinforcements
were sent back and the enemy were
driven off, with n hundred killed. Two
of seamen We're wounded.
we DlSltu lOTM dIu 10 AutlhE NV
engaged the enemy June 18th and June
18th, inflicting a loss of 1I5. There
were no casualties on our side.
Extensive destruction of the rail
way in our front having made further
advance by rail impossible. l decided
June 10th to return TO Hang-Isun,
where it was proposed to organize an
advance by the river TO Pekin.
after my departure from Lang
Yang two trains left to Ollow on were
attacked June 18th by Boxers n i'm
perial troops from pekin, who lost
from 400 TO 500 killed. Our casualties
wer six killed and ~forty-eight wound
ed. These trains Joined me at Yang
Tsung the same evening.
THE railway at Yang-Tsun was
found entirely demolished and the
trains could not be moved. The force
being short of provisions and ham
pered with wounded. compelled us TO
withdraw on Iien-Tsin. with which we
had not been in communication for six
days, and our supplies had been cut
off.
June 18th the wounded. with nee
essaries, started by boat, the forces
marching alongside the river. OPPOSE
ton was experienced during the whole
course of the river from nearly every
village, the Boxers, when defeated in
n village, retiring to the next, and
skillfully retarding our advance by oc-
cupying well-selected positions from
which they had to be forced, often at
the point of the bayonet, and in face
Of a calling fire difficult to locate.
June BIRD. we made Il night march,
arriving at d%aXbreak opposite the i'm
perial armory. above Tien Tsin, where
after friendly advances, a treacherous
heavy fire was opened, while our men
were exposed on the opposite river
bank. The enemy were kept in check
by rifle fire in front, while their posi-
ton was turned to n party of ma
rines II seamen under Major ohm
son, who rushed and occupied one of
the salient points, Selling the guns.
The Germans, lower down, silenced
two guns and then crossed the river
and captured them. The armory was
next occupied by the combined forces.
Determined attempts to retake the
armory We're made on the following
day, but unsuccessfully.
w found immense stores of guns,
arms and ammunition of the latest pat
tern. Several guns were mounted in
our defense and shelled the Chinese
forts lower down.
Having found ammunition and rice.
we could have held out for some days;
but, being hampered with large num-
bers of wounded, l sent to Tien Tsin
for a relieving force, which arrived
Mt Tien Tsin June 26th. We burned
the armory.
Casualties to date:
"British-Killed. %; wounded, 10.
"Americans-Killed, 4; wounded, TO-
French-Killed, /; wounded. 10.
"Germans-Killed. II; wounded, 62.
"Itallans-Eilled, 3; wounded. 3.
"Japanese-Killed. .: wounded. 3.
"Austrians-Hilled, /; wounded, /.
"Russians-Killed, 10; wounded, 81"