Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-21

they were. For want Of main bDiF
they were practically ambushed, being
attacked by a big Chinese force. The
Americans we're repulsed and retreaiad
for seventeen miles being obliged tpI
leave many Of their wounded behind.
Nutilat,ng Wounded.
by the way they saw the Chinese take
up some Of the American wounded and
cut them to pieces and the Boxers Gu;
the head on a wounded American ana
carried II of. The column had a hearty
reception as each contingent passed.
the Gordon Hall. and II was sight
one could never forget. Only those
who have experienced II can feel che
real horrors OF war and the depth Of
gratitude to their believers. Willing
hands soon placed such refreshments
as were available at the disposal of tho
troops and that night. for the first time,
We had a chance to sleep with our boots
OF. On Sunday oath of June. the re-
lief column was too fatigued with the
suspense and WEAKNESS of fighting, 20
do anything but rest. Admiral Sew
mour's rocket signals were again seeen.
on Sunday night relief column OF
1000 Russians, 300 British marines, and
200 international marines started to re
lieve Admiral Seymour's command.
They found them encamped six miles
from the Settlement in the arsenal,
their last possible stand, unable to
move for the number of wounded aud
dead They reported that when tea
miles from Tien Tsin, the train was
surrounded by Boxers who quickly
destroyed the telegraph lines, bridges
and railway line. cutting the column
off from all reinforcements. They had
to do or die and they fought day after
day with daily increasing casualties ill
within twenty miles of Picking, when
the situation became so hopeless that
retreat was ordered. The fighting
during the retreat was even more &C.
we're. Halfway back they were unable
to carry the wounded for want Of
stretchers and they were put on junEs
while the others fought along the river
banks till they reached the arsenal,
They could not take the place by rife
fire. and as in the affair at the railway,
the bayonet charge was ordered as o
last resource. The men scaled the mud
walls and encamped there as a final
station. Immense stores of ammuni:
ton, rifles and field guns of latest type
were found there. We had only few
field pieces in the Settlement, but the
arsenal was fired and the guns tumbled
into the Peiho. the relief being wholly
occupied in attending their wounded
and burying their dead. Two Ameri-
cans were killed outright while bury
! ing a comrade.
For two hours the long procession
carrying Its dead and wounded came
down Victoria Road, a woefully graphic
| picture of the miseries of war. On
Tuesday, the 2Gth of June, united In.
ternational advance on an arsenal three
miles distant from the Settlement was
made and proved the hottest battle Of
the siege So far, raging without inter.
mission until p. M, with very con
tlicting fortunes, as witnessed from
Gordon Hall tower. Finally the plac.
was captured by desperate bayoncr
charge. These charges have achieved
all the victories we have won. The
want of cavalry and Of tugs and light
ers are the two great needs OF Tisl
Tsin.
Another sad procession Of killed and
wounded came to the hospital after n,
battle. On the 9th there was the sam,
bombardment and fusilading all rount
and fires again made night luminous
this time the flames being right in thu
settlement, feeding on vast stores o.
rice, sugar, ETC., so urgently needed
by the troops. On the 2Sth we had (
comparatively quiet day, and life acIu
ally seemed stale and unproftabi,
minus the daily hail of death dealin.
shot and shell. The enemy shove,
they were still in our vicinity on tn,
29th by more Smelling. There wal
great anxiety about the arrival of rein
fOrcements. For the first time we hav,
realized the immense strides the Chi
nese have made in modern warfar,
since they fought the japanese, ani
wonder at their resistance. Saturday
the Goth Of June-A shell came crash
ing into the hospital, spreading debrI
among the wounded and making ho,
man could go through. The shell, TO-
tunately, did not explode. LIST Jul,
Captain Bayley ordered every civilian
except those willing to go to the from
to leave at a few hours notice by tug
and lighters. I'd JULY left In a tul
towing lighter full of wounded sol
dlers, for the fleet. The muddy Peih
was lined on both banks with hun
dreds of dead Chinese in all stages O
decomposition, beheaded and mutilate
In every way. They are supposed to b
Cantonese and other friendly Chimes
killed by Boxers. The stencil wa
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