Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1900 — BOXERS ARE REPULSED. [ARTICLE]

BOXERS ARE REPULSED.

Chinese Attack Allies and Arc Beaten After a Seven Hours’ Battle. A London news agency message, dated Friday, reported a renewed Chinese attack at Tian-Tsin that morning with twelve.guns. The allied forces replied with the guns landed from the British first-class cruiser Terrible and a mixed force of 1,000 men made a sortie under cover of the fire of the naval brigade and attacked the Chinese, who retired after seven hofirs’ fighting. Earlier dispatches record severe fighting. notably on July 2 nnd July 3, when the Chinese developed unexpected strength and did considerable damage with artillery. At the bridge near the French settlement there , was hard fighting at close quarters, the Russians, with n Gatling gun, finally compelling the Chinese to retire, although they suffered heavily. The operations, however, were in no way decisive, later messages showing the Chinese were still full of fight. About 500 men were wounded in the fighting at Tien-Tsin. A dispatch from Shnnghni says: Hsu Tung, the most determined hater of foreigners in Pekin and tutor of the heir apparent, has been murdered with his whole household of 300 persons while resisting Boxer piiiugers. The situation is still grave, for the Boxers, although they hnve been mow'd down by the hundreds, still believe themselves invulnerable. A special from Washington says that an allied force of nearly 100,000 men will be in China within a few weeks. These figures are larger than those given heretofore, but nre based on better information. The allies at Taku and Tien-Tsin now number a bout 18,000 men. The r*>enforeeinents under orders consist of 19,000 Japanese troops, 15,000 Germans, 13,000 Russians. 11.000 Americans, 10,000 British, 8,000 French and 3,(MX) Italians.