The Captain of the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Zenta telegraphs to the Austrian Gonsul-General here that the fight for the forts at Tientsin was long, severe and for some time doubtful; ultimately the allies were successful against vastly superior numbers, but they had 775 killed and wounded.
All is quiet and orderly at Kianyin and the forts, The Peiyang squadron is nearly all there. A general relief was felt at the departure of Li Ping-hong, whose visit was neither welcome nor advantageous to foreigners generally. At least, this is what we learn from well-informed Chinese sources.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.