The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-22

New York, July fine Dvsninf World
publishes the following from Sta Ton 1s'n :
correspondent under date of Chez Foo '
July 10. via Shanghai, July II:
The attack on the native city Of Tisn
Tsin on July is resulted In the narroweSt
escape from what seemed up % midnight
would be q terrible disaster for the allies.
The Rusa!ans swung north and the other
slaes south at dnybreak. The Russians
were 20 take the forts near the native city
wall and the other allies the city Itself
General FukushimA, the Japanese com
mander, promised that the Japanese en-
sineers, after the FIRST she'll hre from all
gums, would GROSS the bridge over the moat
before the WALL and blowing up the great
south gate. make q breach FOR the allies
% enter.
Upon aass depended eNeryfhing Gen
~rsl Fatisushtrna secuted the bridge and In
twenty hours had not secuted tho ground
over which the charge had TO be made.
The Ohiness destroyed the bridge and
flooded the land around II. The slliee'
sAeil are In nowiss subdued the Chinese
sdne IRE from the loopholes IN the wall,
which was thirty feet high, with moai
twenty feet In depth around Il, An outer
waA Of mud made 1t impossible for the
infantry and marines coming on the hsld
20 reply to the Chinese fire. They lost
fifty men In ten minutes, then rushed back
from the mud WALL which they had
reached.
General Dorward, the British command
or, hastened forward with fragmentsry
Instead OF an integral skirmlsh line. Inc
nj
siRers, together under command of Wal
ker wers on the extreme left. Then the
british marines and the French advanced,
with the Japanese along thu read toward
the gate In the mud wall. Durward 8
plan for the Americans to support the
Japanese was not made clear TO Colonel
Liscum. Dorward lays the blame for the
blunder and his life on Liscum, but Dor
wards chief Of staff was heard u say
when Lscum moved: Get In down the
road anywhere quickly"
Colonel Liscum hurriedly led his men
through the gate in as open order as pos
chile They were Immediately under are
The staff saw them pass over the bridge
leading TO field. which proved to be q
cul de sac.
Before The Two battalions OF Americans
Numbering 426 mon, could extend them
selves. they were subjected besides the
FIRE from the loopholes in the forts TO a
fortified mud houses on their flank, Three
thousand rifles probably We're turned OF
them with M accuracy which has ams2et
every officer among the allies. The blue
shirts Of the American troops made them
distinct marks, where the khaki uniforms
OF the other allies could not be seen. Colo
mel Llscum guiding his men, walked VI
and down thu Enc not even ducklug hi
head while the bullets fell around
The Americans CHARGED Into the nanl
Arc with rushes The ground over whlcl
hey charged was marshy and lined witt
d-tehes II WIS evidently Colonial Lis
Guns Intention - rnsh the hlufes from
which the flank ere was coming, and thu
get a position for fankng the wall
AZ la:40 the line had just reached tn
tlore OF re canal ard hirty yards sepa
Iated them FROM the houses wien tn
ccier bearer fell. Colonel Liscum pickle
UP the eolcrs and stood loohing around
apparently for sword Better get down
they'll hit you, shouted Major RcsaI
II guesS not" was Liseums renly. Tn
heSt instant a shGrpshooteg's bullet wen
Though the cclonel's abdomen. 1--WE "a
It. he said as he tell.
Get them Il you can, the dying Office
said, and added as his lar words. don
retreat boys keep on Airing
Regan was hit Immediately afterwar,
All day Song the allies line lay under an
cover the men could find The July su
was peatlnS llMn on them and they BIZ
nothing TO drink hut the salty mar,
watar. Meanwhile the wounded can
struggling and crawling through the "a
In the mud wall. There was no ord
They were sent anywhere. without men
carry the ltters. The doctors were b
by the sharpshooters while trying to a
tend to the wounded OF the Ninth. Tn
could not attempt to carry off the woun
ID from the bloody field.
Major Regan, Captain Bockmnler a
Captain Moves were all hit twice.
Noyes. who was adjutant, was hit In (
arm before going into the field. and IN
hit IN the leg. He crawled back thrcu
the ditch wster UP 10 his neck TO rep
the situation to Colonel porward
Al o'clock General Fukushima repo
I'd In writing 70 Dorward that the jar
rete we're in the city. could sc the ls
holes raining bullets and lyddits she
No infantry could charge In the face
this ore from o'clock until 5. THOU
acting IN conjunction. neither Dorward
yuhnxhauA knew each others whe
ebvuka- unAsv cover OF the darkness
nasn Of the Ninth erept back from Ii
4snessous postion. bearing their wou
-, Thg executed this movemana "
~ q eos man killed The casual,
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