Show I T THE T AKU FORTS Officer T elit Why the Attack W Was Ie Madd It Will tn the War Oil Chilla New York 11 July ItAn of 01 n It nC M C I 5 the writIng from Tallu Taku under uDder date of June 15 11 last lut says On Saturday the admirals met on onboard onboard board the Russian and lId el do that the Taku Jaku forts forti must be betaken betaken taken The Chine In them were In informed formed that they must mut live give them up by S I on Sunday BundaY or they would be Five gunboats were aU all UI the force the fleet being unable to get et near enough They were the Russian Bobre and the German the French Leon and the h Al U genus The tWo British the Pain and the also allO avail available all aWe able aWeThe Time The had bid had a most mOlt trying time having been a anchored for da days under the guns of a ton fort ot of an her at t on one discharge The gunboats were wre In the river and con consequently could not get Ift up behind the forts forti which are an chiefly planned to lire seaward Nut But It was wal known that the Chinese has hal mounted extra guns fURl to lire fire On Saturday afternoon a little more mon than 1000 men Were ere taken front from the fleets and cone conveyed up the river tn in tug the Chinese foolishly allowing them to pass the forts forti These TheM men landed directly the fighting commenced and amid making their way y across country stormed jJ th the fiLi from the rear It w was a bright moonlight night They opened lire fire at 1 much to our peoples surprise e The Tb run gun and torpedo hosts boate moved directly to the part of the river settled on beforehand and there keeping In motion engaged the forts forti The two British destroyers went direct to the tbt Chinese torpedo depot where tour four torpedo boats were lying Each destroyer towed aim 11 armed boat ud and they ther were re thus thul able abl to board alt four ChInese boats at 1 the same time over overpowering powering their crews crew I and them They then towed theIr up above allowing the Iltis to come down downAll downAll All night a tremendous lire fire went weRt weRton wenton on and aad at I a m It seemed as Sf If WI we but just at C 5 the ne new south southfort fort art blew up with a terrific exp explosion lon shaking us UI like an earthquake The south tort fort stilt kept Arlo firing but at S 8 gave Ive In What had bd happened during the III ht 11 was that the British and Japan Japanese e landl landing party had the large north batteries b by I 4 and Uld t they h then turned those guns 0 on tb the south forts forti Strange trane to lay cay the gunboats suffered uffe 1 very tb the shot passed over Oer them and did more dame damage at 10 t Otto One Russian oot bot only Wit wac hit and she was Put out r f faction action had bd a boiler exploded and nd near nat natI nearly I ly sank link The was al pl nd just escami a boiler explosion l a shell being found lying In th tIpS bent t tubes bea of her starboard Three officers and four men amen w r wounded on board the tin on the on one 11 was killed and one ed Oft short hort and the tot total I Brit lab Ilia loss during the nl night ht 11 warn on one k and 3 wounded an TIN JaPanese on short boN Was 1 killed and the of the Iltis bad one on foot shut hut oft lie He t I lOin going on well no now The Th also lost her second III lieutenant and four roes milt Tb killed hilled on h board the Ibe Russian Bobre Bobe was over II 20 If 1 tb the Chinese bl had fired shells that the losses would have bal been very different but bUI t they hey did not Dot fire are shell or else It wu was shell that berated A forms part of t the fuel 11 here now and lIti is II a 0 very verr powerful ship Had she dared she ht could have done greet t mischief tn In I the hI tIt fleet for forthe tb the ships though powerful o art aill empty of r men and very vry She line bM now taken ot of 1 by bythe th the and her runs nl have bave HeJl disabled I Sorry Paris Jul July Berlin 10 noree 1 Ot of the Temps says ay li It is II In Herlin that the Im emperor crt of hina has ball sent a 1 to 0 Emperor William deploring the of lIron lon on Ketteler liv iii h rb slid that the i cc art g o li Ii I Ii punished 11 tic also r It a 1 1 that hilt th 7 of hita with ith t rainy wAld nOt surfer from rom the slat ot of 1 i i ii i |