The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-16
TIEN-TSIN HARD PRESSED.
Chinese, Reinforced by Imperial Soldiers, Are
Now Incessantly Smelling the Foreign City.
SPECIAL. BY CABLE.

OIL iAi- ~ CABLE.
Tien-Tsin. July s. via Shanghai. July IL
Copyright. 1890. by ". II. Hearst.i-the
fury Of the Europeans against the Chinese
on account OF the iatter's mutilation Of the
dead and torture Of the living knows nc
bounds.
The warfare continues with savage re-
prisals. which explains the indiscriminate
shooting OF Chinese at Ning-Po.
Murder. loot and torture by the Chinese
mobs are everywhere reported. There Is no
news here OF the fate OF the beleaguered
Pekin legations. No hope of their safety is
entertained after the bloody events of the
last week.
IL would have been an act of mercy II the
womsl aud children had been put "a death
by their own husbands and fathers before
falling into the hands of the Chinese fiends.
The fighting around Tien-Tsin is inces-
SAINT. The Chinese re-enforcements are
bringing up more guns and mounting them
in such positions that with each dsy TIE
deafness Of their fire increases,
The Chinese are gaining. In auds,t:y.
skill and courage. they are a revelation to
the Europeans.
a night attack was made by the Chinese
on Friday. Al II o'clock that hight they
made a determined assault upon the north
bridge. The French and Russian t.ocps
holding It succeeded in driving the enemy
back temporarily. but the Chinese hordes
returned AZ o'clock In the morning With a
strong artillery force. and there were two
hours of hard fighting. Unable 10 dislodse
the Europeans. the Chinese finally returned
TO the native city.
Five hours later. at a. m. one faded
attack on the city was made The Chinese
gunners shpwered ms with their she'll fire
The Russians replied with their battery. / ut
were unable TO silence the sIemys guns.
The artillery duel lasted for four hours.
Chinese Forces Gain.
The Chinese had the best Of it. They de-
molisaed q number of houses in the for
eign settlement. and gained much ground.
The situation was 50 desperate that a
council OF the commanders of the allied
forces WAS called to consider what could
he done. 1t was determined that the only
hope Of keeping the constantly Increasing
number OF Chinese In check lay in making
sortie and driving them back from their
advanced positions.
The force assigned TO this duty consisted
Of French MARINES. two Japanese batteries
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infantry and a battalion of British ma
rines. with one gan from the cruiser Ter
Tihis. The assault upon the Chinese forces
was made at noon at point midway
between the railway station and thu native
city. Four hours Of desperate fighting fol-
lowed, the Chinese gunners showing ex-
cellent practice.
The japanese tried to reach the native
city. but were driven back The allies
were compelled 10 retreat to the foreign
settlement. leaving the Chinese in posses
sion OF the battlefield.
The British and Americans tried uusuc
cessfuily to-day 10 capture a Chinese gun
mounted during the night. which enfiIaded
the advanced position of the allied forces
From the Viceroy's and Yamen's gates
the British and japanese artillery SHIELDED
the Chinese forts. During the artillery dual
more than 5oo of the enemy's shells fol- /,
the foreign settlement.
Mackenzie's big wool warehouses wera 60,
on fire and burned. Many Buildings were
wrecked.
IN. casualties I'm to-day's fighting ve,a.
Killed, two sailors and two soldiers -, n
Chinese regiment.
wounded. three officers. two sailors two
marines and five soldiers OF the Chinese
regiment.