The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-19
FIRST: NAVAL. BATTLE. ..
Details of the Sinking. of the Chinese
T.. Transport Kow :Shung. -:


YOKOHAMA. AUG. 7>-tEhe following ac-
count of The naval engagement off Asan,
supplied by The, Toxic N6ws Agency, is
stated to have been received from i. truat-
worthy soufce-:- AT: 2 A: NJ. Oh the 25th
ult TWO ChinesH war vessels, the Using
yuen and. Kwape-yueh. which had been
lying fer several days at In-ChTon, put to
sea. Two lI1urs afterward three Japanese
war vessels also SET OH t from the same
port to ascertain the state of things in the
neighbpfhood of Nam:yang Nearing the
island. Of .Phung-do at a. little past 7
o'clock they, perceived at. a DISTANCE the
two Ch i1ese Wayships advancing toward
them; aud: when the two squadrons ap-
proaehed each other the Chinese. instead
. Of salutfng the Japanese: vessels, one of
which was:.a flags hip, were, observed 10
ilaye= their *gAtis: run out and their men at
Quarters. -. :.>.'.: -,
-. The. apqnese war vessels, on making
: II his: ;discd very. quickly effected prepara
= -'ti1l1s: for AN :eneTgency.: The Chinese soon
-afterward .opened: fire and the challenge
was :: at. ION ee*accepted: by the Japanese,
: whose: ellis, soon began TO tell upon the
!. CHINESE ships. The latter after a short
t]ne:rate up the JAPANESE ensign over a
-. White flag, and this being regarded as a
dec}a1A{iQn Of surrender the japanese
&. ships appr6ached within a distance Of
: about 300 meters, whereupon the Tsing-
:: .Y1len tTeatherouslY discharged a torpedo
agafnst one of the Japanese ships and at
. 1;lle same time recOmmepced firing. The
!. Ja1anese vessels were equal to the occa-
sion: They returned the fire vigorously.
: While these things were in progress
= there hove in sight another ship and
.transport, both. flying the flags of neutral
POWER: One Of the japanese war vessels
: instantly advanced to meet these new ar
rlyais. and found that although hoisting
a foreign flag. the war vessel belonged to
ise chinese navy, while the transport had
chinese troops on board. These two vas
sells Notwithstanding the bunting thew
showed, fired upon the approaching
japanese ships, and hot engagement he
gan at once. Meanwhile, the Tsipg-yuen
and the Kwang-yueh, having received
serious injury, steamed away, the former
in the direction of China and the latter in
that of Asan.
The Japanese vessels, instead OF pursu-
ing them, went to the assistance OF the
other Japanese warship fighting at short
distance off. The transport was soon
sunk, while the warship, namely, the
Tsang Kiang. hoiSted white flag. When
the captured vessel had been taken posses
sion of one of the Japanese ships started
to: follow the Tsing-yueD, but the latter.
having start of thirty or. forty minutes,
could not be easily overJakeD. Conse-
quently the pursuit was not successful.
AS to the Kwang-yueh. which fed in the
direction of Asan, she is said to have
been stranded and abandoned by the crew.
he Shanghai papers assert that the
spnken transport was conveying only 700
men to Korea 1t is also stated that $4,000
) men are to be landed at the YaIu River.
-: = ne Nichi Niehi gives the account ofthe
SIN Alng OF the*trans port Kow Shung; The
: oapanese ofncer asked the captain if he
Wonid Iofow the. Japanese mah-of-war:
TIE captain replied that he could only
oDey lilfl' The officer then returnedIo his
SNIP ana another signal to cast anchor
.waS.s .senE1o :Captain Galsworthy. who sig
nated cacK 10 the. man-Of-war To SEND q
boat, al he wished to consult tbeJananese
a boat was again sent to the fransnort.
and the Japanese officer spoke ia the ran.
tain at the gang way, and asked him wIiv
he wanted a boat. The. captain renIied -.
was him self anxious TO o bey the Ia
orders. but was prevented. from duinp so
by the Chinese officers. The Chfnese sol.
diers were in a foreign vessel, and when
the vessel left Taku. the war had not been
declared, and the captain. wished now to
return to China. The Jaranese officer
left him. promising to give reply ON
reaching his ship. Soon after the man-oi-
war signaled. "Leave The ship" but the
Kow Shung signaled back that he captain
and officers were rJreVen ted. As there Was