The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-27
YI-CHOOU LuD Will,
Likewise the Raging va Loo
and Other Chopsticks
Appellations.
THE JAPS ARE MARCHING ON
Particulars of the Great Naval
Encounter = Cory Horrors
Brought in by Mail.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

day prints a despatch from Shanghai
received through a news agency of this
city, stating that native officials claim
to have received news on the 25th instant
that Japanese troops had made an at
tack at the same time upon the Chinese
at Anchow (probably Ai-Chow or VI
Chow and Wi-Ju. The despatch further
states that in both engagements the Jap
anese were repulsed after sharp fighting
MORE ABOUT VA LOO.
The Toxic correspondent of the Central
News teIegraphs that Admiral Ito, who
was in command of the Japanese fleet
during the battle off the mouth of the
Yalu River, has sent an officer to make
verbal report of the engagement to the
Emperor, who is now at Hiroshima.
According to this officers report, after
acting in concert with the army at the
Tai-Tong River, the principal Japanese
squadron, comprising eleven war ships
and the packet Saikio Maru, left that
point on September 16. At dawn on the
18th they passed Hai-Yan-Tan and sight
ed Takushai Bay in Manchuria, in the
forenoon There they found fourteen
Chinese war ships-the Ting-Yuen, Chem
Yuen, Chih- Yuen, Lai-Yuen. King-Yuen,
Wi-Yuen, Yang-Wei- Chao-Yuen, kwang-
Kia, Kwang-Ting, Ping-Yuen and two
others-and six torpedo boats. The Chi
nese fleet steamed out of the mouth of
the river in battle formation, and when
distant four thousand metres, opened
fire.
The Japanese fearing that their fire
would do little execution at such dis
tance waited until within three thousand
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brought their guns into play The Jap
anese maintained their line of battle
but the Chinese, after short time,
broke their formation.
VERY HOT FIGHTING.
The action was extremely hot at times
The Lai-Yuen sunk first, stern foremost,
and her bows rising stood for minute
and a half out of the water The Chih-
Yuen was the next vessel to go down,
and she was followed in a short time
by the Chao-Yuen. Many members of
the crews of the sinking vessels clung
to the rigging as their ships settled and
cried for help. 1t was a pitiful sight
The Yang-Wei was next disabled, and
then the Japanese packet, Saikio- -Maru,
on board of which was Admiral Kab-
ayama, the head of the naval command
bureau, who was making a tour of in
spection. Admiral Kabayamas presence
was accidental, the meeting of the Chi
nese vessels by the Japanese fleet being
entirely unexpected.
The Admiral was frequently in i'm
minent peril. The steering gear of the
Saikio- Maru was disabled by the ex-
plosion of one of the enemy's shells,
and that vessel was obliged to drop out
of the line. She was pursued by the
Chinese and was forced to pass between
the powerful Ting-Yuen and Chen-Yuen,
within a distance of eighty metres. The
commanders of these vessels, thinking
it was her intention to ram them, sheared
off leaving the packet room to escape
The Chinese discharged two fish tor
pedoes at her, but they were aimed too
low and passed beneath her, doing no
damage.
STRUCK BY A SHELL.
Shortly after the mishap to the Sailkio-
Maruthe flag ship Matsushima's forward
quick firing gun was struck by SHE'LL
and many casualties resulted. The ship
also was so severely injured as to neces-
state her withdrawing from the line of
battle, and Admiral Ito shifted his flag
TO the Hachidate. Another of the Chi
nese shells exploded in the sick bay of
the Hiyei, killing and wounding many
persons, including the surgeons, and set
ting the ship on fire. She, too, left the
line of battle to extinguish the flames
and transfer the wounded, which being
done she returned and again took part
in the fight.
Captain Sakamoto of theAkagi was
aloft, watching for torpedoes and signal
ling to the other vessels of the fleet their
location, when the mast was cut away
by a shot from the enemy and he was
killed The Yoshino's forward barbette
was slightly damaged.
All the ships of the Japanese squadron
carried new guns, and these did excel
lent service. They used no torpedoes,
all the damage sustained by the Chinese
vessels being inflicted by shot. In view
of this fact the sinking of double-bottom-
ed vessels like the Lai-Yuen is consider
ed remarkable, and it is the genrally ex
pressed opinion among nautical authori-
ties that the work of the Japanese was
the most successful thing since the time
of Nelson.
Towards the close of the fight great
CONFUSION WAS observed Oh DOdTu tue
Ting-Yuen, King-Yuen and Ping-Yuen.
These ships appeared to be on fire.
IN FULL RETREAT.
At sundown the Chinese fleet We're in
full retreat. They were pursued by the
japanese ships, which laid their course
parallel to that taken by the enemy.
The night being very dark, the pursuers
kept at some distance from the Chinese,
fearing that should they follow the
enemy too closely they might be dam
aged by the latter's torpedo boats. Ow-
ing to this fact and the extreme dark
ness the Chinese succeeded in getting
away and reaching a safe shelter. At
daylight the Japanese vessels endeavored
to find the enemy, but were unable to do
so. They then returned to the scene of
the previous days action, where they
found the Yang-Wei ashore and deserted,
and destroyed her with a fish torpedo.
None of the Japanese vessels were lost
in the engagement, and only three of
thm were seriously injured. All of them
with the exception of the Matsauhima re-
main on the station.
All the official reports of the battle are
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