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Show ALLIED FORCES REPULSED Die WtUtl Cty el Tien Ttn DetenJri Aftlntt Aitault. Amarlran I. l'lr.,l at tj IVr t'nt of the rnre. Kn.wl-loln.l l.luiu KllltO-ll.lnlaretmtn.t la I, llurrlt.l t.rJ. Tin elllml troope met with a dltaf trout repulte at Tien Ttlu Mondny, when 7,000 of them attempted to carry the walled part of th city by attaulL The attack began at daylight. The Clilnetoon the wall were etl mated ounu-rratlrplr at Xi.ooo. They poured a terrlOa hall of artillery, rltle aud machine gun lira upon the attacker. at-tacker. The American, Japanese, Ilrltlth and French troop attacked from the wrtt and the Itutalan from the oppo-tltu. oppo-tltu. The American tulTered terribly Th (Urgean of th Ninth Infantry r a comierrallro eatlmata I that .'1 per rent of the American were lilt. Colonel llmerton It. f.lteuin wa mortally wounded a lie ita walking In front of the troop. Major Iteagan and Captain lluckinlller. Wilcox aud Koyr are among the wounded. The marine loue Ineludrd Captain Darla, killed, and llutler, Leonard aud teteral other wounded Oniccr declare that It wa hotter than tiiintlago. Upofi receipt of ine Jltttlrou new tho president at on nud preparation prepara-tion to tear hi home Canton, 0., fur Watlifnglon The cabinet t In stkn and com-niunlcaled com-niunlcaled with the nretldent fre-t,uenlly fre-t,uenlly by meant of the dllnee telephone, The propotlU'in of tending more troop wa dlsi uttel, and " "Ureed that the altuailon demtnJfd that addl tlonal foree be diptotiJ at oou at Iiottlhlf. If a large trmy I demindeil, which now item prohAll. th authorllle will be put to iiiuJ trouble to ecura them. A few tliond mnn might bo spared from the I'illlpploea and a limited lim-ited number from (uba, ba' o opply Hit remainder llierfli'' I'O't' of Hie country would hue t dlrcsted. Volunteer are not looked upon with faror, becauto of lb Hi necessary to enlist, equip and tnntwrl them. The necessity I urgent, nd tbe folckc.t meant of acnrlngii'ii''"ne,,uln" probability will Uflopled. Tliecstlmalertrd ' how many could bo spared, bt th general opinion opin-ion was that auniaearr between 1,000 and O.OOO could Mihlppe'l to the tatt from Cuba and Ihi I alt! ! In addition to the tron already under arm. A ttatemenlp'epsred by Adju-lanl-nenernl Corbltlliowt that there are now a grand toul ol lo.eot ofllccra aud men In China, eiroate to China, en route to Nagasaki ot under orders for Nagatakl. This, ef coorte, Includes thell.fated.NMnthlt!ntry, which may not be In coudltloo kr farther aerrlce. cot.oNi:Ti i:mi:kson ii msiuu. Emerson II, Lltciim, colonel of tho Klnth Infantry, killed at Tien Tain, wa born In Vermont In 1811. entered tho roluutrer serrlce at corporal of tho I'lrsl Vermont Infantry. In May, 18411 appointed toeond lieutenant February Feb-ruary 10, U81; rot In tho regular line to colonel of tho Ninth Infantry April 13, 1809. In thehpantah war ho was mado brigadier-general of volun teer. Colonel Mania, was atatlonod at l'ort Douglas for (wo yenra prerlous to Ihn outbreak ttb9piinttli war, and hasmaiiy warafrltods In Utah. Ito was setvrvly wodnjtd nl Han Juan, and was ou tttkaro for seroral months. Ileulkjolth lilt regiment for the I'lilllpplonlo April, ISO), nud from Manila to Ttliti, Chilis, Juuo 37. |