§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state who commands the British land forces and other land forces now being despatched to the relief of Tientsin.
§ *MR. BRODRICKA telegram from the Rear-Admiral forwarded from Chefoo on 23rd June stated that a Russian major-general with a German officer second in command, and Captain War-render of Her Majesty's Ship "Barfleur" are in charge of the operations from the Ta-ku forts for the relief of Tientsin.