The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-29
cHIN44JAPAN WAR.

AdStess In Washington Confirm Reports
Of the Latest Battio-curiouS War Co.'S
toms Of tho Chinese.
wAsuIsoToS, D. G.. Oct. 2s.-The
japanese legation received to-day the
dispatch which confirms the news pub.
llshed this morning in dispatches from
Shanghai OF q second victory Of the
Japanese army under Marshal Yama-
gaia. The telegram Is dated Hiroshima
and reads as follows:
Between dawn Of October 20, our
army under Marshal Yamagata attacked
Kin.Len. Cheng, one Of the important
strongholds upon the Chinese frontier.
The place was defended by 1000 troops
under Generals Lin and Song. They
fed after offering only liGhtresiltance,
and the Japanese forces took possession
Of the Notifications and the city. They
captured thirty large field guns. an i'm.
mense quantity Of rice, food Of other
kinds, ETC., and more than 800 tents.
The japanese loss was 20 killed and 81
wounded. The Chinese lost more than
POO killed; the exact number Of their
wounded is not known"
1t 10 believed at the Japanese lega.
ton that the General Lin mentioned
in the above dispatch 10 the noted
Chinese commander, who played such
q prominent part during the Tonking
difficulty, and to whom, II was recently
reported, Viceroy Lin had offered the
choice Of the command Of the Chinese
army.
The Japanese legation hero received
its fret mail Of Japanese newspapers
since tho battles OF Yalu and Ping
Yang and they are filled with detaiis Of
the engagements, lists OF killed and
wounded, accounts Of heroiam and other
evidences OF war.
The bad tactical methods OF the Chi
nese 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 harrass the enomy.
The Chinese soldiers also raise a num-
ber OF banners just az they Gre volley
go that the Japanese troops always
knows when q shower Of lead is i'm
pending. The Chinese also exhaust
their cartridges in the magazine Guas as
fast as they can fire them, making a hail
Of bullets and then long calm. The
rifles captured from the Chinese show
rust OF long standing and other careless
treatment.
A touching story is told of Japanese
bugler who had iust sounded the
charge" when he received a bullet in
the breast.
He was urged to lay aside his bugle,
as auy fresh exertion would make a
hemorrhage, proving fatal. His reply
was, Another blast Of tho bugle," as he
toppled over.
Tho members Of the Japanese house
OF peers have sent half q million OF
cigarettes to the Japanese soldiers.
The leading tea merchant OF japan
has presented the war office with a
thousand chests ot tea.
Snow fell in Japan on September 22,
which is the earliest in ten years. The
cold weather may put stop to the CAM
paign until spring. ....
a Toxic paper states that prior to q
Chinese naval inspection by II Hung
Chaug, the men made 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 Representa-
tive Brosius, Of Pennsylvania.
Large coal merchants OF Japan are
charged with secretly furnishing coal
supplies to tho Chinese navy.
The gold ingots and coins captured
by the Japanese at Ping Yang amount
to 100000 yen.
Count Cyama, war minister, has Is.
sued a proclamation urging troops to
show every kindness to Chinese
wounded, adding that they "should not
be moro anxious to display carnage
than charity"
The Chinese forces at kirlen Kiulenl
we're commanded by Generals Hong and
Lin. The Chinese occupy q very strong
position at Hong Wang, the castle be-
ing guarded by 10000 men. Troops are
being massed ut Kin Chow with view
to the defense OF Port Arthur.
The Japanese have completely block
AIDED Tallen Wan and Port Arthur, and
all tho adjacent bays and ports. Fur.
ther Japanese forces have landed at
Seikioiu, southeast of Port Arthur.