Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-17
SLAUGHTERED.
The Japanese Kill and Capture 49,
900 Chinese, Themselves Losing
Only Thirty.
This Probably Ends Fighting for the
Rest of the Year and May Ter
inmate the War.

London, Sept. IA dispatch from
Seoul dated yesterday says that during
Thursday evening the last Japanese
column from Pung San made recon
noissance in force, drawing the fire of the
Chinese forts and ascertaining accurately
their position. This having been done,
the Japanese fell back in good order with
little loss. On Friday night, the dispatch
adds, all the Japanese forces were in posi-
tion for a combined attack. The general
column was threatening the Chinese left
flank, the Pung San column was facing
the Chinese centre, and the Hwang Zu
column was operating on the Chinese
right. The latter column had been rein
forced the day before by detachment of
marines and blue jackets from the feet
stationed at the mouth of the Ia Tong
river. The Chinese utilized their old
defences at Ping Yang and had thrown
up new works and their opposition was
exceedingly strong. The battle opened
Saturday at daybreak with
DIRECT oANNoNADK
upon the Chinese works and it was con-
tinued without cessation until the after
noon. The Chinese fought their guns
we'll, replying effectively to the Japanese
fire. At 2 P. m. the Japanese infantry
was thrown forward in ski1mish order
and kept up rife fire upon the enemy
until dusk. All the fighting during the
day was done by the Ping San column.
The Chinese defense suffered exceedingly
from the Japanese fire, but it Is doubtful
if the losses on either side were great, as
the troops took every advantage possible
of the shelter which the earth-works on
one side and the nature of the ground on
the other offered. The flank attack upon
the Chinese post did not develop any ma
terial advantage during the day, although
the
JAPANESE GAINED SOME
in position. The firing WIS continued at
intervals throughout the night. Mean
time, two fanking columns of Japanese
drew Gordon around the Chinese troops,
and at 8 O'Clock in the morning the
Japanese attack was delivered simultane-
ously and with admirable precision.
The Chinese, utterly unsuspicious of the
Japanese attack from the rear,
BECAME PANIC STRICKEN
and were cut down and bayoneted by the
hundreds. So we'll was the Japanese at
tack directed that the Chinese we're sur
at every point and eventually
sought safety in fight.
Defending to the end, however, were
some If viceroy Ii Hung Chang's picked
Chinese troops drilled by Euro peaas. !
These soldiers made a determined stand
TO the last and were cut down to man.
The Ping San columns swarming over
the damaged defenses of the Chinese
front com pleted the rout of the Chinese
and the whole of the latter's position was
captured by the troops of the Mikado.
Half an hour after the early morning at
tack commenced, the strongly defended
po sition of Ping Yang was in the hands
Of the Japanese troops. 1t is believed |
chat the Chinese position was defended
by
TWENTY THOUSAND CHINESE,
Of whom only a few escaped. An i'm
nense amount Of provisions, arms, am.
nunition and other stores, in addition to |
hundreds of flags were captured by the
Japanese. tits estimated that the Chinese
ost 10000 men, killed, wounded or taken
prisoners. Among the captured Chinese
are several of the most prominent COM
handing officers in the Chinese troops in |
Corea. Only few Chinese commanders |
succeeded in escaping and these got away |
almost Immediately after the Japanese
made their attack upon the rear. Among
he Chinese commanders taken prisoners
vas General Tso Fonk Wal, commander
n-chief of the Manchurian army, who |
ought desperately to the last and only
'ielded when badly wounded. Only
THIRTY JAPANESE WERE KILLED
nd 27O wounded.
The Japanese, when this dispatch was
ent, were in active pursuit of the fugi- /
i've Chinese, and as nearly all of the lat
or were without arms, they will undoubt-
dly surrender as soon as the Japanese
them. The Coreans who have
hown sympathy with the Chinese and
ave fed detached bands of Chinese troops
nay continued guerrilla warfare for some
ime, but until China succeeds in getting
mother army into Corea that country
ill remain in
THE UND1sTURBED POSSESSION
t the Japanese. However, in view of the
revious reports received as to the terri
le condition of the roads in the north
nd the utter impossibility of moving