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Show hem mm& Said t o Be in Progress in China taken to strengthen the account of a battle Sunday. The -Standard Shanghai representative, rep-resentative, wkiog Sunday, sayo: i ""It is clear that the march to the relief of Pekin will be anything but a walkovtr. Japanese 6couta ,-bBve discovered a Jarge force of Chinese southwest if Tien Tain aad another large ferae in the vicinity of La Ti, to the cast-ward." cast-ward." ! London, Aug. 7, 4 sm. IThe St. Petersburg eorreepoudtirc of the Dally Mail says: ! "Aetje negotiations are pro-cediDg pro-cediDg between Russia and the United States, the probab4 out-Come out-Come o which wSl be a resot'ction to uphold the integrity of China unconditionally. A olvangbai correspondent of the same pip c says that the Americana there are argirx; the appointment of -General MasAr-- MasAr-- thur as commander-in-chief oC the allied forces. I "Washington, Aug. 6 The following fol-lowing .cablegrams have been revived re-vived &t the navy .department: "Che Too, Aug. '6. Bureau navigation. navi-gation. WashiDgten. ' British Fame reports aoorTeial engagement at Pei Tsang, Sunday rnoraiDg :3 to 10:30 o'clock. "Allied loss killed and woanded, 1,200: cbigfly Russians and Japanese. Japa-nese. '"Chinese retreating"' "Taussig-' "Cha, Fan Ar.cr iflm-onn Vot-L. gation, Washington. Official report re-port believed reliable. About 16,-000 16,-000 allies heavily engaged Chinese at Pei Tsang daylight on the fifth. "Eemey." Taussig, who signed the first dispatch, is ia command of the iorktown, whieh is at Che Foo. London. Ang, 7,"?: 40 p m Tt: ladvaiice of the. allied farces commenced com-menced today, ctbles cfee British consul at Tien Tin, under date cf Acg- 4. This is the first official information receu-ed here that the Attempt to relieve Pekin ihas be-gus. be-gus. It is accepted as correct. The British consul does not mention any fighting; but the Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing Suaday, Bays: 'Tbe Pekin relief eolamn is reported re-ported to have suffered a check. The' Chinese ere 6aid to have adopted Tugela tactics, and after everal hours of fighting to haTe fistreated. r This is the only message xej ceived ih London this morning bearing out the reports of Adm:r il i llemey and Commander T&useig regarding an engagement at Pei Tsang. The fact that the advance did not begin until Saturkay is |