Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-05-16

twice defeated enemy. Keep UP your
spirits.'
General Fukushima to Colonel Shiba:
Camp at Changchiang, two kilometers
north OF Nantsaitsun, August 8, 1900.-
Japanese and American troops defeat-
ed enemy on the 9Th instant near Petit
sang and occupied Yangtsun on the
9Th The allied forces, consisting of
American, British. Russian and Jap
anese. left Yangtsun this morning and
while marching north l received your
letter at a. m. at village called
Nantsaitsun. 1t is very gratifying to
learn from you that the foreign COM
munity at Picking are holding on, and
believe me 1t is the earnest and unani-
nous desire of the lieutenant general
and all of us to arrive at Picking as
soon as possible and deliver you from
your perilous position. Unless some
unforeseen event takes place the allied
Mat'ou on the 10th, Changchiawan 18th,
Tungchow IL and Peking 18th or 14th."
The messengers story: August he
went via Tungchow, finding there that
his family had been murdered by the
Boxers. On the 18th he met boatloads
of wounded and defeated Chinese. AT
Tsaitsun he met the advance guard of
the allies. The evening of the Sth he
marched with the middle division to
Chuanchang, six miles south of Hosi-
WI. Thursday, the 9th, a. M, he start
ed with this division, who expected to
reach Hosiwu that evening, but left
them and returned to Picking by the
road to the west. The troops have but
few Chinese servants. They have many
pack animals, led mostly by Japs. He
saw a small number of Russians and
body of several hundred mounted
black (probably BengaD lancers, who
made fun and charged at him with
their spears! He asked how long they
would be before reaching Picking and
was told five or six days, as the Chi
nese were not stubbornly resisting, the
allies merely having to drive them on
ahead of them.
Aug. -. Heavy firing all day.
Aug. 10. The whole force of the ar
tillery possessed by us was brought to
bear on the Chinese position in the
Mongol market, as the Chinese seem
to be making a last desperate attempt
to kill us all before the arrival of the
relief force, and it is expected that
from that quarter will come the fierc-
est attack.
p. m. The yamen sent word that
If we would refrain from firing they
would positively stop all firing on their
side. This was agreed to and five hours
later. though they had been firing all
day, they made the most terrible at
tack Of the whole siege. This was kept
up all night, the very violent attacks
being renewed at intervals of about
two hours.
At 4:30 a. nl., having been up all
night under the hottest fire mortals
ever endured, but which as usual went
mostly into the trees overhead l had
just dropped asleep, which even the
heavy firing did not prevent, when 1
was awakened by the pop, pop, pop,
pop, pop. at regular intervals of only
the fraction of a second. of an auto
matte gun. AS knew the Chinese had
no automatic gun in their forces and
as our own Colts gun was just outside
the British legation gate to prevent a
rush down the moat between the Brit
stantly came to the conclusion the
final rush that would end the drama
and our lives was being made. Grasp
ing my double-barreled shotgun I rose
from the. floor where l had just thrown
myself down and stepped outside In
front of the legation chapel and as 1
did so heard the thunder Of heavy
gate. Then the situation was clear.
The relief We're outside the, city engage
Ing the Chinese troops and the auto
matte gun was not ours but theirs.
dropped on my knees in the road
way and put up a few words of
THANKSGIVING W almighty GOQ, ana
then. rising, called out the good news
to those inside the houses. in excited
tones. Oh, the sweetness of those
sounds! Shall l ever forget how de-
lightful they sounded. How anxious
felt when they ceased for a few mo-
ments and how happy when they We're
resumed! The Chinese attacking US
heard them too. and for awhile some
what slackened their fire to listen, but
only for awhile, for they kept up hot
fire all day. Poor Mitchell, the brave
American gunner, was wounded in the
night, having his arm broken by bull
let from the Mongol market attack,
but he smiled grim smile when the
guns We're heard outside and remark
ed: oh. you can keep up your devil
ish racket now, but little while long
Ell and you will be silent enough
AT about p. m. the Americans on
the. wall saw men in foreign uniforms
directly opposite them. While the
Americans and Japanese had attacked
the Tungchow stone road gate and the
Pieu gate, the English had found the
Shahkuo gate entirely open and UNI
guarded, and had FASTENED, as direct
+ ed by our notes of advice to the water
gate directly under the eastern ex-
tremity. of the American position on
the wall. The Sikhs came pouring up
to the gate. which they soon smashed
In, and then the hurrahs that rent the
skies told those in the houses and in
the hospital that the siege was over.
Just as the relief forces were pouring
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