The evening world., 1894-09-22
MORE JAPS ARRIVE.
1000 Troops Reinforce the Mi
kado's Army at Seoul
Admiral Ito's Full Account Of the
Late Naval Battle.
His Flagship the Only Japanese
Vessel Greatly Damaged.
tBy Associated Press.)

| 16 saws that fhirty-two Janapeea trapa
ports. convoyed bv a feet ~ tho war
sbipe NJ Janan have orr,vad 40 that No.,
bringing reinforcements cons,s,in, ~ ? :
ooo so,d,ers and ooo ooo,,a. ,,,,,, ooo
pack-horses and several nontoon bridgss
and batteries of maintain guna
The reinforcements were hurried for
ward to Seoul tho canita, of Coroo
where II is said. an alta .k unor tb. no =,
of tho Chinese ia exnected
SHANGHAI. Sent. ga desnatcb re-
ceiyet. here this (Saturdav, evening from
| Tien-TsinR renorts that all the Chineae
transnorts have safely reached port
Arthur.
LONDON Sent pa des,oto, from,
Toxic today dated ? NJ anno,nce.
the recent there ~ full desnat tcbes from,
Admiral ITO the Janonese con,monder
renortinp tho naval hattIe ~ ,he r,outh
Of the Vain River ue soy. thot he
was on hoard Tho stoo, wor.,in Mo-
susob,ma ni,h tho vessel, oor,nos,n, ,ho
EYrst J.n.noso c,uadron rho.a s,,n.
wero NJ tho rondezvo,,, ~ ,ha leland =,
uoi-yon-Tan In tha cr,, - Cor..
,,,tot,r, a. ,,,,, ,,,o,,o,on. 49,, 49, 80,
~ ,ha C,inosa ea.t
They ,,ghted tho or.r,ys sh,n. sor,v
In tho r,orr,ne ~ Can't ~ ,a,,o chase
and oyertook tho chinese Acct M
o,cl,ct IN the afternoon ~ tho sam.
dav
Tho ch,nesa ooc.,,sa hattie and the
transnorts which their seet were escort
inc entered tho yalu River The Janan-
ese Admiral. rsnort cont,nres.
"a fierce enragement folloved our
and determ,n. t,on Tho hatt,a continued
unti, onnrooo ching darunass nreyentad
n. cont,nuance Al the close ~ the
dav as result NJ Ave hours of ineessant
fighting the Chinese mad lost the war
sbins Yanr-wei. chao-Yunr. Lai-Yuen
and Chin-Yuen. while the Ting Yuen,
Kinp-Yuen and p,nu-Yuen were all set
nm Arc nv our shells
"At dua,x our sb,ps withdraw and pre-
nared IN renew the fight In the morning.
During the night. however. the remnants
NJ the Chinese fleet stole ont of the
estuary and fed towards the Japanese
coast The Jananese souadron started
in n,,rsuit hut owing to the damage
done some of our warships could only
steam s,ow,v We reached Hone Sound
at daylight on the morning of Sent IL
but tho chinese sb,ns had reached a
sofo sh.,tar We accordingly returned
- t,a rendezvous AZ the Island Of Hal.
Yon-Tan from whence all movements
80 ,ho Ch,nesa from, the Gulf NJ Pie-C
=, oo,,d no oore,,,I,v ohseryed
..rha nIotsusbima Hi-yei and AkagI
t., ,hs ,bictest NJ the apbt ana
ood tha ,no.t nowerfuI vessels n,
the Sh,resa Acct They received the
.oa,a.t damage The transformed
err,ser sakaIo also received considerable
aar,aga Tho Matsusb,ma was esneciaI-
,v nounded. One OF her 4,S-ton guns was
d,smounted bv shot which smashed
the carriage of the gun. and the latter
svy,,rg heavily against the shin causing
oraot damage II will he necessarv 70
send the Matsusbima to sasebo for re-
Jananese Squadron can be repaired by
tho artidcers on board of them. and in A
veel, the whole squadron will he in
adiness IN nut to sea again
| "Not ono Of the Jananese worsbins
was sunk. The total number of japan
ese killed and wounded WAS $50. The
Matsusbima. which successivelv at
tackled the Ping-Yuen and the Chem
yuen had her commander. first lieu
tenant and thirty-four of her crew
killed and four officers and sixty-nine
men wounded or the wounded. seven
teen have since died"
The yavevama n steel cruiser of
soo tons 64oo horse-nower carving
three guns and steamInp twenty knots
an hour buiIt ar yokosula. Japan, has
been ordered to the Island of Hai-Yan-
Tan IA take the place of the Mat
snsbima. Admiral Ito has transferred
his flag to the steel cruiser Hashidats,
a77 tons. 54oO horsepower. CARRYING
e,pbteen guns and capable of steaming
sixteen knots per hour.
The Japanese Board of Admiralty has
annroved the action of Admiral Ito in
retaining all his ships except the Mat
sushima, on the station, and In efrecting
repairs on the spot.
The announcement is made by the Daily
News to-day in a dispatch from its cor