Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-20

ccrs who took part in the battle, and from what he glcancd from them 1t is apparent that they did not believe their fleet had been victorious. Some warships put into Port Arthur after the fight, all badly dam aged and full of wounded men. It will require considerable time to get them again into serviceable condition.
 The Enemy Appears.
 The correspondent states that tho Chi nesc northern squadron, under command of Admiral Ting, left Port Arthur on Fri day night last, having under convoy sev- en transports All the troops on board the transports were Hunanesc, most of them infantry. There were also a num- ber of artillerymen, with their batteries on board. Several Europeans accompa- nicd the fleet.
 The object of the expedition was to land the troops near Wiju, whehce they were to Do sent to the front. Nothing was sceii of the enemy until the mouth of the Yalu river was reached.
 Then fleet of warships was reported to be in sight and bearing down for the Chinese squadron. Signals were hoistcd on the Chinese flagships ordering the transports to make with all possible speed for place of safety. Signals were also set for the Chinese fleet to clear for action
 This order was promptly obeyed. In the meantime tho Japanese squadron was coming up rapidly, making direct for the Chinese vessels.
 The transports had run in toward shore and hurried preparations were made to send the troops ashore Many of them werc landed before the battle commenced
 The Chen Iuen, one of the most pow erful vessels in the Chinese navy, fired a shot at the Japanese soon as the latter came in range of her guns. The fro was promptly returned. and soon the Chen Guen was hotly engaged with two large Japanese cruisers, one of which Is said to have been the Chiyoda.
 The other Japanese vessels got into tho positions they desired, and tho fight then became general For six hours the battle was waged furiously, the deep boom of the great guns commingling with tho sharp reports of the machine rifles Near ly all the vessels on both sides were on gagged for the whole six hours. Torpedoes' Fearful Work.
 The splendid cruiser Chin Yucn took a prominent part in the engagement. Her krupp and Armstrong guns were we'll served, and she poured a hot and well sustained fire from her auxiliary battery. One of the Japanese vessels discharged a torpedo at her. Tho missile sped well from its tube and struck the Chin Yuen
  that it had done great damage, for the ] Chih Gucn began almost immediately to | settle Her crew, however, stuck to their | guns and delivered some effective shots before their vessel sank.
 The beltcd cruiser King Yuen met with a similar fate. being struck by torpedo and sinking shortly afterward. Many of the crews of both vessels went down while still standing at quarters. Only a few of | mn hnu uPH tS l.. | ported that iU0 officers and mon wcru drowned by the laundering of thesc two | vessels
 After the Chih Yuen and King Yucn | had gone down the cruisers Yang Wei and | Chao Iung ran aground while mancuver- | ing for position. Then they were help. | less and n destructive fire was poured into them from the big guns of tho Japa- nesc.
 ! Some of the Japanese warships dev oted | themselves for time to the transports, | which had not had time to get out of l range. It Is believed that several of the | transports were sunk, including one from which the troops had not been landed
 It is estimated that the total Chinese loss in killed and wounded was l, 5U0 Il is reported that the Japanese loss was 1000 killed or wounded
 Up to the time of the sending of the dispatch 1t was impossible to learn the names of tho Japanese vessels that the Chinese allege were destroyed in tho en pagement