The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-21
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MANY SHIPS ENGAGED.
JAPAN HAD NINETEEN AND CHINA
SI1IEEy AT THE hattie YALU
A Flood of Conflicting Rsports-Jspsn
Claims Victory-A Report That Japan
Did Not Lose ship

LONDON, Sept. 2o.-A dispatch TO the
Central News from Shanghai. dated 9:sj
n. NJ, September 0th. states that the
Chinese warshps which were engaged in
the naval battle at Yalu on the nth. were
the Ting fuen, Chin Yuen. King Yuen.
King Nuen. Lai Yuen. Chlh Yuen, Ching
iuen, Isl Yuen. Chao Yung. Yank Wei.
kuans Chai, Kuang Ping. and four tor
pedo boats. This feet was conveying six
transports. loaded with troops. which
were en- route TO reinforce the Chinese
army at Yichow The fleet arrived on
the eastern entrance 20 lau on the morn
ing OF the l1th intending 10 land the
troops inside the mouth OF the river.
JAPANESE AG0REssoRs.
At noon that day the Japanese feet,
consisting of nineteen warships, appeared,
ana Immediately opened fire upon the
transports. The Chinese fought hard until
dusk. when the Japanese fleet retired,
supposedly on account OF the shortage OF
ammunition. The japanese warshps Abu-
shlma ana lcoshima, and the transport
Saikio were damaged. but TO what extent
has not yet been learned. The Chinese
Chih Yuen. Choa Yung. and Yang Wei.
returned TO Wei-Hai-Wei with the trans
ports. All of the vessels were greatly
damaged.
ONLY SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
It is reported that the transport Toon
An was lost. but this is regarded as
doubtful. The Chinese fleet will proceed
to Port Arthur for repairs. Admiral Ting
and Colonel Hanneken were slightly
wounded, but have resumed their duties
JAPANESE CLAIM rnK VICTORY.
LONDON. Sept. 2o-The Central News
says "A private dispatch Is received here,
which states that nine Japanese and
Ia
,he battle at the mouth OF the Yalu river
on the llth. This dispatch SAYS also
that while the Chinese lost four ships.
the Japanese lost none though their
fleet sustained considerable injury.
dlspatch from Yokohama. received
by the London News Agency. SAYS the
Japanese claim % have won the victory
IN me engagement with the Chinese fleet
Advices from okOhama state that the
japanese army which defeated the Chi
nese troops at Ping Yang and captured
that city. is marching towards Wiu,
from which point they Will proceed 90
MOukden
ANOrHFR JAPANESE VICTORY.
LONDON. Sept. pa dispatch from
TOXIC % the japanese Legation says
that the Japanese fleet at I o'clock In thu
afternoon Of september 18th met eleven
Chinese worships and six torpedo boats
ihirty i've miles northeast OF iai Yang
Tao. and four Chinese ships We're sunk
and one burned. The Japanese fleet sus-
talned no damage
LOSSES TX THE PlNG Y'SG pATrLF.
WASHINGTON. -. c.. Sept. a.-An oiii-
cial dispatch received at the Japanese
Legation to-day from the Minister or
Foreign Affairs at Toxic gives the follow
ing account of the Ping Yang battle.
General NOdZu commander -ln-chief,
reports as follows. In the Ping Yang
tight. so far as ascertainod, our loss was
b. hundred
four men KILLED. thirty officers and five
hundred and twenty-one men wounded,
besides forty officers. whose fate Is un-
known. The Chinese loss is over two
thousand Killed. the number Of wounded
Is as yet unknown, but Is esl lin tied To
be- very large. number OF the wounded
Chinese are in our field ambulance (hos-
p.taD.'