THE MASTER OF ELIBANK (Edinburgh, Midlothian)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that the British forces operating at and around Tientsin from the 10th June to the 14th July, 1900, from the arrival of Admiral Sir Edward Seymour to the capture of the native city, sustained such casualties that those of the Naval Brigade alone amounted to 50 killed and 247 wounded; and whereas at Taku the total casualties of British forces ashore and afloat amounted to one killed and 13 wounded, for which a clasp has been granted, whether he will consider the advisability of recommending the issue of a clasp, inscribed "Tientsin," to the forces, Naval and Military, engaged in the operations between the dates specified, which included the defence of Tientsin and the capture of the Peiyang Arsenal.
§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTERThe services of the British forces operating at and around Tientsin have not been overlooked. The operations were part of those which had for their object the relief of Peking, and the forces engaged receive for their gallant conduct a clasp, with the words "Relief of Peking" inscribed on it.