The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-22
MISMANAGED
BY BRITISH.
Americans Uselessly Sacrificed at Tien- Tsin-Big
Row Over the Burning of the City
Liscum's Gallantry.

, arstsd them from the houses, when the
color bearer fell.
Colonel Li-cum picked Up the colors and
stood looking around apparently for a ford.
"E"itcr get down or they'll hit you.
| shouted Major Reagan.
Il guess not" was LisclIrn's repiy.
!, Tn" next instant a sharpshooter bullet
| went through the Colonies abdomen.
| I've got 1T he said as he fell
| Get at them If You can the dying Of
! Hc'r said. and added his last words:
| Don't retreat. boys; keep UP the firing
| Roam was hit immc lately afterwards.
All day long the allies line lay under any
cover the Men could find, running out of
ammunition.
! The jGiy sun was beating down on them.
ami they had nothing To drink but the
salty marsh water.
Meanwhile the wounded came struggling
ard crawling through the gate In the mod
wall.
There YVES no order They were sent
anywhere without Ihen TO carry the filters.
Ii" doctors were hit by the sharpshooters
Will" irviE,; 10 attend the wounded. They
could not att mpt 20 carry off the wounded
from the bloody field.
Major began. Captain BOokmilier and
Captain Noyes werc all hit twice.
Hoy"s, who was A5jutant Was hit In the
arm before going into the field. and then
MT In the lex. He crawled back through
III" ditch. with the water tn his neck to re-
port ti,e situation TO Co!onol Forward.
Jnps In the city.
At o'clock General T'ukushina reported
In writing 10 porwdrd that the Japane-e
were in the city l could see the ioopho!es
b.Hzing bullets and lyddite shells No in
faHTy could charge in the face of this tiEe
from o'clock until ).
Though acting conjoinrly. neither Dor
ward nor FUkgshina knew each others
whereabouts
Under cover Of the darkness the men Of
IN" Ninth Crcpt back from their dangerous
position. bearing their wounded They sx-
( e'Nt"- his novcnsn nj wiki a loss of one
man kil.'I. IN" casualties were nineiy-one
. men ami ike officers out OF as
The marines lost thirty. including Cap
tain DAVIS. Tho WAS sho; through the heart
while talking to Colonel Meade on the night
of july H.
II '>.s decided TO withdraw. when news
came that the Chinese were evacultiug.
III" Russians were not so successful as
hoped during the day. and the total loss OF
the allies was 10.
The japanese losses were severe The
JapaI"-e "ere most gallant in the fight.
hut for the Americans stopping the flank
fire IN" Japanese loss would have be. n
much heavier
Tie French japanese, American and Brit
ish entered the city at , o'clock on the
morning Of July a. Their entry was I'M
opposed.
The American flag az half mast was
hois;ed over the south gate. The walls
were strewn with cOrpses OF Chinese SOL
5ters killed by the shell fire which caused
their flight
None. apparently, hit by h-l,le,s the
damage being done by lyidiie shells
There is a terrible row over the burning of
The town. Several foreign officers are re-
ported lost.
The tired soldiers remained on the walls.
The natives went footing through the Chi
acse town. The bank and the arsenal were
heavy sufferers.
All advance movement on Pekin Is not
contemplated soon.
The American wounded crowd the hos
pi'al. but all are doing well
The flags Of the allied armies are all half
masted
Colonel Liscum was buried at Tong-Ku.