Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-09-23 | Page 2 | Pei Tang Forts Fall

I PEE TANG FORTS FALL Eight Thousand of Allied Forces Make r a Captrure GARRISON HOWEVER GONE 1 I Only Four Dead Chinainon Found Within the Walls Three Thousand Chinese Succeeded in Eluding tho Internationals and Got Away in Broad Daylight Forts Badly Damaged Dam-aged by the Bombardment Three Mcmbars of the Allies Killed nnd Fifty Wounded Through Explosion Taku Sept Copyrighted 1000 by the Associated PressFour thousand Russians 3000 Germans and 1000 French I troops wlthn detachment of Austrian marines began the attack upon the Pel f ng forts at daylight The attack was answered by tho forts the bombardment bom-bardment continuing until noon but It was noticed that the forts did not reply after 10 oclock ocloce The allies sent forward at noon to discover the reason of the cessation of I the firing from the forts and found them deserted there being only four dead Chinamen within the walls The allies were much chagrined as they believed 1 be-lieved they had the place completely surrounded making esc Impossible yet over 3000 men got away In broad daylight The Russian artillery lire has proved effective and the fortu were bndly damaged i The British and Italian commanders had decided to Join in the attack but their troops had not arrived In time I The entire line between Tien Tsln and alai shows reinforcements were headIng head-Ing Con the forts Three members of the allied forces were killed and fifty were wounded through the explosion of mines laid along their line of march