The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-29
YAMAGATA's VICTORY.
ConhrmatOry Dispatches Received by
the Japanese Legation.

COnfrmatOry Dispatches Received by
the Japanese Legation.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-The Japanese
legation received to-day a dispatch which
confirms the news published this morning
in dispatches from Shanghai of a second
victory of the Japanese army under Mar
shall Yamagata. The telegram is dated
Hiroshama, and reads as follows:
Before dawn of Oct 26 our army. under
Marshal Yamagata,. attacked Kin-Len-
Cheng, one OF the important strongholds
upon the Chinese frontier. The place was
defended by 1900 troops under Generals
Lin and Song. They fled after offering
forces took possession of the Notifications
and the city. They captured thirty. large
field guns, an immense quantity Of rice.
food of other kinds. etc., and more than
200 tents. The japanese loss was 20 killed
and SO wounded. The Chinese lost more
than 200 killed; the exact number of their
wounded is not known
1t is believed at the japanese legation
that the General Lin mentioned in the
above dispatch is the noted Chinese COM
mander VINO played such a prominent part
during the Tonquin difficulty, and to whom,
ii was recently reported, Viceroy Ii had
offered the chief command In the Chinese
army. The Japanese legation has received
it's first mail of Japanese newspapers since
the battles of Yalu and Ping-Yang, and
they are filled with the details of the en-
gagements, lists of killed and wounded,
accounts of heroism and other evidences
of war. The bad tactical methods OF the
Chinese soldiers excites the derision of the
Japanese. The latter point out that the
Chinese erect breastworks and then sit
quietly within them without throwing out
skirmishers to harass the enemy. Chi
nerS just as they fire a volley so that the
Japanese troops always know when a
shower of lead is impending. The Chinese
azine guns as fast as they can fire them,
making a hail of bullets and then a long
calm. The rifles captured from the Chi
nese. show rust of long standing and other
careless treatment.
A touching story is told Of a J1appanesss:
when he received a bullet in the breast.
He was urged to lay aside his bugie as
orrhage, proving fatal. His reply was
another blast of the charge" as he top
pied over.
to the Japanese soldiers. The leading tea
merchant of Japan has presented the war
office with LOCO chests Of tea.
Snow fell in Japan on Sept. %, which is
the earliest in ten years. The cold weather
may put a stop to the campaign until
The Japanese go to extremes in their
demands for indemnity from China One
of them says China must pay Japan ten
to let Japanese troops be stationed through
out China hereafter.
"A Toxic paper states that prior to a
Chinese naval inspection by Ii Hung
| Chang the men manufactured cannon balls
out Of clay. painted them black and passed
inspection with this bogus equipment.
A Yokohama paper prints portions of the
poetical tariff speech of Representative
Brosius. of Pennsylvania.
Large coal merchants OF Japan are
l charged with SeCretly furnishing coal SUM-
plies to the Chinese navy.
The gold ingots and coins captured by the
Japanese at Ping-Yang amount to 100000
Count Oyama, war minister, has issued
a proclamation urging troops to show
ing that they should not be more anxious
to display carnage than charity"
The Japanese naval experts say that tor
l pedo boats proved to be a failure at the
Yalu naval battle.
A Japanese clerk recently beheaded in
| T1en-Tsin Is supposed to be one of two
students surrendered by the American con-
sui.
The. Japanese legation tonight received
the following cable from Japan: 1.-THE
second army OF Japan. under the command
of Marshal Oyama, effected a landing near
Ta-Len-Wan with great success"
The Operations Along the YaIu River
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The operations OF the past few lays alone
the Yalu river have involved the ONLY
serious fighting that has occurred durins
the japanese land advance upon China
since the Chinese forces were SO disas
trously defeated at Ping Yang. On Wednes
day the japanese crossed the river, which
is the dividing line between Corea ant
China, at Sukochin. Just above Wi-Ju, max
ing their first entrance into Chinese terri
tory. From the tenor Of the dispatches 1
seems that the city of Wi-Ju, which liei
on the Corean side of the river, has beer
captured during these movements. Las
week occurred the rout of the Chinese a
Flu Shang. az reported in the dispatches
and later m important battle is expectet
at Kulienchao. These energetic operation
on the part Of the Japanese indicate tina
they have determined to push on into Chin;
as quickly as possible before the winte
stops them. The march of the Japanes
one, eonsider, nan the AIM didSicu nay t Gesp have IA ea ex
perienced in securing supplies, and it Il
t dhenir terminal to push ON toward Muk
the Chinese forces in the Yalu region shall
be disposed Of.
po Mi,no is w 2 plvss &s Of sTsst t sstisat cift Tim i'm
trolls the mountain passes and roads around
It that cad into Corea on the one hand anc
river at this point is very wide and deep
Its banks are moderately high and slop.
upwards with a gradual ascent TILL the,
49, nv hhi VII NulSH nc City STANDS
Wi-Ju is described as being the handsomes
and cleanest place in either Corea or China
This means a great deal. because most O
the. places In those two lands. and especial
ly in the Celestial empire, are monument.
of filth and disease. 1t is a walled city O
the first class and occupies a site whose
natural advantages cannot be surpassed
The hill on which Wi-Ju stands is about {
mile wide and more than a mile and a hal
long. on its summit is the city, which Il
surrounded by a long, high and strong wal
of cut granite, which ages of exposure have
bleached to a dead white. At intervals arr
watch towers with windows, from which
the sentry can spy out in every direction
1t is high and pierced with openings L
allow the archers to shoot down upon in
vading armies. Before the invention OF ar
tillery the place was considered almost
impregnable. The walls of the city are 81
high that but little can be seen OF the cit,
within Here and there are glimpses o.
red roofs and porcelain copings. the top o.
Buddhist temples and the upper stories o.
ofncial. buildings. Trees and towers are hal
concealed by tree tops and running vines
To the northeast. west and southwest tn,
city looks upon a fertile rolling plain di
vided into farms and fields. water course,
and woodlands. The city has been besiegsd