An attempt to-day to get a train through to Peking failed. The Lafa station is burnt. All intercourse with the capital has" been stopped since yesterday (Tuesday).
We have 600 troops here and 6 gans, and the Chinese are panic-stricken.
Tientsin, 7th June.
The train service is still failing the Chinese cannot clear the line of the Boxers.
The Tsungli Yamen refuse our forces permission to go by rail, and they may go by boat.
A Courier mail service is being tried; the telegraph is working still.
More troops and guns are being landed.
General Nich had a fight with the Boxers on Friday at Yangtsun.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.