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Title: World-crisis in China, 1900. A short account of the outbreak of the war with the "Boxers", and ensuing foreign complications
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Will, Allen S. (Allen Sinclair), 1868-
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Publisher: Baltimore, Md., New York, John Murphy company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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g about a million inhabitants,and the foreign city, or settlement, separated from thenative section and containing about fifteen hundredinhabitants. In the foreign city the consulates andother pretentious buildings are situated. TheChinese constructed intrenchments from which theybombarded the foreigners and also harassed themwith rifle fire. By July 1, there were 15,000foreign troops in Tientsin and the investing force ofChinese was estimated at from 50,000 to 75,000.Hot fighting occurred July 3 and 4. A Russiancompany of infantry was nearly wiped out, losing115 out of 120 men engaged. The British and Ger-mans also lost heavily. When the Ninth Infantryarrived its services were badly needed. The foreigntroops had all they could do to hold their own andthe Chinese were receiving constant accessions. Bloody fighting was of daily occurrence untilJuly 13, by which time considerable reinforce-ments were on the scene and the allies feltbold enough to undertake aggressive measures. IS o s 00
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THE CEISIS IN DETAIL. 33 They left a force strong enough to defend theforeign city and made a counter move by attack-ing the native city. On July 13 the foreignstorming party moved to the attack. At first thetroops met a severe check, the Chinese pouringupon them a deadly fire from machine guns, riflesand cannon. But the next day the attack Avaspressed home and the native city fell into the handsof the allies who, however, had paid a terrible pricefor their success. Their total killed and woundednumbered nearly 1000 men, including 23 Americanskilled and 99 wounded. Col. Emerson H. Liscum,commander of the Ninth Infantry, was among thekilled. The heaviest loss among the allies wassustained by the Russians and Japanese. It isestimated that 3000 Chinese were killed in thebattle. Sixty-two of their cannon were captured.The Chinese retreated to a point nearer Pekin. The complete possession of Tientsin was a markedsuccess for the allies, as it gave them a base fromwhich to move on Pekin. The

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