Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
Tells OF A GREAT BATTLE.
Seymour Reports the Fights Of
the Relief Column.
IMPERIAL TROOPS AID BOXERS
In Opposing the Allied Arny--Treachery
of Former Leads to Fall of Tien-Tsin's
Observation-Disclosures of the City Re-
ported to BE stu In Progress.

LOuuOu, july line adventures OIL
the hard fighting allies under Admiral
Seymour, their reaching Anting,
twelve miles from Pekin, the decision
to retreat, the capture Of rice and i'm
mense stores of modern arms and am
munition, affording material for a
strenuous defense until relieved-all
this is told in a dispatch from Admiral
Seymour received by the admiralty at
midnight. The report, dated Tien-
Tsin June 81, via Chee-Foo, June 20,
1890 p. M, is as follows:
Have returned to Tein-Tsin with
the forces, having been unable to reach
Pekin by rail. June Is two attacks on
the advance guard were made by the
Boxers who were repulsed with con-
siderable loss to them and none on our
side. June IA the Boxers attacked
the train at Lang-Yang in large num-
bers and with great determination.
We repulsed them with loss of about
100 killed. Our loss was Ave Italians.
Enemy Is Driven on.
The same afternoon the Boxers at
lacked the British guard left to protect
Lola station. Re-enforcements were
sent back and the enemy was driven
of with 100 killed. Two of our sea-
men were wounded. We pushed for
ward to Anting and engaged the
enemy June 13 and June IA, inflicting
loss Of IT'S. There were no casualties
on our side. Extensive destruction of
the railway In our front having made
further advance by rail impossible, I
decided June 16 to turn to Yang-Tsun,
where 1t was proposed to organize an
advance by the river to Pekin. After
my departure from Lang-Yang two
trains, left to follow on were attacked
June Is by Boxers and imperial
troops from Pekin. who lost from 400
to 500 killed. Our casualties were six
killed and forty-eight wounded. These
trains Joined me at Yang-Tsun the
same evening.
Return to Tien-Tsin.
The railway at Yang-Tsun was
found entirely demolished and the
trains could not be moved. The force
being short Of provisions and hamp-
cred with wounded compelled us to
withdraw on Tien-Tsin, with which
we had not been in communication for
six days, and our supplies had been
cut of. On June 10 the wounded, with
necessaries, started by boat, the forces
marching alongside the river. Or
position was experienced during the
whole course of the river from nearly
every village, the Boxers, when de-
feated in one village, retiring to the
next, and skillfully retarding our ad-
vance by occupying we'll selected posi-
tons, from which they had to be
forced often at the point Of the bay
onet and in face Of a CALLING fire diff
cult to locate.
Gallantry of Germans.
On June % we made a night march
arriving at daybreak 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 by a party of marines
and seamen under Major Johnson, who
rushed and occupied one of the salient
points, Selling the guns. The Ger
mans, lower down, silenced two guns
and then crossed the river and CAP
tured them. The armory was next
occupied by the combined forces. De-
termined attempts to retake the ar
mory were made on the following
day, but unsuccessfully. Found i'm
mense stores Of guns, arms and am
munition Of the latest pattern. Sew
eral guns were mounted in our defense
and shelled the Chinese forts lower
down.
Allies Are Short OF Provisions.
Having found ammunition and rice
we could have held out for some days.
but, being hampered with large num-
bers Of wounded. sent to Tien-Tsin
for a relieving force, which arrived on
the morning of June %. The armory
was evacuated and the forces arrived
at Tien-Tsin on June 26. We burned
the armOry. Casualties to date:
British, killed, 81; wounded, Is.
Americans, killed, 4; wounded, 25.
French, killed, l; wounded, 10. Ger
mans, killed, II; wounded, 81. Ital-
tans, killed, 5; wounded, 3. japanese,
killed, 2; wounded, g. Anstrians,
killed, /; wounded, l. Russians,
killed, 10; wounded, 81"
No News from Ministers.
Washington June 30.-The navy de-