Show EXPEDITION PROFITLESS Of by Ale Fo la Had III fd to III 1 III tilt tIse tiE of I li sit 11 lIr 1114 Ilio 1110 in III Thu TaUt China Oct of the Ir Press Beyond time the of oC the tho the to th the result ut of which have hav already been cabled by th lh Asso Aa w wee profitless TIlt The mill tiny tarr commanders believe however that It was morally valuable a tb the employed wu was impressive and tb the line of oC march was wall through a thickly populated populated rich section and one In which bleb It I ii said tb be Boxer hive ruled With a hIgh hind hand Ae ln on reliable information that UI th Were wre assembling in conId erable number at and near TIM Gen Oen sonic since began the ot of III aim expedition to that point n t Not IlL a was tired fired during the five day daf and emily casualty was tIme the killing killin of oC one trooper during time the looting ot of The Tue expedition w wu composed of oC three columns with a 1 total strength of some timing over oYer men ot of all trios arms Gin Gen erol Dorward personally d UI the column which followed the right of time the canal This was wa of the lbs rt Hengal lancers no hUll the te Punjab mn mill of at th time 10 u of th the infantry ot of the UnIted States tate infantry under ot of Major Robertson and 50 In Cant fantry The center column marched up UI the Ibe left hank bank III C time the canal about three mlle mUe from the right column It on shied or of two Japanese siege gun WO Italian Infantry and plo plon I n a detachment of British laI cappers J t miner The left Iet swept I across about live miles rom the center column taking In a number ot of villages ort oft tIm th canal This column wa was of at one battery ot of royal hr horse artillery th the sixth Bengal lancer t thu I Bombay Domba cavalry the Bengal sapper and minors infantry III I tame same number of oC Italian infantry MUllan infantry 30 10 ot of th Woi Wel Hal Wl We national regiment and a ot of men of oC th lb sevenths The Tb Germans ant I French Were not represented d Oen Cm Dorward the canal of the th opportunity at al forded by It its route to inspect a largi number ot of vIII and talk wIth the Leaving Tien Tam shortly after on the morning of the tbt Slit UI column Med through village Slur 11 anti and a country In garden vineyards and At t of 01 I the he village t the be WU was met Ii by deputatIons or f head 1011 with offerings lit r great Ireat baskets m ket of luscious Chili grapes e peaches and 11 pears while In that of 01 Yang antt Tul Chen hen where the tint first night camp was Witt pitched the village furnished firewood and built buill a bridge of junks over which the column next morning Breaking camp it At I the col column over oer the junk bridge which hall had been n constructed by the villagers over night anti seine bad marching n cued A rain In ha lied wept swept 0 t the th country ahead the night rendering lh the trails very try Time The troops ll Wert the Ihl worst I sufferer being much hampered h by the amount of the I Tim Th other troops we were In roar Order the ruin 1111 trudged along WIth the shelter tent and a days daya cooked lIol About 10 on time morning or of the tho the column Inlo she road follows Collow the canal ant ti al at time the same instant the bet I or t th the center appeared nn lit t tim 1 p 1011 bank willi the couriers r aol reported that time the third i was al into Inlo An hour In Ill tr hr time the three marche Into finding an officer and eIght cht men of the lancers had i the city It two hours before and aDd taken possession without Ii a shot hot wu was practically deserted it was lall plainly a that limit the hlll had nm am pie Warning of tim eXpedition aM ahI hUlt I suCceeded Iii rm Iu all guns all iou Id Shortly clark time tile Japan on time the right bank begin to Ore Ire that pitt of the town ton whit the cluster r or of mail bOil houses OI Oh the tj outskirts was 1111 burn I hy by the 1 t daybreak on time the ning of the the troops tOO broke earns and a detail to h the of Tutu ThIll Thi wag wa Dum pushed in III a most manner the mok from the thi burning city being I I bit in III Tiers Tam The I not In the burning M kept t isis 1111 inca In use olle In tees antI and thea wre wr not permitted to tn join JIlin In the ot of time the place |