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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1900
Page
3
Eyewitness reports from Shanghai describe a brutal Boxer assault on the legations in Pekin on July 6-7. Foreign envoys, soldiers, and their families were killed or wounded as Boxers and Chinese forces attacked the British and other legations, while civilians faced terror and destruction across Tianjin and surrounding areas.
The account describes Admiral Seymour killing his wounded to spare them from Chinese capture. Wounded soldiers reportedly begged to be shot by their own men as Boxers tortured captives. A firing squad executed some wounded while the allied force fought to delay Chinese forces.
The Ninth Infantry colonel Liscum and Captain Davis of the Marine Corps were killed during an allied assault on Tien-Tsin as Chinese walls faced 7000 attackers. Russians held the right, Americans suffered heavy casualties with 25 percent of troops hit. many wounded including Maj. Regan Buckmiller Wilcox Noyes. Wong Yee Chow led Los Angeles Chinese merchants in backing U S law during the crisis.
A Chefoo dispatch reports Prince Tuan mobilizing 950000 men into four Pekin army corps with aims to expel foreigners from Amur and push toward Mukden, Tien-Tsin, Pekin, and Wei-Hai-Wei. Japan has 23000 troops in China as the rebellion grips southern regions and foreigners flee Chu-Chau and In-Chau in panic.
European reaction centers on vengeance amid reports of barbarities at Pekin. London dispatch notes anti foreign fires spreading to provinces and threats to Tien Tsin Chefoo and Shanghai. Fall of Tien Tsin worsens allies defeat fears and may force retreat to Taku.
Allied forces breached the walls of Tientsin on July 14 and captured its forts, with about 775 killed or wounded among Russians and Japanese and 215 American troops among the total losses. A Shanghai dispatch cites 100,000 Chinese troops near Shanghai ready to besiege the city if Europeans attack. The battle unites English American French German Japanese Russian Austrian Italian troops against Chinese defenses.
News states that July 9 a combined force of Boxers and regular troops attacked Tai-Yeun-Fu, killing about 150 people including 40 foreigners and harming Christian residents. Thousands of armed Chinese nearby raise regional danger.
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