The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-07
DESTRUCTION AWAITS ARMY
That Attempts to March From One
City to the other-Thousands Of
Chinese Massed Ready For tho
Fray-ForcigneEs Owe Their Lives
to the Russians.

to the Russians.
ITEM TSIN, June 90, via CHE FOO,
July i. and SHANGHAI, July 5.-Thoss
best informed in Tien Tsln consider the
position of foreigners In PckIn na al
most hopeless. 1t Is hopeless to attempt
to force the way with the force avail
able. Commanders arewilling to resor;
10 desperate means, but to attempt a
forced march from Tien Tsin with the
forces at hand means certain destruc-
ton to the army besides slaughter Of
the civilians left at Tien Tsin. Enough
soldiers art necessary TO defent The
Chinese army, maintain communica-
tlon With the base of supplies ana
guard the hospitals en- route. The wa
ter supply is an important problem In q
country furnishing none except river
wells. which are being poisoned. The
Chinese are committing terrible atroc-
tiles upon the wounded. n
Mutilating All the Dead.
They are mutilating all the dead
which fall into their hands. General,
Tung Fuh Slang, with ten thousand Of
the best disciplined troops in the CHI
ncse army. Mohamadans. are march
ing from the southwest towards Pekin.
The army thereabouts numbers $1,000.
The empress fed to her summer palace.
The Mahomadan boxers are fighting in
Pekin. Ten regiments OF General Nieh's
command north of Ten Tsin, are re-
ported to have deserted and gone to Pill
las!ns inc country i.esiashts ue 'Ne
that the Chinese commune was ihnusu-
rated by peacean'e Shinese VINO nave
been the greatest sufferers from the
foreign soldiers.
; BY. common consent me iritish are
close beside them. inc foreigners IN
Tlen Tsin declare, however, that they
owe their lives to the Russians without
whom the other sinai! datachments
must have been overwhelmed on tHat
darkest Wednesday, when the Chihesa
were pressing on every Side and the
bravest men were abandoning nope.
The Russian commander, Colonel Wo-
zack. arranged the main body with the
civilians TO make sortle IN the difee-
ton Of Taku. He left four hundred
Russians to defend the city and ensaS-
ed the attention OF the Chinese, the IN
tcntion being for them TO ultimately
sacrifice themselves. The arrival OF the
Americans saved the day. Their arriv-
al proved complete surprise,
Arsenals and Stores Discovered.
Among the military evidences OF i'm.
menss Chinese military preparation for
war may be mentioned that arscnals
and stores hitherto unknown. have
been discovered with ten million dollars
worth OF arms and ammunition of the
most modern type. These arms and
ammunitions have been destroyed.
~ In, three arsenals outside Of Tien Tsin
I: several thohsend troops, under General
are bidding the native city five
+ miles. north of Tieni.rSln.r 1t Is rumor-
s'ed that forty thousand Chinese win at
= tack the place Mt noon to-day. The
troops under arms failed to materialize.
Admiral Seymour was wounded slightly
recently. by spent ball, which struck
him in the shoulder while IN the house
with Commander McCalIa and Com
nander Taussig.
., The hero of TIen Tsin is James
Watts, a young Enslishnan, perhaps
the best rider in China, who, with
three C6ssncks, ran the gauntlet to Ia
ku with messages for rcinforcements.
charging through villages under fire re-
peated!y. Several foreign commanders
have recommended the quartette be
decorated.
Tien Tsin Not Bombarded.
Tian TsIp vas M, bo,,h,rdad tn.
For,,lee ora retnrring 10 ,ho,r homns