THE TIENTSIN BATTLE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11593, 20 July 1900, Page 3

THE TIENTSIN BATTLE.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. EFFECTIVE ASSAULT BY GERMANS. CAPTURE TWELVE GUNS. ATTACK ON THE CHINESE CITY. INCONCLUSIVE RESULT. A LATER SUCCESS. TAKU TO TIENTSIN OPEN. Baooived July 20, 1 a.m. Berlin, July 19. The German official report Btate3 that in the attack on Tientsin, on the morning of the 13th July, twelve Russian and two German companies, two Russian field batteries, and a French mountain battery, outflanking the enemy to the eastward, carried the Chinese north-eastern position, and the position southward of the Luitai canal. Twelve guns were captured and two magazines blown up. The Eußsian General ascribes the capture of the guns and the explosion of the magazines to the Germans, who greatly distinguished themselves. Meanwhile the vanguard, composed of three American battalions, 700 British, 2000 Japanese, 200 French, and 50 Austrians on the west, attacked the arsenal and the Chinese city. An obstinate resistance was offered and the success was inconclusive. The alheß retired at night exhausted. Two German companies reinforced them during the night. lhe total casualties were 776. The whole of the walled town and citadel were captured on Saturday. Sixtytwo guns were taken. The railway between Taku and Tientsin was reopened on the 18th July.