Show PEON PEKIN CAPTURED ALLIES ENTER THE CITY AFTER HARD FIGHTING AUGUST 15 city entered by one on 0 of the th four eastern gate dpn lead attack elsm eions and foreigners now no sato S the billed allied forces captured and entered pekin in the face of 0 abs obstinate binate resistance august is 15 and the members of the foreign legations are site safe boffl cial confirmation ot of the alo fall all ot of the chinese capital came to the united states state state department saturday morning in ia the shape of two cable grams ono one from frodi admiral ramey and t the 1 ie oth other from consul F fowler 0 w a at cho erl froen nicon iier fmc irao F foo 0 0 the cablegram f dom i A d 1 remey came to hand first early in the evening followed very soon by that of consul fowler the japanese loss is reported us as over loss los of 0 the other C commands Is not yet known contrary to th the a pi ess reports consul r follert Fow 0 w le lert rs di dispatch r p a t cli s shows li 0 w s t that li a t t the h 0 a attack t t a cl c 0 on tb the e e city 1 t y m met e t with i z strong t ro n g resistance sista si uce the japanese force en engaged aged with tle tiie advance numbered men so the lost loss suffered I 1 by oy them was overl fiver 1 per cent allowance is made for losses in the forces force 1 I of the other oilier armies but it is presumed that it was in proportion to that of the japanese previous information which has been received showed that the allies took possession pon session of 0 tung rung chow on the instant from that city to pekin the distance is not very great not more than a dozen miles it seems seem evident therefore that the armies halted for a time at tong chow probably for the purpose of giving the men a rest and preparing for the tha attack upon the capital city in force after waiting wailing until the rear of the advancing hosts should arrive at the front the officials here were aware of the tact fact that the stronghold ot of the boxers was in the chinese city and for the lollies lilies to attempt to force their way through into the tartar city in which the legation compound compound d are are located night mean a great loss of life and possibly a 1 defeat it was also known that the imperial troops who have hided with the boxers were many of them in or near the chinese city and that much of the artillery and rifle ire which has been poured into the le ia rations had been from the walls walla separating i the two cities these facts evidently were communicated to general chaffee and tho the ther aher commanding officers of the allies Reali realizing these obstacles it appears that the allies decided to attack the city by the east gate gale there are four rates ates to the city on the east two lead log og to the chinese city aud and two to the tartar bartar city just which ono one of these was ras selected as the attacking point consul fowlers Fow lort dispatch does not disclose ais close |