The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-11-07

1900 metres. The effect Of the Jap.
anese fire soon made itself apparent.
The Chao-ysng burst into flame, and
the Yang wei had To he run ashore.
At I p. ~. the Saikyo ran up signal
that the Hiyei and Aksgi were in
danger, and the rest Of the squadro"
went to their assistance, but the
enemy now left the Hiyei and Aka !
and directed their attack against the
principal squadron. The Admiral
now signalled to the Hiyei and
Akagi to draw out OF the fight, which
they did, the latter assisting the
former to put out fire that had
broken out un hoard. The Saikyo
Msru, at this stage, had her steering
gear destroyed, ami the ironclads
Ting-yuen and Chen yu-n pressed
her SO hard that her only means Of
escape was to steam between them.
The two big ships sheered OF, as she
approached; they probably feared
ranming. Three torpedoe. were
fred al her. but all were badly aim.
ed. The enemy's FIRE now began to
slsck.n, and the Japanese redoub
ling theirs, the Chih-yuen was sunk.
A part Of the enemy's feet, con
sisting Of four ships, steamed of to.
wards the coast at this stage, pur-
sued by the flying squadron, while
the principal squadron held the
ironclads aud their consorts, which
were evidently disposed tn retire.
Shortly afterwards the Ting-yuen
caught fire, and the flying squadron,
coming up with the fugitive ships,
forced the Lai-yuen out to sea again
and sank her. She lost her steering
gear and was moreover in flames;
aud settling down by the stern, she
went under amid the shrieks Of her
crew. II was now 5:1 p. m. The
flying squadron had been obliged to
desist from the pursuit OF the other
three fugitiyes owing to shallow
water. The Yoshino, however, went
after one II the snemy's torpedo
boats, but WAS almost immediately
siHnalled to return. The first en-
! gagemcnt lasted about one hour.
During il, either the Chao-yung or
Yang-wei was sunk.
In the second engagement the
Flying Squadron and the Principal
Squadron separating, ranged them
selves on both sides Of the enemy,
and sank either the Chin. yuen, or
/ Ching-yuen, the Chen. yuen and
King. yuen being set on fire. The
third engagement began at about
$50 p. m. and lasted until 5:37 p. IN.
II WAS conducted in two parts, the
Flying Squadron pursuing a section
Of the Chinese navy that had fled,
and the Principal Squadron fighting
with the ironclads and their con.
sorts. At every hit made q shout
was raised by the firing side. Once
the enemy getting within easy tor.
pedo range Of the Hiyei, discharged
q torpedo at her, and were 80 conf,
dent Of sinking her that they cheeretl
a. the torpedo left the tube. But the
Hiyei, by a turn Of her helm, avoid
ed the danger, and destroyed the
torpedo with one Of her quick. firing
guns as il passed, the Japanese
cheering the incident Justify.
TERRIBLE ORDEAL.
In the Nichi Nichi Shimbun We end
some particulars showing through
what q terrible ordeal the Matsu
shima passed in the naval battle or
the 18th September. When the
order was given, At few minute,
past noon, to clear for action, tn,
gunaery lieutenant mustered 62 gun
ners at the various batteries. Al
hour later only q remained fit FOL
duty: the rest had all fallen, killeC
or wounded. The decks were in al
appalling state; strewn with limb
and mutilated trunks and covered
with blood. Yet the crew fought OF
undaunt.d. Presently a shell frou
one OF the Chen-yuen's S-ton gun
struck the second barbette gun OF
the starboard side, aud bursting car
ried death aud destruction to ever,
one and everything in the vicinity
! All the forward cabins On that sid
, were wrecked, a huge hole was rem
in the deck, numbers OF men wer
) killed, among them the gunner
: lieutenant, whose body seems L
, have be.n completely swept to 500
sine. nnthing was found OF him bu
: his cap and telescope. Another shel
Of the same calibre set the shin on fire