Allies Hold En camped Forces Outside Imperial Pekin Palace
General Frey reports allied forces have driven the defenders from key positions and encamped outside Pekin's palace. Street fighting erupts as troops probe new districts while Japanese troops pursue the dowager empress toward Pekin. In Tianjin, a clash saw 1,000 Allied soldiers rout 3,000 Chinese with 300 killed.
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Imperial Palace
Lexpos
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Tien Tsin
Szo Chuen
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Meng Tze
Taku
Maomin von Schwarzenstein
Hueng Chan
General Chaffee Silent on Pekin Report Requests
WashiNeToy August 27 The war department has not yet received the Pekin situation report from General Chaffee. Cablegrams to Chaffee remain unanswered due to disrupted lines between Pekin and Tien Tsin, with messages likely sent by courier from Pekin. The department depends on Chaffee for guidance on future moves and deciphering two casualty lists dated Tien Tsin the 21st and 23rd remains uncertain. Orders to repeat messages and efforts to fix cable communication are underway.
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War Department
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Pekin
General Chaffee
Tien Tsin
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Bnd
Return to Posts by American Consuls in China
The State Department plans to recall all American consuls in China to their posts as danger from anti foreign outbreaks subsides. Officials clarify that consuls left on their own responsibility if they feared for their lives, not by direct department orders. The department now prepares to reinstate their postings and resume duties.
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Washindong
State Department
China
Department
Forty Americans Leave Pekin For Tianjin Under U S Escort
A Pekin dispatch dated August 19 reports forty American civilians, escorted by United States troops, depart Pekin for Tianjin the next day, signaling a heightened foreign presence during the time.
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United States
Loxnox
Pekin
Tien Tain
Li Hung Chang Leaves for Pekin Amid Peace Negotiation Hopes
Aug. 27 report says Li Hung Chang, Chinese peace envoy, may have started for Pekin or Tien Tsin. Officials see it as consistent with China’s course and potential for early personal exchanges with allied commanders. Wu has given no reply to Adee’s American answer. Li’s next move remains awaited.
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Ei Bung Chang
Pekin
Li Hung Chawrg
Tien Tsin
China
Ban Li
Li Hong Chang
Adee
Li Hung Chang
Allies Defeat Boxers Near Tien Tsin in Signal Victory
Five hundred American troops joined 675 British and 200 Japanese under Lord Dorward to rout Boxers near Tien Tsin on August 19. The village six miles southwest was burned after killing over 800 Boxers and wounding 64 prisoners sent to allied hospitals. Americans suffered five wounded, Japanese six, British none. Flags spears and swords were captured.
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Losnoy
Tien Tsin
Vienna
Reuter
Dorward
Tien ‘Tsin
Troops Arrive as Transports Pour into Taku and Pekin Avenues
Foreign transports flood Taku with three German vessels unloading troops. A regiment disembarks en route to Pekin while another heads to Tien Tsin. Three Russian ships anchor in the harbor as the Fifteenth Infantry, Third Artillery, and 500 marines prepare at Tien Tsin. Rations for 40 days are sent to Pekin. Civilians flee Pekin including customs staff. Foreigners urge a new expedition to destroy Ting Fr and avenge massacres.
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Tasu
Farge
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Search for Prince Tuan Amid Forbidden City Tension
Reports from Vekin via Che Foo describe Prince Tuan seen in the area as Japanese forces guard the Forbidden City. Chinese cavalry operate near Tong Chow while a squadron of Sikhs and American cavalry pursue them. The empress dowager is said to have set a court at Bian Fu, the ancient capital.
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Pesin
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Prince Tuan
Tong Chow
Bian Fu
Consul Fowler Reports From Pekin Dispatches
A public dispatch from Consul Fowler via Che Foo provides details on events in Pekin including a Japanese report on the emperor and empress at W Shou Shan and the situation around Yuen Fu and Shen Si. Li Ping Heng is reported dead. A withdrawal of troops is recommended as U.S. forces shift to safety for Americans in Pekin.
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Adee
Conant Fowler
Chee Foo
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Li Ping Heng
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Caught by Boers Ten Killed In Boer Action
Lord Roberts relocates headquarters to Wanderfontein as Boer forces trap a Liverpool regiment unit. Aug 23 losses include 10 dead and 45 wounded with 2 missing. Belfast area operations by Pole-Carew and cavalry advance east of Machadodorp. Reports note green veldt and improved grazing for horses and mules.
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Pretoria
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South Africa
Dewet Taken to the Hills as Transports Abandoned
General Baden Powell, in a Pretoria dispatch dated August 23, reports he blocked Dewet and dispersed his commando by moving off the transports. Dewet and his men fled into the hills, some retreating southward. Lord Kitchener has returned to Pretoria. A Pretoria dispatch dated August 24 notes the execution of Lieutenant Cordon, a Transvaal artillery officer, for plotting against Lord Roberts and British officers, carried out Friday in the garden behind the jail.
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Baden Powell
Standard
Pretoria
Dewet
Lord Kitchener
Cordan
Loxnox
Cordon
Transvaal Artillery
Lumber drives advance as logs flood northern rivers
Aug. 27 reports show Stitt & Howe diverting 3,300,000 feet from the Little Fork toward the Big Fork, with currents carrying mill logs to Canadian routes. Logs banked last winter are being shipped, while Cloquet floodgates open and lake streams run freely.
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Stitt & Howe
Big Fork
Little Fork
Wounded Horses and Veterinary Care in Battle Times
The article explains how wounded horses are attended to only when human life is not at risk. A veterinary officer and aides inspect near the fighting line to assess injuries and determine removal or slaughter. After battles, surgeons examine fallen animals and shoot the badly wounded while mildly injured horses are moved to veterinary hospital lines.
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Battlefeld
Tili
Royal Army Medical Corps
Red Cross
My Veterinary Department
Dry Smoke Fad Promises Less Cigars Per Day
A discussion of the so called dry smoke habit argues it reduces daily cigar consumption without harm and may aid beginning smokers. The piece notes initial lack of pleasure but predicts eventual satisfaction similar to regular smoking. It includes a reminiscence about George W. Peck and a cartoonist letter offer, plus a classroom joke on water and milk distinctions in a riddle style.
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New York Herald
Haelog
Myers, Cox & Company
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