The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-29
HEAVY FIGHTING IN CHINA
CIR USHING DEFEAT INFLICTED ON
 TROOPS UNDER GEN. LIU.

 CRUSHING DEFEAT INFLICTED ON
 TROOPS UNDER GEN. LIU. Chinese Make Stubborn Resistance hut Are Routed After Four Engage ments by the Germnn-French Expe- ditton-SufYer I'm m en se eLoss-Thirteen of Their Guns Captured-Li Hung Cha,,r Surprised That General Liu Did Not Withdraw from the Province as Ordered.
 Berlin, April 2S-The German war off, flee has received the following advices from Count von Waldersee:
 "Pekn, April 27.-Three engagements occurred April 23 and fourth April "A ct the Great Wall between four col umns under General Kettler and the Chinese troops under General Liu. The Chinese were everywhere defeated and after a stubborn resistance were forced back over the wall, being pursued as far as Ku-K Kuan. Our casualties were four officers wounded and three men killed and thirty-two wounded. The French troops were not engaged"
 Subsequently, the following additional dispatch regarding the four engage ments was received from Count von 'Waldersee:
 "Pekin, April 2s.-The following re- ports only arrived last night, owing to the difficulty of communication:
 General Ketter's brigade, reinforc- ed, marched in four columns against the Great Wall, Colonel Ledebur's be- ing the right wing, then those com manded by Colonel Hoffmeister, Colo mel Wallmerich and Major Huehlenfes Ledebur reached the wall April "A after slight engagement near Hai-Shan- Kwan.
 j "Hoffmeister drove back the enemy April 23. On the same day Huehlenfels encountered strong party of the enc my. occupying a bastion on the heights commanding the pass. The enemy fought stubbornly in particularly strong position. which was only taken after eleven hours lS HllHS
 .'Huehlenfels and Lieutenant Richert were slightly wounded and Lieutenant Drewells was severely wounded. A standard bearer and another were kill ed and six men severely and ten slight ly wounded.
 'tWalmerich attacked and dispersed, April 23, a far superior force of the en- emy in strong position each of the breach of Hae-Ho, and effected junc- ton on the battlefield with the battal- ion under Major Muelmann, from Tsins Ching, which, taking up the pursuit, overlook the enemy in a fresh position to the south This was captured and the enemy were pursued as far as Ku- Kuan. Wallmerich followed them thither.
 ''The enemy suffered severely. Elev- en old and two new uuick-firers were captured. On our side one man was killed and three were severely wounded and nine slightly. Lieutenant Dues terberg was shot through the right arm
 ''The enemy are everywhere in re- treat. General von Lessel has arrang- ed with General Bailloud that the French troops shall occupy ku-Kuar 4 flank.
 'Kettler's brigade is marching by short stages to Pao-Ting-Fu and Hueh- lenfels battalion along the mountains to Pekin." "
 Pekin, April 2S.-The report of Gen. eral Kettler, received here from Hu- Lou differs from the other reports con- corning the German French expedition previously received. General Kettler's report shows that the Chinese troops did not leave the province till they were forced to do so. The entire brigade commanded by General Kettler met the enemy on April 2S and inflicted inn mense loss upon them The report does not give this loss. The Germans had one officer and three soldiers killed and twenty-eight soldiers wounded. The Chinese were forced to leave the prov ince and were fully demoralized Tha French authorities stated that the Chi nese had crossed the border of the province on April 19, in which case they must have subsequently returned.
 Li Hung Chang says it is impossible to believe that General Lui Kwang Ting would have so flagrantly disobey- ed his orders and anxiously awaits the Chinese report of the encounter referred to by General Kettler.
 Nine Chinamen will be executed to- morrow in the American district for highway robbery and violence. The men in question were tried and sen fenced according to Chinese law, but they are the first of such sentences to ha annroved bv General Chaffee