New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-15
THE COREAN EXPEDITION
"DETAILS OF TIE SECOND DAYS BATTLE

DpT.us OF TIE SECOND DAYS BATTLE
TIE FORTS sToRMED by THE AMEbl'AN' ny
PERATE RESISTANCE OF THE 0Vi'N',a .>.oN
rERIoRITY OF THEIR ARMs-i"h
sprKyp AND THE FORTS DEMoL's"'
SAN FRANCISCO. Monday Aux 80
Rvtho arrival of the Pacific mail steamship G"oa
.,on, uorc Kong July ~ and Yokohama 'u's ~
the following details Of the se'0NO N''
Corea have been received 1910,
II .,o s.co,d battle between the o
- Tho Coresns the latter hau o,'O me-,
-, -, and their bullets feii snort WINE 'no
deadly fire Of tae American i''''
the enemy. .,- voprs sToRMED.
.over Of the rank vegetation aud the
unGei ~ hin the Americans advanced to within
tAouiusi ,he forts before they came within range
~ C,rean nusketry The COreans resisted deS-
Oh 'nS to tbe last Lieut.. Mckee was killed as be
P't'red the intrenchmeuts When the Americans
rooebad the intrenchments the Coreans retreated
n,hor Of prisoners were taken, including the officer
socond in command, who was badly wounded, the
Commander-in-C Chief having been killed. On the
,o,b Of June the American force bvouacked in the
fors. and next day demolished the forts and spiked
al the guns The fleet returned to the Boize anchor
age two day later
CoRcAN DIPLoNtCV.
The Go-eans sent on board a letter filed with the
most insulting and abusive language, to wmchno
tepIy was made Admiral Rodgers, however, sent a
communication to the Coreans, asking what nc
.bould do with the prisoners The C0reanS an
.wered that he might do what he liked win thein
Two DAYS later he set them at liberty ana sent TWO
messages ashore but the officer in command refused
70 receive them saying that it would cndangcr his
head 70 send theU and it was no use to attempt to
communicate further with the Court.
A PROTEST FROM MINISTER LOW.
Mr. Low. the American Minister, then sent for
NAL protest that his mission was peaceful and that
the American attack was not because the CoTeans
refused to negotiate, but because they had treaeh-
erously fired on the American boats. The steamer
Milet was then dispatched TO Shanghai with dis
matches for Washington. The MOnocacy and Palos
VIII return to Shanghai and be dccked, and the rest
Of the squadron viii return TO Che Foo and await IN
structions. Ore hundred thousand ratoHs were sent
tO Che Foo
THE CoREAN ARMS.
The Coreans fought bravely. Their weapons arc
old frelocks, aud their cutlasses are made Of soft
non which bends easily. The soldiers were
dressed in arInor Of nine thicknesses Of cotton,
padded, so that only riaebals could penetrate'it.
Documents captured showed that the CoreanGov-
eminent had planned the surprise of the American
aeo and were astonished at the failure of the forts
to annihilate the foreign vessels at the first IRE.
RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION.
The expedition has accomplished no change in the
relations of the two countries and Minister Low and
Admiral Rodgers will await instructions from Wash
ington before proceeding to further hostilities
Twelve native Christians came alongside the Admi
rails flagship in a junk, and begged TO be taken tc
Shanghai and that their junk be burned to prevent
It's falling into the hands of the native authorities
who would thereby discover from what village they
came and punish their relatives. The request was
granted. -
STILL ANOTHER CoEEAN OUTRAGE
Two FDqIshmen and one German engaged II
saving materials from the wreck Of the German
schooner Chusan, Oh SiI James Halls Island, have
been captured by the CoreaDs, bound hand and foot
slmg on bambOOs and packed OFF to the interior OF
Corea The British feet has sailed from Japan to
inquire into the matter
The English colonial press in China denounce the
return of the American feet to CheefOO as having
al the moral effect of defeat