Show SOLDIERS AT TAKU One Thousand Two Hundred Americans cans Awaiting Transportation rIb Tien Tsin July i via Shanghai July I Copyrighted 1900 by the Associated b Associ-ated Pre sA thousand French sol 11U dlora and 1500 Russians arc expected hero today One thousand two hundred 4 hun-dred Americans are at Taku awaiting r transportation to this port a At noon yesterday the British and American allies unsuccessfully at I 4 tempted to capture a Chinese fifteen iti pounder mounted last night which has I 3I1 1 been cnlllading tho advanced position of the allies S From 2 to 1 oclock in the morning an i artillery duel of eleven guns took place rc2 the Chinese shelling the settlements t from tho native city The British and Jnparidltf guns shelled the forts from tho Viceroys and Yam ns city gates The practice was good the British 1 silencing two of the guns of the Chi jI3 nes The lire of the enemy burned one 3 Jt8 ot Mackenzies wool warehouses The is loss wns over 100000 Inc It Is estimated esti-mated that over 500 shells fell In the hoUlcrnont wrecking practically many of the buildings Undoubtedly spiea arc Informing the rminy of the condition of the troops T1QP ahd of the situation in the quarters of d thp allies especially after a bombardment bombard-ment has taken place Tho Chinos iif trained our naval gun on thc allies ti capture a silenced l rOt ieiv made to I 110 lenced gun and n tremendous lire wns encountered Todays casualties were aff follous Killed Two blUPJnckcU and two IINIwo members ot one of the Chinese regiments L4 regi-ments fti r Wounded Three officers two blue JnckMs tWo marine and 11 vo members of one ot the Chinese regiments |