Show WORK OP F TEE NINTH H NITH Colonel Coolidge His Ocia Official Report Wahington Va hington July war de department department received a a cablegram from Lieutenant Colonel Coolidge who as assumed command of the Ninth infantry after the death of Colonel Colon l Liscum ing in part the part played by that or 01 organization during the fighting at Tien I Tsin sin The report Is a as follows I IChe Che Washington Six companies of the Ninth infantry under Liscum wih with marines commanded by Mead and British forces under Gen crl Dorward in conjunction wih with French and Japanese and attacked te the southwest part of walled city at day daybreak I brek break on the The Ninth infAntry tron on the right I were casto east of the south gate protecting the aled allied forces from flanking fre fire I After belm under fre fire for fifteen hour hours they were withdrawn to the outer mud I al at I Ninth infantry had seventeen killed sixt sixty o and one missing out of engaged at this poInt Company A posted at the railroad staton station east of th the Pot Ho was vas ox ex exposed posed to 10 heavy shrapnel lre lIre loSing two killed and seven seen wounded in additon addition to the foregoing On the morning of the the Ja a Danese blew un UD the south gate gate ent enter entering r ring ing the walled city Aled Allied forces en entered entered town Assigned the southwest Quarter to the Americans for p police and Guars Guards established In Inthe inthe the American Quarter which wa was al already already ready on fre I 1 British commander American soldiers for arduous wo work Americal I and gallantry in communication to toMe toMe Me d on July C COOLIDGE |