Show SIJTY = rw 0 WERE StAIN Admiral Seymour Reports the Casualties to Allied Forces in Several Battles j With the Boxers I j List of f Wounded Aggregates 206rHc Had Ten Engagements in His I Attempt to Reach Peking and on His Return to Tien TsinThe Loss to the Boxers in Killed Alone Was Very Hcavyln Qne Fight Over 500 Were Killed I I l London June 303 e mThe adven i tures of the hardflghtliig allies undoi dl A Admiral Seymour their reaching An l ting twelve miles from Peking the dai cislon to retreat the capture of rice antl Immense stores of modern arms and ammunition affording material for a strenuous defense until relieved all this is told In a dispatch from Admiral Seymour received by 1 the Admiralty at midnight which runs as follows I II SEYMOUKS DISPATCH Tien Tsln June 27Vla Cho Foo 1 I June 291005 p mHavc returned to Tien Tsln with the forces having boon I unable to reach Peking by rail On June 13th two attacks on the advance guard made by the Boxers who were repulsed with considerable loss to them and none on our side On June 14th the Boxers attacked the train at Lang Yun In large numbers and with great determination de-termination We repulsed them with loss of about 100 killed Our loss was seven Italians MANY BOXERS SLAIN I The name afternoon the Boxers attacked j at-tacked the British guard left to prd f I teet Lofa station Reinforcements were sent back and the enemy were driven off with a hundred killed Two of our seamen were wounded j We pushed forward to Anting Dim engaged the enemy on June 13th and June 11th Inllotln a loss of 175 Thdrc wOic no casualties on our side i FIUIIT ON JUNE 1STH The extensive destruction of the railway rail-way In our front having made further advance by rail impossible I decided ou June ICth to return to Yang Tatni I uheie it was proposed to organize an advance by i the river to Peking After roy departure from Lang Yang two trains left to follow were attacked on I June 18th by Boxers and Imperial troops from Pelting who lost from JOO to 500 I killed Our casualties were six killed and fortyeight wounded These trains I Jtinicclmoat oYang Tuii tim sonic av < MIng M-Ing I WITHDRA O TIEN TSIX The railway at Yang Tsun was I found entirely demolished and the trains could not be moved The force being short of provisions and hampered with wounded compelled uo to withdraw with-draw on Tien Tsln with which wo had not been In communication for six da sand s-and our supplies had been cut oft BAYONET CHARGES On June 10th the woundqd wfth necessaries ne-cessaries started by boat the forces marching alongside the river Opposition Opposi-tion was experienced during the whole course of the river from nearly every village the Boxers when defeated in one village retiring to the next and skillfully retarding our advance by occupying oc-cupying wel1selc ted position from which they had to be forced often at the point of the bayonet and in face of a galling lire difficult to locate MADE A NIGHT MARCH I On June 23rd we made a night march arriving at daybreak opposite I the Imperial armory above Tien Tsln where after friendly advances trench cious heavy fire was opened while oijr men were exposed on the opposite riverbank river-bank The enemy were kept in check by i ride lire In fionc while their position posi-tion was turned by a party of marines and seamen under Maj Johnson who rushed and occupied one of the salIent points seizing the guns The Germans lower down silenced two guns and crossed the river and completely routed them The armory was next occupied by the combined forces Determine attempts to retake the armory were made on the following day but unsuccessfully I unsuc-cessfully i IMMENSE STORES CAPTURED I Found Immense stores of guns arms and ammunition of the latest pattern Several guns were mounted In our defense de-fense and shelled the Chinese forts lower I low-er down Having found ammunition and rice I vo could have held out for some days i but being hampered with large numbers num-bers of wounded I sent to Tien Tsln i 1 for a relieving force which arrived on I r the morning of June 5th1 The armory was evacuated and tho forces arrived at Tien Tsln on Juhc 2Glh We burned the armory armoryCASUALTIES CASUALTIES Nationality Xlllrul Wounded British a jii American > i 2fi French 1 30 German 12 tI 2 Italian u 3 i Japanese 2 Austrian 1 1 Russian 10 27 Total 02 2W CONFLICTING REPORTS The fact that a large international I force Is on its way to Peking Is taken In London to mean that tho commanders command-ers at Taku and Tfcan Tsln consider some ono at time capital stands In need of relief supporting the hope that tho legations have been kept I in safety there But It Is impossible to deduce a satisfactory conclusion from the absolutely abso-lutely antagonistic telegrams