Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-06-29
our MARINES SLAIN
Onslaught of Allied Forces Upon
Ten Tsin Is Disastrous.
CHINESE HANDLE GUNS EFFECTIVELY
wsshington o@eIals Alarmed and pee,d.
To Transfer Asistie Squadron
To Taku.

The following bulletin was issued
By the department. at Washington
Saturday: q.
"Acting Secretary Hackett has his
morning received . dispatch from
Admiral kempff, dated Che Foo, June
~, to the effect that the marines under
Major Walter. together with 400 Rus
SLAMS, have had an engagement with
the Chinese army near Tien Tsin. TheT
could not break through the line. A
force numbering 1000, the admiral
reports, is now ready to make another
attempt" f2a ~
The main mr. artance of this dis
3 patch Is Admins, ysmpfrs disclosure
that it is the t"'- csc army, and not
the Boxers, ~hn Re 1ghting the for
eign troops.
A s. Oc-0 .5&8LEGRAM.
The navy L 'r~s'nent Sunday after
noon issued ,, c following bulletin:
"a cablegrsE am Admiral Kempf,
dated Che Eco. ne 24th, says:
Elm ambusaa" near Tien Tsin, on
the 21st, fo,- - Walters command
killed and say wounded. Names
viii be furnish az soon as received.
Force OF 1000 = lug to relieve Tien
Tsin today. KEMPFF."
The secretary of the navy has order
ed Admiral Reraey to go with the
Brooklyn to Tssd and to tender Cen
eral MacArtnI- conveyance of any
army troops whi"ii the Brooklyn can
carry.
Admiral KenpE's dispatch giving
hfe hrst definite news of the shedding
Of American blood on Chinese soil
came early Sunday morning and was
tnrned over to Secretary Long as soon
~ he arrived ct the department.
With Admiral Crowningshield, the
secretary carried the dispatch to the
phits house, -. ,re, on the presidents
return from church, it was laid before
him The determination thereupon
was reached 10 order Admiral Remey,
In command OF the Asiatic squadron,
from Manila 70 Taku, on board the
armOred cruiser Brooklyn.
The secretary and Admiral CROWN
shield returned 10 the navy depart
ment, where the Necessary orders were
dispatched to ADMIRAL Remey. The
effect of this transfer is to make Taku
the headquarters Of the Asiatic squad
ron. The Brooklyn is expected to sail
at once, if possible, as the orders sent
contemplate getting the admiral on
the scene at the earliest moment
PEKIN WHOLLY ISOLATED.
Advices of Monday from London
state that the rosition of the interna-
tional forces il ,le section OF northern
y China, where l., 30 men are striving
10 keep footing and succor the lega-
tioas in PeEiD. a. GEARS to increase in
peril with avery fresh dispatch. Pekin
has not been card from direct for
fourteen days.
= The last dispn ca was one impioring
aid Admiral Seymour's column Of
1000 was last heard from twelve days
J. ago. At that Tin , il was surrounded
midway between Pekin and Tien Tsin.
Possibly Low i. mas reached Pekin.
The 5000 inteTnatioDals at Tien Tsiu
were hard pressed and fighting fol
their lives on Thursday and relieving
force OF less than a thousand had been
beaten back TO Taku Friday. Observ'
ers on the spot think that 100, 600 mer
would not be too many to grasp ChiRi
firmly.
A message from Shanghai dated
Sunday at p. m. embodies some latel
information. 1t says:
"Offcial Japanese kilograms con
firm the reports of a defeat Of the al
lied forces at Tien Tsin. The foreign
ers there are placed in a most dssper
ate situation.
'Among those killed Of the relic
force Friday was the commander OF bel
msjesty's ship Bsrheur. Tha foreign
casualties were 300.
Captain Beatty and Lieutenant
Wright, British, have been severely
wounded at Tien Tsin, according to
Shanghai dispatch TO The Londor
Daily Express, dated Saturday.