Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-09-26
JAPS WON AT SEA.
Fine Battle in Which the Chinese Wer,
WOrSted

A Fine Battle in Which the Chinese Were
Worsted.
LONDON, September ia dispatch
to the Central News from Shanghai
dated September 10Th, midnight, says
"a number of officers who were engag
| ed in the naval battle on the Yalu
river, have arrived at Port Arthur
with half a dozen war ships badly
damaged and filled with wounded
men"
The dispatch states that the Chinese
Admiral Ting's fleet left port on Fri
day evening to convey seven transports
conveying large force of troops.
number of Europeans in the service Of
the Chinese admiralty accompanied
the tt oops, which were to be landed
near Wpii, from which point they
were to be sent to the front. Those
troops comprised some artillery, but
were mostly composed of infantry
| Nothing was seen of the enemy unit
the Chinese fleet reached the mouth o.
the Yalu river, when a fleet of japanese
warships was sighted. Thereupon the
transports were hurried forward anG
the warships were cleared for action
The efforts of the transports to land
the troops were successful, and most o.
them were gotten ashore before the
naval battle began
The Chen Yuen was the first to opeI
fire and was soon engaged with two
japanese warships of about the same
size, one of which is supposed to have
been the cruiser Chyoda. Soon all OIL
the vessels were engaged. The Chinese
cruisers Chin Yuen and King YueI
were sunk and 600 officers and men or
board of them were drowned. Only q
| few of the men struggling in the water
were picked up.
The Chao Yung and Yang, in man
| Oeuvring for more advantageous posi-
ton, got into shallow water and rar
aground. The stranded vessels were
| helpless under the fire of the big guns
of the Japanese ships and were finally
set Oh fire by the enemy's shells and
became wrecks.
1t is feared that some of the trans
ports ships were sunk, including one
whose troops had not been landed
| The Chinese loss is estimated at 1,50(
killed and wounded and the japanese
loss is supposed to be 1,000 but none
of the Chinese officers giving accounts
of the battle know the names or size
of the four vessels of the enemy, which
are all said to have been destroyed
| Taking the Chinese best view of the
| battle, it is plain that the encounter
has resulted in seriously crippling the
naval strength of China.
| The Great Naval Battle at Yalu.
! SHANGHAI, Sept. 81, 1S94.-The true
report of the naval battle off the
mouth of the Yalu River is as follows
There were eleven japanese an6
fourteen Chinese war ships with sil
torpedo boats engaged.
The Chinese losses in ships were the
Yang Wei, 1850 tons; the Chao Yung
1850 tons, and the Lai-Yuen. 2,30(
tons.
These were sunk by the japanese.
The flagship Ting Yuen, 1900 tons, 6
sister ship to the Chen-Yuen, ant
King Yuen, 1900 tons, and the Ping
Yuen caught fire.
Five of the rest were damaged.
Of the japanese fleet the Akagi. ar
unarmored vessel of 622 tons; the Mat
susima, deck protected cruiser of 4.
278 tons, and the Hijei, an armor claC
of 1924 tons, were damaged.
Nine japanese officers and thirty
men were killed and 100 were wounded
Losses in the Battle at P1ng-Yang.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 81, 1S94-The lat
est statement regarding the losses O.
the Japanese in the recent battle al
Ping Yang is that II officers and 10
privates were killed and 30 officers and
| 521 privates wounded.
The Standards Berlin correspondent
says: 3
1.-THE Chinese diplomats here are les.
dlsmayed over the result of the battle
at Ping-Y lang than one might have ex
pected. They contend that China will
avenge the defeat and will devote the
| winter to equipping and drilling hel
troops, being prepared for a long war
They regard the attempt of the Power!
to pacifcate the belligerents as out O.
the question"
A despatch from st. Petersburg says
that Russia has decided to increase he
fleet in the far East The war ship.
Imperator Nicolai and Pamiat Azovi
have already started from the Mediter
ranean station and the Djeggit, Hald
stalk and Viadnik have started from
| Cronstadt. All are bound for Vladi
vostock. The Russia fleet will thus bt
increased to thirty three vessels.
SHANGHAI, Sept. %, 1894.-The foul
Chinese war ships destroyed in the
battle off the Yalu River were torpedo
ed by the japanese. The victory was
the result of superior man9uvres and
of the courage displayed by the Japa
nese commanders.
Admiral Ito's flagship, the Matsus
ina, was in the thickest of the fight
The first lieutenant and thirty-four O
| the crew were killed. The forward
| turret was destroyed and the vesse
| has gone into dock at Sasebo for re
pairs The rest of the fleet will KEEP
out at sea.
Six of the surviving seven Chinese
ships which have returned to Port
Arthur are terribly damaged. The
Chinese loss of life is estimated at two
thousand.
The fate of the Chinese transports
Shinyu, Haeting, Toonan, Kungha
and Chi Yuen. which were filled with
soldiers and officers, including Euro
peans and Americans, is unknown
but they are believed to have bee des
troyed.