Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12
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mo Authentic News Comes From Pc.
gking-Tuan Proclaims HIMSELF EMPEROR,
BRUSSELS. July "a dispatch from
Shanghai received here says that. ac-
cording to a high Chinese official, the
two legations which were still holding
ont on July 2 were the object of inces;
SAINT attacks. There had been some
losses among the troops guarding the
LEGATIONS, but the diplomatists were
safe. y
The dispatch also says the loyal troops
under Prince Ching, who is heading a.
counter revolution, had attacked the
rebels in Peking. if,y 4
LONDON, July 11.-"No1 authentic
news from Peking'' is still the burden
Of the dispatches from the far east, and
although the disposition is to believe.
the optimistic reports from Chinese
sources, no real confidence is possible
until the legations if they are still in
existence, are permitted to communi-
cate with their governments. If, as is
alleged, the Boxer movement is losing
ground i'll Picking, it might have been
supposed that the Boxers would have
~endeavored to send up reinforcements
from .Tien eTsin, but instead Of that
they are still in great force in the neigh
borhood Of that place, and are assisted
by the imperial Chinese troops. RI
According to a Che Foo dispatch the
fighting around Tien Tsin on the Sd
and i4th was the most severe yet expe-
rienced.1 The British loss alone. was 80
killed Or wounded. The Chinese had
$4,000 men attacking simultaneously
from the west, north. and east, and
made excellent practice with over 100
guns. The defenders numbered Ia, 600,
with scant supplies, and it was only
the presence Of the newly arrived Jap
se'and Russian guns that prevented
a. disaster. One Russian company OF
Infantry numbering 100 men had 115
killed or wounded II The German con-
tingent also suffered heavily. By the
evening of the 4th the situation was
very critical. The allies narrowly es-
capeo totalt2defeat Proyldentlally,
.ehlngs Were at the worst, a tor
rential rala1all compelled the Chinese
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says; - message Message mas arrived here
from emperor hWang Hsu, dated July