THE ATTACK ON YANGTSUN.
THE CHINESE BOUTED.
FLIGHT TOWARDS PEKIN.
FIGHTING AT NIU-CHWANG.
THE NATIVE CITY CAPTURED.
STRENGTH OF THE ALLIED FORCE&
AN liIMENSE ARMY MASSING.
United Press x\ssoci*tion—By Eleofcrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Rfjreived August 12th. 5.15 -p.m.) HOKO KONG. August 11. The British and Americans led the attack on Yangtsun. The. Chinese occupied seven lines ol splendid fortiiied entrenchments two hundred yai-ds apart. They retireat-cd steadily, volleying until ejected from the last loie, and "completely routed, they fled towards Pe'kin. The British had two 'hundred lulled and wounded, and the Americans two hundred and fifty. , Tbe iprlsoners say the British poured poison into the trenches, m«uning lyddite fumes from shells.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10733, 13 August 1900, Page 5
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