The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-13

| forces on Ehe lefS and the artillery on the
lea side OF she river soon routed the
enemy fran 1he trenches marked az
and &C. and advanced on the city OF
Yaagtsun, which they cleared IN short
order, and the artillery sal feg Japan
csc infantry crossed over the river on
The pou;oon bridge. marked Il, and re-
Joined TIA rest OF Ehe troops On 1he Tisht
side ana all encamped az tne point marked
p for that night
4 part II the Americans we're sent
b7ck that same evening 70 recover KNAPP
sacks and hayegsacks which had been
discarded on the hard march Of the
morning these men did not return " ~
the next daY. Tuere was ole se-iaas
mistake made bF the Bengal Laucers.
who we're with the forces on the -.cut
aide OF tie river. although some What 10
the rear. wien the Chinese artillery he
gan 20 ESCAPE from the forts marked X
and l. the Bengal Lsncers could have very
easily Intercepted them and cut on ihe!r
retreat. but for some unaccountsnie rea-
sen they failed 10 do and let the
artillery escape while By hard run they
cOu d have anniAilated them entirely.
At the point Q the Americans Suricd
e.gh, o. their comrades WAC we're In
stantiy killed during the fght, and the
person who relates this could not say it
there we're more buried there or not. put
he thinks not.
Some ten 70 twenty OF the wounded a
5 this same aght have since died OF ;helr
wounds and have gone to add 10 the list
OF fatalities OF the China Relief Expc-
ditlon. as the U. s. troops are designlt-
ed here.
( Yaugstun is about twenty seven miles
( from Tien Tsin and. as the tr9oDs ha1
to fghI ali the way theirs one can see
tHat they marched exceedingly vel, as
they left Tlea Ts.n on August aad
started 20 aght at Yangstun at 10 o'clock
a N. the Gin
From the above description yol viii
see that the Americans In Re Orient
sun nold tae reputation gained IN he
war OF the revolution and the differen:
vars OF the Nineteenth century aud ,po
American people need never be aslamel
OF the army that Is over here on the
eastern slope o, the Pacihc
Have just received orders thA. We are
70 LOAF all Office furniture on . house
boat and that We Will make the .rlp tc
Pekin In that way. Chinese coolies 10
pole our boat Up the river ana Cainese
TO pull us with rope. Al this rate Of
locomotcn I do not dare 20 estimate The
time It VIII take MArq
Pekin, China. November 22-,we are
now in the city OF the Chinese empire
and al ! can say for il Is that it is a big
pile OF walls and II any difference more
hlthy and disgusting than Tien TsLn. We
civilians are qnar.erei In a small com
pound or walled lno!osure inside he
. srounis OF the temple of sgricui tire and
are quite comfortable. Our i-oc.s ave
living in tents and are the only onss who
are doirg SO, General Caanes sass that
he does not want any mere f,a.her led
: soldiers around him"
: hga
good and everything runs smoothly On
IN the same old military groove. hut
without any diversion whateyer tae vim
: ter will DO very long unless the Boxers
|, get troublesome and make us rove
around 10 keep warm
The Germans are the most aggressive
a OF all the troops here in China ana thew
nave three expeditions out against the
boxers, but we never hear anything
hence do not know what they have dons
.Wlll try to let you hear from me BY each
steamer Mo-,