St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-20
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~ LONDON, Sept. ia dispatch filed
at Shanghai at midnight yesterday sa Us
that the Chinese claim they defeated
the Japanese fleet. 1t is added, how.
ever. that this claim. is not entirely
Endorsed by the correspondent at Port
Arthur. which lies across the Gulf of
CUrea from the scene of the engage
ment. he says that he has seen
some of the Chinese officers who look
part in the battle. and from what he
CLEANED from them it is apparent that
they did not believe their fleet had been
victorious. Some half dozen OF the
Chinese war ships put into Port Arthur
after the fight. All of them were badly
damaged and were full Of wounded. 1t
Will require considerable time for the
vessels 10 effect the repairs necessary to
make them again Serviceable.
The Chinese northern squadron.
under the command of Admiral Ting,
left Port Arthur,last Friday night, hav.
ing under convoy seven transports. All
the troops ON the transports were Hun
anese, most OF them infantry. There
we're also number of artillerymen
with thelr batteries on board. Several
Europeans accompanied the fleet.
The object of the expedition was to
land the troops near Win. whence they
We're to be sent to the front. Nothing
was seen OF the enemy until the mouth
OF the Ialu river was reached. Then a
fleet OF war ships was reported to be i'm
sight. bearing down for the Chinese
squadron. Signals were hostpd on
the Chinese tlagShipS ordering the
transports to make all possible
speed foi place OF safety Signals
were also set tor the Chinese feet to
clear for action. This order was prompt
ly obeyed. In the meantime the Japan
csc squadron was coming up rapidly,
making direct for the Chinese vessels
The transports had run i'll toward shore
and hurried preparations were made to
send the troops ashore. Many of them
were landed before the battle com.
menced.
The Chen Yuen, one of the most
powerful vessels in the Chinese navy,
fired shot at the japanese as soon as
the latter came in range of her guns.
The tire was promptly returned. and
soon The Chen fuen was hrtly engaged
with two large Japanese cruisers, one
Of them the ChiyOda. The other Jap
anese vessels got into position and the
light became general. For six hours
the battle waged furIousIy. the deep
boom Of the great guns mingling with
the sharp reports of the main rifles.
Nearly all the vessels on both sides
ware engaged fer the whole six hours
~ Crews Fought NobIy.
y. The splendid cruiser Chen Yuen took
a oprominent part in the engagement.
Hdr krupp and Armstrong gus were
We'll served, and She poured hot and
well sustained fire from her auxiliary
battery. One of the Japanese vessels
discharged torpedo al her. The missile
sned well from its tube and struck the
Chen Yuen fairly. When il exploded it
was apparent that it had done great
damage. for the Chen Yuen began
almost immediately TO settle Her crew,
however. stuck to their guns and de.
liWred some effective shots before their
vessel sank.
eoIhe belted cruiser King Yuen met
wlth similar fate. being struck with
+, torpedo, and sinking shortly afterward.
Many of the crew of both vessels went
down while standing at close quarters.
Only few OF those on board were
saved. and i is reported that 600 officers
and men were drowned by the founder
ing of these two vessels.
After the Chen Yueu and King Yuen
had gone down. the cruiser ang Wei
aud Chao Yung ran aground while
maneuvering for position. They were
helpless and destructive ire was
poured ihto them from the big guns of
the japanese. Some of the japanese
war ships devote themselves far a tilns
Toy the transports, which had
not time 10 get out of range.
. IT, is probable lEat several
81 the transports were sunk. including
,g'nv trn'a wnich the troop, had ,pi been
u ,istct. II Is e>iiIHg IT,. I'll the tpla,
Eniuese Ivss III killed aud wounded was