Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-09
SEVEN HOURS Fighting
Bloody Battle with Chinese Re-
ported to Have Occurred
Sunday Morning.
ALLIES LOST OVER TWELVE HUNDRED.
The Allies Casualties Were Mostly
Among the Russian and Japnntse
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ground was
at Petit sang, some Distance From
Tien Tsin.

at Feau sang, some
Tien TsiR.
Washington, Aug. 6.-The following
dispatches have been received to-day;
"Che Foo, Aug. 6.-Bureau Navlga-
ton, Washington: British gunboat
Fame reports, unofficial, an engage
ment at PETIT Sang, Sunday morning,
from 3 TO 10: 80. Allied loss, killed and
wounded, 1900; chiefly Russians and
Japanese. Chinese retreating.
[Signed.l
''Che Foo, Aug. 6.--Bureau Naviga-
ton, Washington: Official report be-
lieved reliable, about 10000 allies heav-
ily engaged Chinese at Peit Sang day
light of the 5th.
~[Signed.l
Taussig, who signed the first dis
patch, is in command of the York
town, which is at Che Foo.
Washington, Aug. 6.-The
ments received through Admiral
Remey and Commander Taussig, of re-
t:orted heavy fighting on the road be-
yond Tien Tsin, was the news OF in-
terest in the Chinese situation to-day.
Little doubt was expressed at the navy
| depsrtment that the news was sub
stantially correct. 1t is probable a
later report NAV reduce the list of
casualties among the international
forces, but it is evident that the move
on Pekin is at last fairly under way.
and that strong opposition has been
encountered. The war department of
fcials who have been exceedingly re-
/ +:.a,.4 for. couo~al 6aNyS a c rn news from
| the seat of war, admitted to-day when
the naval dispatches were received that
| the announcement of the battle was
not unexpected.
OIstimists' View of situation.
Opinion among the various officials
now in Washington is somewhat diyid-
ed as to Just what is presaged by to-
| days events. Th more optimistic are
| inclined to think that sdch a severe
| blow ss the Chinese must have received
at peitsang will result iii the speed
| tii~sintegration of the forces now oppos-
ing the march of the international col
umn. In line with this prediction, it
was prophesied that the Chinese gov
| eminent would find means TO send h
mir listers from Pekin under escort,
| and thus stave off the advance upon
the capital.
Only a Repinring.
On the other hand there was a num-
Der of officers in a position to judge
equally well who held that the fight at
I'citsang was only The beginning OF u
strenuous resistance that would be
continued to the gates Of Pekin or be-
yond. 1t was urged in support OF this
- " III IL .I
men to lose against one Gf the allies;
| that they were well-armed with mod
crn runs and had, apparently, All
abundance of ammunition.
The THan-Li Regime.
1t is stated thai considerable apprc-
tension exists among those conysrstsnt
with oriental affairs at the re-appear-
ance in Pekin politics ri that raiiid
| anti-foreign fanatic, Ii Ping Hung. 1t
is said that his appearance in fekin
affairs may have had something to do
| with the Shanghai rumors of Ii Hung
Changes suicide. 1t is certain thai
with III Ping Hung and Prince Ttian
in control of the de facto government
III China, a religious war OF derrisli-
like fanaticism would probably be
waged against all foreigners, and
friends of the more liberal Chinese
statesmen are exceedingly anxious as
to their fate under the Tuin-Li regime.
ARTILLERY Supplies for Cbafrce.
The war department is in receipt OF
a dispatch from Gen. Macarthur. an
| nonncing that he has shipped adolf
tionai artillery supplies TO Taku for
use i'm the Chinese cnmpaign. These
s--1.1z na.G a sg0fIfnO ri
aDd the remainder of the rife and
lIowitzer siege train row iii Mnnila.
which, up to date, has remained USE
less in that country on account of the
had roads. How much better Gen.
ClIaftee may be able to handle these
morster guns through tile almost i'm
passable rice swamps Of China, no one
at the war department was willing to
guess, but his recent dispatch con
tanned an urgent appeal for more ar.
tillery. and he is getting it,.
Effective HaztcrinG weapons
The ordnance experts at the war de-
partment say hat If it comes TO 4
bombardment of Pekin these five-inch
rifles and seven-inch Howitzers, with
their enormous bursting charges Of
high explosives will be the most ef-
fective battering weapons in the inter
national column.
Minister wu at Cape May.
Minister WI left Washington ~
Saturday for Cape May, and remain
away from Washington y~esterdz... al.
though he had been expected to Ie.
turn ON Sunday night.
ur curc xSpoxw rrx~ $1,000