Show KEM MAKES kESI A REPORT Is Commended for Not Beginning the War Var how the Allied Forces Except Ainer Began the Fighting The American Admirals Account Puts Pius the lie Other Oilier Nations III Attitude e of Commencing War Var on Would Not Do Up Ma Magazines on Gunboat and in Port Fort Taking Forts by of Combatants Mono eliC Call for Capt tins lias at an Itching to Fight Jul July Eh I d II today mad nid public the mall n rt vr t Rear Admiral X ix x hi uI rt tor Mt to ton tori ri n with lIh the of the thi othir th un ill the Taka orti And nd v van an ot the whIch In IniC iC many detail not pub hI hd Admiral Kemp alao o or Cf commander command Iw of oC tie B a ot of oth ofte h te II Rear Hear Admiral In the attack f r lerU to 10 the Ihl of O i WIth W II MIll hl h n e were at t by Lon the are al worLD NOT OT WAR WAIt WARt WAItt t 8 Ft Nea ewar Taku Chi Chir Chies r une lne 17 11 1900 hAt In to 10 the happell P previous to toe 0 e retain b by other ign na 1 heN to let get poe poeS S r the Taku forte fort fortOn On Juno June 14 Rear Ad Bruce called and asked what I II If I f ot of the matter end 11 I him hm thit I wu not to al l an any act ot of war with a countrY with my country wu Was at p peace ce that thit ry limit wal a to protect American In both bot by and under from both the d di and from the I of the lilt taIled states bios ID I the be Aal tallon AMERICANS NOT 0 O XI the lith at a tl of ofIe Ie lf 01 other her na It red med that thAI tho elation tUon at t nl Ku be taken take The Th nil ay ta II under ChIn Chinese con and In ease ale any Chin Chinese rt t tb the force ot of n nation ill aU be I Ivd and act Under my mr In I mId not join In I seton lulon or t I prop I y and dl l Oft not Iii to become a art airty rt to euch an without dt OBEYED ORDER June Jun 16 the same tor tore or e n al a compact that hat it II Wa 11 nece arr to take temporary r ot the th Taku fotz fotta and nd notice wig rv td do onu Mt at TIeD ud and Oft on the ot of th the forte it t Ties rein In were Informed ot of what waa contemplated 1 dId not Jol join r In the attack on th the torts tort WIM WI or of O bad hd orders orden to pro protect teet interests baled upon but In cue of at attack t tack by a Phine government tones toree h he 11 wee to confider It a a declaratIon of war and nd act Very VerV respectfully tu II LOUIS LoUIE KJ Admiral U I N s TAKING TUE U B 8 Newark Taku Tune Jun 11 have bave the hOllor to r re report port u follow tollo The Th o out cere of th the In the river met Inet meton on the Ut 0 of Juni ii 11 and 1 Cor or tb the of the to dr t the movement fl ier IRp mcneil to Ie 1 e a The tr fr the th were then a a skIn Akin In the second of the rIver above the north fort Cort The Th gunboat Welt tbt Bobr T Englich tOI 10 ame and JI lit In the latter after e eUan tIe the tIeI I boats near nar 1 U UThe uThe The gunboat claimed that her ber were disabled so ao It to In Tort TON Jiu and wu U I of tb the railroAd atlon at that place nil Th I U 5 It orden remained moored mood at Ton Tone Ku and took no part In the action Many I wr were afforded helter hetter and nd protection durin during the night A COD copy of the nil report port ot of the r rot ot of the I Is herewith I FIRE I The vessel the nUl took u I etlY 1111 III Ia till tha 1 of th the Instant and nd about IB 1211 a m In on hour before fore the II tion of the time all the tort forts tun which uld be trained on the fired mn many shots hots the The vessels 1 re me turned the lIre with a rapId from their guns which wIth the exception ot of guns IUn or of cUber were of I small type trIM The run on the north DOrth fort were ware cle chiefly y 41 Inch while fort hu hua a number ot of gun from six Ix to Inches In caliber The MIe aboa aboard a land Ind IndIn In party Arty of O m mec Immediately nut t them ashore A portion of them through to the nav navy yar and nd took by tour four new tor torpedo do boot boat two and nd pix lib each and nd by the Fame and Whiting tonk toik them to Ton Pong Xu Ku The other land Ind Ine parties and nd the remainder of the aggregating mane IOMe ISO O men in time for tor the U as MUll Molt Th The continued with more Inore or lees tIN I spirit Until daylight when lien It be became became came very rapid and Ind active and It Is II retorted very roo to tilt th Chinese About a entered tb the mia mae maeline sine line of the GUllak blowing It up caus causIng Ing hr her to take water waler UtI ad burning n 4 men more Inore or lea lellI severely She ot 0 over an n awning ii 81 a mat and nd after fter a tn few hour w work 1 Was flot doat In Ing t her normal height TilE About I a rn m the sIlenced th the Northwest a landing landin force toree charred charged and nd occupied It where here hoisting the 11 flag occurred notably th the ot of th the a ane landing party part and one ODe lDah killed and nd several wounded The ChI flea noe then abandoned the North tort fort which I Ii joined to the fort furt by a protected palla passage After bout about two hours houra more th the hulk forts forte were taken after the ot of tb the maga ma maline sine line Most dOlt of the occupant fled but Were wre nut not pursued Some au 30 or It 14 Were I found hiding In various OUI parts part ot of tb the fort The various particIpating their It on tb the v rlou flag flagstaffs staffs The torts belli being ot of thick mud and nd grass adobe were wre but blat little dam damaged II