Show i hR AT TIER TSIN f j I PartPlayed by Uncle Sams H Infantry in Battle I I REPORT OF LIEUTCOLONEL I Six Companies Under Col Liscum I Wore Under Firo Fifteen Hours I They Had 17 Killed GO Wounded and Ono Missing Out of 420 Men I Engaged Near South Gate Company Com-pany A Posted at Railway Station j Lost 2 Killed 7 Wounded in Addition II Ad-dition to Other Casualties I I I 1 Washington July 29The War department I de-partment received a cablegram from LleutCol Coolidge who assumed command com-mand of the Ninth Infantry after tho I death of Col Biscum giving = In part tho part played by that organization during the lighting at Tien Tsln Tho t report Is as follows Clio FOo Corbln Washington Six companies Ninth Infantry under LIs cum with marines commanded by Mead and British forces under Gen Dorward in conjunction with French and Japanese attacked southwest a part of walled city at daybreak on the 13th The Ninth Infantry on the right were east of the south gate protecting pro-tecting the allied forces from Hanking I fire After being under fire for fifteen hours they were withdrawn to the outer mud wall at night Ninth Infantry had seventeen killed I sixtynine wounded one missing out of 420 engaged at this point Company A posted at tho railroad station east I of the Pel Ho was exposed to heavy shrapnel fire losing two killed and I seven wounded In addition to the < foregoing 1 fore-going On the morning of the 14th the Japanese I Jap-anese blew up the south gate entering the walled city Allied forces entered town Assigned the aouthast quarter to the Americans for police and > protection pro-tection Guards were established In tho I American quarter which was already on fire British commander highly I I praised American soldiers for arduous I f work and gallantry In communication I to Mead on July 26th COOLIDGE |