Killed. Wounded. British 2 11 French 1 2 Russians - 2 Japanese 9 21 Italians 7 11 Chinese (converts) 18 85 Austrians 1 1 -- --- 38 138 The total killed during the Siege was only sixty-six. It will be seen, therefore, that the reports of the fighting in this spot are not exaggerated. In conclusion let me add a list of the Marine detachments officers’ casualty list, which was as follows: Officers Arrived. Killed. Wounded. British 3 1 2 Italians 2 - 2 Russians 2 - - Japanese 2 1 1 Germans. 1 - - French 3 2 1 Austrians 4 1 2 Americans 2 - 1 -- -- -- 19 5 9 CHAPTER XIV A SHORT COMPARISON OF THE TROOPS A few notes on the equipment, methods, formations, and arms used by the different contingents seems to be not out of place; and as our friends the enemy had such a lot to do with the campaign, it is merely courteous to treat them first. They must be considered in two quite different classes—the Boxers, and the Regular Army. The former were the cause of the whole trouble, and comprised a large percentage of the total male population of Chibliat at the beginning of the outbreak; but their fanaticism rapidly waned as their power decreased, and by the middle of August they became despised even by the Chinese troops, who had once held them in great dread. An extraordinary feature about their composition was the large number of immature youths and senile old men who flocked to their banner. Their arms consisted of swords and spears, until towards the close of the Tientsin campaign, when they were largely armed with old rifles: a chance of wasting an exceptional amount of ammunition which was eagerly seized upon by these ignorant peasants, who doubtless succeeded in expending considerably more than the ton of lead which is somewhere named as each man’s allowance before he is struck. Thus it proves that as foes they were contemptible.