aged d by the gun fire are although the they reo re ft hot hoit ot of projectIles The guns snI nit IrU gun n shields as a rul rule WEre wre not damaged Iwo or Un of the modern guns una were disabled LOll LOli OJ OF COMBA T ANTI The d dead Chin Chinese were not COunted but It I Ii estimated by that pome 10 1 dead dd were rt left In th the tort The Th loss lOll on n the lid ilde ot of the allied forces forcee wu was u as nearly nearl u as a fol follows lows on one badly Injured eight men wounded Title Uti captain badly Injured three or tour four men killed ha 11 or eight wounded two badly wounded eight men dead twelve w WOunded one officer badly wounded eight men killed tn ten wounded forty ev n burned by br lX explosion of powder polIer room Lion on one mini man killed one badly wounded Other vel engaged n led injuries of minor The above bove I Ii In an account c lIed gleaned with S of officers engaged but may contaIn minor During Durin the engagement gun IUn were turned on the Monocacy which w was out of 01 the line of fire She Ibe wu no casualties and wu to forced 14 to with withdraw withdraw draw up the river Yen Ver reaper KEMP Rear Admiral U tJ 8 N NTo Z To the Secretary of th the Navy Wash D C NOT IN i IT Following is 18 the report of ef the action made mad b by Commander WI of oC the Uti Mono lono Monocacy cac cacy to nr fleer Admiral U S g s B Tong Ku China June 17 1800 Sir I have haYa tb the honor to report upon the occurrence noon I 1 attended a meeting of o at 0 p pm pm m on board the Borbora I was shown the protocol and ultimatum a as to the Tutu Taku forts The signature to the doc were autographic and a yours OU WI got t I appended I 1 the sea liD seaS S S Lite t be wo would baw bv Ii 1 Irime II Monocacy O c out of et the pl l and lacet for vessels of the attacking f L 1 Tile The lint gun fun we fired at t IU and with the that followed two of the shots pu passed d dover over the Ibe Monocacy although eb she was out of the line Ubi of fire between ibe forts forte and nd vessel 1 attacking a 3 Th Tb UtI 1111 did not leave her br berth which was wal a short bort distance train mine until 1030 and the Japanese did not III here during durin th the A BOAT nOAT STRUCK 4 The fI lire re was a well sustained on boUt both aide Id and although continued at Interval to p pass ne neam me or burst short hort or beyond I attributed It to a wild firing b by th the fort forti About I was Wal on top of pilot hou house e b by tb the galling I had mounted there thell when I heard a shell and lId a crash The second cutter at her davits a f few ft feet below and nd behind me had been struck by A hell It entered her ber item tern tore out the bottom bollom and ranting diagonally across rou Ih ship out after atter lU of the team steam launch smashing POrt ladder and lId through the Ih In which It left ft a clear ctr cut ov ova two foot b by ten Inches There were many men Inen on the forward And It muM have gone ronI a close to ionic lOIne of them a as It did to me It fortunately missed miMed the davit QS a that have CAU caused 4 It to explode EXPLOSION L It wu was difficult to make out how howth th the allis were but they LIley were evidently closing u as alter after three a m discharge from Irom like or maxima were wre heard beard At 4 there was a tremendous explosion and nd a ml mass massof of flame which I attributed to a m mII maga II am In on one of the forts four the bursting buntin of shell In my near Vicinity Increased to such ucb an extent that It occurred tu to me that he forts forti might be directing some om I of th fire on the railroad station al a In inthis this list country It wu was a promInent I mut and a number of and nd ulan troop Were encamped round around I It In such uch Cut cue the Monocacy would be beIn bein In danger dallier mum from a fire which I had hitherto considered bad Acting th the thought I at once cut cast castoff off everything I steamed way away from the bank abd went two mil miles up the he river anchoring In tb the lIt lint bend Title move moe Yo was made at t 40 amid nd the lire slackening and a Japanese e Ita lug floating over one of oC the forts I returned to m my berth 71 wu we able bl to render the thi following assistance A party of oC 37 17 ladIes and chUd children front HI the mission at Taku who had bad fled hurriedly on tb the of the bombardment They The came aboard tat last night at pm and andre andare are re It III with me also came two sen of the U 11 M 14 8 who had came down from Tim Tim too late to tot tot t to any n English u Aa I leg rac down dOWA tb the river at t I am mit in n English torpedo boat a Chinese boat I bad so small best leat to make mke a landing so ao I sent t till the launch Junek to run hir I line ashore for which thanks thana have b been n returned I bare taken on board and lId had d au ur for th the tol 1 lowing A San Japanese with a bot wound a Cht Ch found fouad close CION to the ship wIth arm anD tom tern olT h by M trig metot of shell hen 1 a 1 soldier with wound In the hand NO TO Taku furta deserted b by evil every one no nu no telegraphic from rom auy r but buI I h had d a telephone Ir irm m Mr all ulet 1 tI iI know knol nothing or of tb the light except that tb the tort fort were taken I real feel a as a mural lural bared no doubt b by tile the ot of flee that duty and the old t li hOt hoe an runt Int smooth boreS boree a tact Very F 1 M Commander U s nr I |