Connecticut western news., 1894-09-20
CHINESE CRUSHED.
THEIR FORCES ARE ROUTED FROM
 KOREA BY JAPANESE.

An Army of Twenty 1housRnd Chinamen
 Yang by a Jspane.e Force That Was Much
 smaiIer-Thoussnds Killed.
 LONDON, Sept la.-A dispatch to The Times from Yokohama announces that news has been roooivsd there from Hiro- shima that the Japanese have won a groat victory at Ping Yang. No details are given.
 X dispatch received here from Seoul dated yesterday, says that during the evening of Thursday last a Japanese col umn from Pong. San made a reoonnois- san in force, drawing tho fire of the Chinese forts and asoortaining accurately their disposition. This done, the Japa- nese fell back in good order, with little loss.
 On Friday night, the dispatch adds, all tho Japanese forces wore in position for n combined attack. Tho Gen-Sa column was threatening the Chinese left flank. The Pong san column was facing tho Chinese center, and the Mwang-Zu col umn was operating on the Chinese right. The latter column had been re-enforoed the day before by detachment of marines and bluejackets from tho fleet stationed at the mouth of the a-TonR river.
 The Chinese utilized thoir old defenses at Ping Yang and had thrown up new works, with the result that their position was exceptionally strong.
 The battle opened on Saturday morn. ing at daybreak, with direct oannonade upon the Chinese works, and this fire was continued without cessation until after noon. The Chinese fought their guns well, replying effectively to the Japanese fire.
 Chinese Defenses Suffer.
 At p. m. body of Japanese infantry was thrown forward In skirmish order, and kept up a rife fire upon the enemy until dusk
 All the fighting during the day was done by the Pong San column. The Chi nese defenses suffered exceedingly from tho Japanese fro. It Is doubtful If the losses on either sido were great, as the troops, both Chinese and Japanese, took every advantage possible of the shelter which the earthworks on one sido and the nature of the ground on tho other afford cd them.
 The flank attacks upon tho Chinese did not develop my material advantage dur ing the day, although the Japanese gained some advanced positions. But they main y occupied the same ground at night as when the attack upon tho enemy was opened. Tho firing was continued at in- tervals throughout the night.
 In the meantime the two flankinR ool- umns of Japanese drew a cordon around tho Chinese troops. and at o'clock in the morning the Japanese attack was de- livered simultaneously and with admira. ble precision.
 Tho Chinese lines. which were strong In front, were found to be weak in the rear. and the Chinese, utterly unsuspicious of ha hat were taken completely by surprise, be- oame panic stricken and were cut down and bayoneted by tho hundreds
 Chinese Took to Their Heels.
 So we'll was the Japanese attack direct ed that the Chinese wero surrounded at every point and eventually sought safety in flight.
 Defending tho intrcnchments, however, were some of Niceroy II Hung Chang's picked Chinese troops, drilled by Euro peans. These soldiers made a determined stand to the last and were cut down to man.
 The Pong San column, swarming over the damaged defensos of the Chinese front, completed the route of the Chinese, and the whole of the latter's position was cap tured by the troops of the mikado.
 Some idea of tho manner in which the
 
 judged from tho fact that half an hour after tho carly morning attack commenced the storngly defended position of Ping. Yang was in the hands of tho Japanese troops. It is believed that the Chinese position at Ping Yang was defended by 20, 900 men, of whom only a few succeed cd In escaping. Tho Japanese victory was brilliant and complete. An Immense amount of provisions, arms, ammunition and other stores, in addition to hundreds of flags, were captured by the Japanese in tho Chiness camps and intronohmonts. It Is estimated that tho Chinese lost 16,- 900 men in killed, wounded and prison. CTS. Among tho captured Chinese are sev. eral of the most prominent commanding officers in tho Chinese troops in Korea only few of the Chinese commanders succeeding in escaping, and theso got away almost immediately after the Japa. nese made their attack upon tho Chinese rear.
 Tso F' nkwsi Captured. Among the Chinese commanders taken prisoners was General Tso Fonkwai the commander in chief of the Manohurian army, who fought desperately to tho last and who only yielded when Inc was badly | wounded.
 The Japanese loss was trifiing when | compared with that of the Chinese, only 80 Japanese boing killed and 27o wound. cd. Eleven Japanese officers are included in these numbers and tho loss of the Japa- nese was incurred mainly during the first days fighting. Tho loss of the Japanese i during the night attack was very small duo to the fact that the Chinese, takon by surprise, became panic stricken, throw away their arms and fiod, thus throwing Into confusion tho regiments which other wise might havo been counted upon to make a better stand.