lha most contradictory of which appear to emit naie from the same source the Viceroy I of Nankin The Viceroys strange report re-port that the Ministers were arranging pace terms remains unexplained Time general tenor of the new Is 1 regarded vas showing that the Chinese Govern Mncnt is possibly preparing to disavow r f thc promoters of the outbreak MILITIA CALLED OUT Hongkong reports that the Viceroy of Kwang province has called out the militia rot service In cane of emergency emer-gency Thq householder arc being compelled lo L pay for the cost of the mobilization i According to a dispatch from Yvoko hama divided opinions were expressed I at yesterdays meeting of the Japanese Cabinet The Ministers of War and I Marine and their supports urged that I Japan should undertake the suppression suppres-sion ofrebels in China while another section contended that Japan ought to I conifne her efforts 19 the protection of foreigners eACTIVITY ACTIVITY IN RUSSIA Advices from St Petersburg report abnormal acllvlty naval l Thc t reserves It appeals tffi3trrtice > 1 i called out and ten torpedo boats are being nrpjjarcd for Immediate dispatch to reinforce the Russian Pacific squadron squad-ron The British Consul at Che Foe wires the Foreign ofllce today that a message from Peking to the collector of customs at Tien Tain says the foreign legations are still at Peking WHERE ARE MINISTERS There Is absolutely rib authentic word as to the whereabouts of the members of the legations although abundant reports re-ports from Chinese sources say that they were safe a few days ago The Daily Malls Shanghai correspondent telegraphing yesterday says An imperial decree has been sent to all the Viceroys advising them that the foreign Ministers were safe in Peking June LSlh and afllrmlng that the Government Gov-ernment would protect them This is authentic and reliable 1 received it through n high Chinese official having moans of communication from the capital cap-ital to Shanghai by courier to Pao Ting Fu and thence by telegraph There Is no doubt that the Chinese Government Govern-ment fully recognizes what the safety of the Ministers Implies a < the present lime and for this reason there is less uneasiness about them WHAT CHINESE OFFICERS SAY The Shanghai correspondent of the i Dally Express under yesterdays date says Chinese officials derlarc that I they have imperial authority for stating I stat-ing that the foreign Ministers left Peking for Tien Tsln via Pao Ting Fu on June 2Cth They had passports and were escorted by a strong body of Chinese troops Jt is Impossible to verify this statement and the Consuls here are not disposed to place much faith in IL Jung Lu former generalissimo of time Chinese forces who was dismissed by the Empress Dowager when she designated Lu Chun us heir apparent to the throne has promulgated an order or-der to all Viceroys and Governors not to obey Imperial edicts Issued since I June ICth This is Interpreted to mean another coup detat Is foreshadowed and It Is believed that a new Emperor I will be Disclaimed I PRINCE LI AT CANTON The Canton correspondent of tho Dally Telegraph in a dispatch dated Thursday says The unexpected arrival ar-rival of an edict late last night from the Emperor and Empress Dowager prevented the departure of LI Hung I Chang northward on the United States steamship Brooklyn Arrangements for his Hailing had boon quietly completed com-pleted by United States Consul l Robert M 1 McWade and Commatalcr McLean of the Don Juan du Austria The pos < siblllty of a rebellion In Canton and the Imperative necessity of the organization organ-ization of a properly armed and reliable corp of 10000 men are among the chief reasons for the edict detaining Earl LI One hundred and thirty pirates and Boxers were beheaded yesterday by Lis orders lo terrorize lawbreakers The United States steamship Princeton Prince-ton has been ordered to Canton A dispatch from Shanghai of ycoter days date says the position at Chung King Is very critical ud that the steamer Pioneer has l been detained FEARLESS OIVDBATH oJ I Lord AVolaolcy In an Interview published pub-lished this morning says China possesses pos-sesses every requisite for overrunning tho world She has a population of ICOCOOOOO all speaking the amc language lan-guage or dialect readily understood front one end of the empire to the other She has enormously developed wealth and still more enormous natural wealth awaiting development Her men if properly drilled and led arc admirable soldiers They are plucky and able to live on next to nothing Moreover they are absolutely fearless of death Begin with the foundation of millions upon millions of such soldiers as these men are capable of being made and tell me if you can where the end will be |