The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-09

the Chinese singing over the wall and dropping
into the canal continually.
on the mud wall by tho brick gate a single
screw gun Of the Asiatic artillery pounds away
solemnly. II Is using black powder. and every
shot sends up a cloud Of smoke that r. followed
on the instant by n shovel NJ Mannllcher bullets
from the city wall \ company of men from
the Barneur has gone In behind Fuliers marnhe'
to the support Of the ninth. out on the cause
way the French are hudded behind a cluster
Of mud huts. making no effort tn do anything
but keep under cover. Behind the inud wa"
all the drad and wounded have been gathered
in from across the canal. Already they maSea
sorry shoving and give sAd promise for IN"
DAYS work, Two Japanese officers arc ar'"rH
the dead. one. that fine. big pleasant to''oN
Of the stan Who was always 80 courteous anu
agreeable and who spoke such excellent Eng
lsh. lie lies face down on the Stretcher on
which he was brought In. with a bullet sduar"'E
through the middle of his head Inc ast
company ot supports ha~ gone in there are no
more who can be sent, The allies have eN-
pended their strength and can do noth'nH
more hut hold on. Down the mud wall near
the settlements the I2~.pounders ana the
4-inch rife are firing steadily, and we see
their shells fall about the wall and occasionally
strike one Of the pagodas or watch towers
with a tremendous e\ploSlon '"h' "" '''
watcher a world Of good
Word dribblas in from the front slowly ana
uncertainty. No one knows anything except
wba, has occurred in his immediate neighbour
hood, and there i no communication along the
line. The regiment Of Japanese In the blue
coats with the yellow trimmed caps are the
most easily followed of all our men N the front.
Theirs il the most conspicuous uniform, even
more so than the terribly distinct dark blue
shirts Of the Ninth
MAGNIFICENT BRAVERY.
Over AT the extreme right. where the Smith
il, a miracle is working A large heavy man.
in full khaki. il walking slowly M and down
II IL Col. Liscum just AZ he took his mon IN
80 is he now encouraging them He moves
along, absolutely hee Hess Of the storm Of bull
lets hizzing about him. waving his arm TO
these men, shouting to those, unmlndful OF the
calls and warnings NJ officers and men alike
and refusing to take cover while there is any
thing that may be done. The color sergeant is
shot and he takes the colors in his own hands
and still stalks along the line II IL very gal
liant, but one looks at il and thinks Of Lawton.
and the scores Of gallant fellows in South Africa
who went 90 their death in Just that way. II Is
a miracle that he has not been hit before now.
Surely II cannot go on for long
There is a call from some Of the British for
more ammunition. A fine Rrizzle-bearded
Psthan. with huge hun turban topping his tall
figure. takes the ammunition mule by the
bride. and, followed by two Of his fellows.
starts out along the hard yellow road where
il seems not n sparrow could live. " makes
one wonder Of what stnH the hearts OF such
men are made 80 see these three walk steadily
through the hail NJ bullets that spatter mp the
road about them and az their feet. The Chinese
have the range as soon as the men show them
selves: what trick Of fate defends them' thty
yards in the open they go unhurt; then the man
al the left. in the rear. throws his hands to his
head. staggers along a step or two and goes
down by the roadside The others never look
around. but go on with their load. Twenty
yards further and the other man AZ the rear
gets il and goes down. still the tall figure
at the mules head walks along, paving no at
%tention. He is almost even with the first mud
hlts when he wavers. stops an instant, tries
10 go on. and pitches forward, shot surely
through the head or heart. The mule. now
unattended. looks around as II wondering
what had happened. then starts ON rp the road.
goes half a dozen PAGES. throws up its head.
braces it's legs outward. svsys from side 10
side and goes down in a heap. The ammuni-
ton has not gone in. Some one must try again
They chose a non-commissioned or1cer OF
the Wei Hei-Wei regiment. a smooth-faced
sauare-jawed, hne-eyed South OF England
man. He had won the notice OF half the field
that morning by his steady bearing and you
felt when YOU saw him that " anybody could
take the ammunition in he was the man. They
gave him two Of the men Of his regiment, and
viii the mules leading strap in his hand and
the two men trotting behind. they swung
through the gate and out on the open road. IL
was just a chance. such a slim little one, that
they would get through. You held your breath
watching them. and your heart thumped louder
than a temple gong. just at the beginning
they got the first man. His legs doubled under
him. and he went down with his arms crossed
in front OF his face and lay quite still in the
road. The Englis hman was trotting, and the
mule followed easily. undisturbed by spit Of
bullet or roar of shell. All the Chinese on the
city wall seemed 10 be shooting at them, The
FnRlishman swung OF the road 10 go across TO
his own men al the right. BY the first ditch
the second man went down. The Englishman
was hit himself. II must have been through
the shoulder for il spun him half way round.
He gathered himself M and went ahead AZ a
smart trot, the mule following as If II knew
all about II and understood Just why they had
10 hurry. o! how you pulled TO have that man
ge, through, II just seemed rs II he couldn't
he knocked down now. But he was. II took
him apparently in the head for he went forward
with both hands thrown out In front Of him.
and his helmet few from his head. But the
mule never stopped or checked his trot. Straight
on toward his men he went, and they stood
up in their line and called to him to come and
told him he was a good mule and should have
n cross of his own. But lust AT the last the
Chinese got him too. One step he took all
right, the next he was down on his knees and
rolling over. But the ammunition was delivered
Ii was only a few steps 10 the line where the
mule fell and before he was clear down the men
we're unlashing the boxes and rushing back into
the cover Of their little ditch. There ought
to be a distinguished service order for mules.
All this time the japanese cavalry had been
lying out on the open ground to the south Of the
mud wall watching a force Of Chinese. just
a. the allies got MP to the west arsenal early in
the morning a body Of Chinese horsemen was
observed leaving the city by the west gate
and swinging out by a road That turns TO the
southwark. well west Of the mud wall They
were accompanied by infantry and all together
numbered between a thousand and fifteen
hundred They had many bright banners
and seemed to he regular troops The word
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