The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-22
Shattered Chinese Fleet 10 Be
Attacked Again.
MORE LAND FIGHTING SOON
Not Chinese Vessel Enyagea a,
ialu Escaped Serious Injrfy.
The Japanese Lost no Vessels and Are
Ready to Fight Agaia-Ike Chiae.s
Fleet, However. Will onIy Block
the Road to Pekfng.

LoSpoS. Sept. "a dispatch from
Shanghai saws; There was most serious
loss of Chinese officers In the battle Of
1alu. In addition TO those who perished
on the lost ships the captains Of four men
of-waE which have reported at Port Arthur
are reported as having been killed.
Admiral Ting directed the operations Of
the Cainese tlset with great GOODNESS.
lie was twice wounded, the first time on
The cheek by a fragment OF a shell, and
the other time in the left leg. Five
Chinese transports that were reported
missing are sale. Il has been persistently
rumored that three other transports were
either sunk or captured by the japanese,
but this is mere hearsay. The officers Of
the Chinese northern squadron insist that
at least threec Japanese warships were
sunk In the battle.
IL Is now generally admitted that not
sing.e Chinese oattleship escaped without
considerable damage.
The Chinese authorities expect 90 hear
OF another battle in Korea shortly. A
Toxic dispatch. iiIed This morning. says
that all messages over the Japanese held
telegraph TO Fusan, except official dis
patches, have again been stopped. This
developing.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 2i.-4 p The Japan
ese ships are preparing for another attack.
The commanding officers of four of
the Chinese warships were killed at
the Yalu battle. Admiral Ting was
wounded in the neck and leg, nut
of the transport ships are still
ported to have been captured. Two of
them were the Chin Tung and Too Nan.
The fate of those on board Is unknown
All the Chinese warships that were not
sunk are badly damaged.
LoSnoN, Sept - The correspondent of
the Daiiy Netrs ST Shanghai states with re-
serve that Count CassinIc, the Russian
minister at pekiBg. has been recalled and
has been replaced by NJ. Pitrovo. who has
been the Russian minister at Tokyo.
The Shanghai correspondent OF the
Times says that the authorities have
strictly confined the Chinese fleet 10 the
defense OF tho approaches to peking.
specifying the limits within which the
various vessels shalt cruise, The officers
and men are impatient 10 continue oper-
atoms on the korern coast. and are en-
bittercd by what they consider the fata-
Gus policy of the government.
TOKYO, Sept. 21--An official dispatch
from japanese headquarters at Hiroschi-
ma says the losses of the Japanese at
the battle of Ringyang were IL officers
and I54 men killed, 80 officers and
52I men wounded and 40 missing.
The dispatch adds that 1900 Chinese were
killed. The number OF wounded is sup
posed TO be very large. The Ponson col
umn alone captured GIL prisoners, Of
whom eighty-four were wounded.
WAsHrxGros Cry, Sept. 2L-The Japan
ese minister has received an official mes
sage from the Tokyo government confirm
ing the report that the japanese lost no
ships at the naval battle of the mouth OF
the Yalu river, and briefly reciting the err
cumstances of the battle rs given in earlier
unofficial reports
Secretary Gresham received a cablegram
today from United States Minister Dun.
at Tokyo. confirming the Associated Press
report OF an important Japanese naval
victory of the mouth OF the Ialu river.
A cabiegram vas received at the navy
department today announcing the sailing
of the United states steamer Concord from
Nagasakl, Japan. for Chemuipo. Korea.
The United state. Steamer fetres arrived
st Hiogo. Japan, today.
NEw YoRK, Sept "a special from
Shanghai says: An additional report Of
the naval battle OF the mouth Of the Ialu
river is as follows: There sere eleven
Japanese and fourteen Chinese wafships
With SIX torpedo boats engaged. The
Chinese losses in ships we're: The Yang
Wei, 1850 tons. the Cha0 Y1en. LAO
tons, and the Lal Yuen, 1900 tons.
These were sunk by the Japanese.
The Ching Yuen, 1850 tons. sister ship
20 the Chin Yncn. and the King Yuen.
1000 tons. aud Ping Ynen caught ire.
Five OF the res, were damaged.
OF the japanese fleet the Akasde,
an arrnoFed vessel Of h22 tons.
the Matausima, a dsck-proseeted cruiser
Of 30 tons. and the HlJei, an arnor-caad
OF 4. 2as tons. were damaged. Nine japanese
officers and thirty men we're killed, and
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