The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-25
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, MONDAY. JUNE 25.

| Takll to attempt the relief Of Tien-tsin
| Nearly half of the force consisted of Jap
anese The remainder was made up OF
contingents representing the other ma
! tiOns.
"The guns Of the Chinese around Tien.
tsin are Superior to anything the defend
ing European force has or is likely to
have for some time.
"The bombardment of Tien-tsin con.
tinued Friday. Bomb shelters were
hastily erected by the foreign troops,
largely constructed of wetted piece goods.
The food supplies are insufficient, and
the continued shclling is reported to be
telling terribly.
"Among those killed of the relief force
Friday was the commander of II. NJ. s.
Bartleur. The foreign casualties were
.."Japan is making every effort. Her
troops are now arriving at Taku in large
numbers. The Chinese troops in the
province of Chilli include 10000 aux.
iliaries who have been drilled by Rus
sian and German officers"
Captain Beatty and Lieutenant Wright,
British, have been severely wounded at
Tien-tsin, according to a Shanghai dis
patch to The Daily Express, dated Sat.
urday. The information was brought
there by the British cruiser Orlando
from Chefu. The losses Of the Russians
have been heavy.
1t was reported from Shanghai last
evening that the allied forces had blown
mp the Taku forts and that every avala.
BILE man had been sent to the relief OF
Tien-tsin. Two thousand three hundred
Chinese bodies are alleged to have been
crenated at Taku. and upward of 1000
Chinese are said to have been killed at
Tien-tsin.
Chinese runners who have arrived at
Tuku report that a foreign force was
engaged several days ago with an over.
whelming body of Chinese 40 miles west
of Tien-tsin. At Shanghai it is assumed
that this force was Admiral Seymour's.
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Daily Express says:
81 learn from mandarin who Stealth.
ly left Peking on June IL and who sue
ceeded at great hazard in getting clear
that the Boxers are massed around Pc.
king and that more than half Of the
northern and western portions OF the
city, including the foreign settlement.
were afame when the mandarin left. He
could tell NE nothing as to the fate of
the foreigners nor much as to the gen.
eral situation, but he had heard that the
empress do&ager was preparing to so to
the province of Shans"
A Chefu dispatch to The Daily Mail,
dated yesterday, says:
The attack on the Tien-tsin relief
force was made by 10000 Chinese, using
machine guns and modern field pieces.
The allies were wise in retreating. For
warding detachments In this manner is
suicidal, and the defeats of the for.
eigners even though in small force. great.
ly aids the movement of the Boxers,
which is gaining enormously through the
inability of the foreigners to make head.
way against it,
"PraciicalIy the whole of northern Chi
ma is ablaze. Hostiltics are now con-
Quoted on an extend | scale, due to di-
rect orders from Peking. General Yam
Shi Kai. governor of Shangtung. com.
mands 1000 foreign drilled troops, or.
ganized TO II high pitch of excellence and
equipped with Mausers. 1t was in the
plans that these troops should go to
Taku, but the seizure of the forts was
effected before they could get there"
The Shanghai correspondent of The
Times says:
'Sheng. director Of telegraphs, declares
that information was received today
E'riday. June 22l to the effect that the
foreigners in Peking were safe on Wed.
nesday, June 20, but that all the !ega.
tions had been burned except the British,
Austrian and Belgian"