The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-30

Admiral Seymour Relates At
= tempt to Reach Picking.
REPEATED ATTACKS BY BOXERS.
Forced to Retire to Tien-tsin by Dc.
struction of the Railway and Lack
of Provisions-Chines Reports
Say the Legations Are Safe.


Say the Legations Are Safe.
LONDON, June 3O.--The adventures
of the hard fighting allies under Admiral
Seymour, their reaching Anting, IL miles
from Peking, the decision to retreat, the
capture of rice and immense stores Of
modern arms ami ammunition, affordins
material for strenuous defense until re.
lieved-all this Is told in dispatch from
Admiral Seymour received by the admi.
rally at midnight which runs as follows:
"Tien-tsin, June u, via Chefu, June
20, 1905 p. m.-Have returned to Lien.
tsin with the forces having been unable
to reach Picking by rail. On June 13 two
attacks ON the advanced guard were made
by the Boxers, who were repulsed, with
considerable loss to them and none on
our side. On June IA the Boxers attack.
ed the train at Lang-yang in large mum.
bers and with great determination. We
repulsed them with loss of about 100
killed. Our loss was Ave Italians.
"The same afternoon the Boxers at.
tackled the British guard left to protect
Lola station. Requirements were sent
back, and the enemy were driven off,
with 100 killed. Two of our seamen were
wounded.
I'VE pushed forward to Anting and on.
gagged the enemy on June Is and June IA,
inficting loss of IT'S. There We're no
casualties on our side.
Extensive destruction of the railway
in our front having made further advance
by rail impossible, decided on June IS
to return TO Yang-tsun. where it was pro-
posed to organize an advance by the river
to Peking. After my departure from
Lang-yang two trains. left to follow on,
were attacked on June ~ by Boxers and
imperial troops from Picking. who lost
from 400 to 500 killed. Our casualties
were 6 killed and AZ wounded. These
trains joined me at Yang.lsun the same
evening.
''The railway at Yaug-tsnn was found
entirely demolished, and the trains could
not be moved. The force being short of
provisions and hamprred with wounded
compelled us to withdraw OH Tich-tsin,
with which we had not been in communi
cation for six days, and our supplies had
been cut off.
''On June 10 the wounded. with neces-
sarics, started by boat, the forces march
Ill6 uioHSNlht tht liNNi' 'ppuSli'h "hS
experienced during the whole course of
the river from nearly every village the
Boxers when defeated in one village re-
firing to the next and sklllfuly retard-
ing our advance by occupying well select
cd positions. from which they had = -
forced. often at the point q. ~ pay0nct
and in face of gpiilng fire difficult to
locate.
"On June % we made night march,
arriving Mt daybreak opposite the mperi-
Al armory above Tien-tsin. where, after
friendly advances, n trcachcrous heavy
fire was opened, while our men were en-
posed on the opposite river bank. The
enemy We're kept in check by rifle fire in
front, while their position was turned by
a party of marines and seamen under
Ma or Johnson, who rushed and occupied
one of the salient points. scizing the guns.
The Germans lower down, silrnced two
guns and then crossed the river and cap
turcd them The arinory was next occu-
pied by the combined forces. Determined
attempts to retakc the armory were made
on the following day, but unsuccessfuly.
Found immense stores of guns. arms
and ammunition Of the latest pattern.
Several guns were mounted in our de-
Tense and shelled the Chinese forts low
err down.
Having found ammunition and rice,
we could have held out for some days,
but, being hamrered with large numbers
Of wounded sent to Tien-t~in for a re-
lieyng force. which arrived on the morn
Ing Of June %. The armDry was eyacu-
ated. and the forces arrived at Tien-tsin
on June 2;;, We burned the armory.
"Casualties to date. British-lilled.