Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-22
told ASECOND TINE.
III, Story Of The Japanese Victory Oh
The Yalu River
MANY CHINESE SHIPS DESTROYED.
only Darkness Prevented Continuance
OF tho fierc' Contest-Iapan's
Los slight.

lnNIONf Sept @as--h ultIAlon lIulu
Toxic today dated at a.m., announces
tho receipt Of three dispatches from
Admiral fio, the japanese commander,
tspjrtinE the naval battle a, the mouth
of the Yalu river. lie says he was on
toafd the Matsushlma, a steel warshlp
carrying tweniy.eight gnus. The
Japanese tquadfon was vt the render.
yous at the island Of Hal Yam Tan In
the guilt Of Cufua watching for any
movement on tho part u the Chinese
fleet. rney sighiei the cut N.Y. uhiIs
iu tie morning of tie l7th. ihs jap
anese gave chase anu overlook the
Cbiussu fleet at O'Clock In the aft,f.
noon the same day. The Chinese nc.
r.ftei the battle and the transports
which their fleet were sscOfting en-.
tered the Yalu uyor.
The JRpanu'U admifaps report, con.
tInulug, says' A Heres engagement
followed. Oar men werc lighting
with tile greatest determination. The
battle continued until the approaching
darkness prevented its continuance.
AZ tue ol0se VI the day, a. "a result VI
I'VE houis' inoesssnt fighting, the
CHINESE had Lost the warships Yang
wi, Chno Yaug, Lai Yuen anI
Going Yum, While the TiDg Nueu,
K,ng Yuen aud Pieng Yuen were ali
tpt nffe by our shells. At dusk our
shila Withdrew and prepared " renew
tho nght IN the morning. During tue
tight, however, tho remnants Ut tue
Chintss fleet stole out tue estuary
aud nui towards tho Japanese
coast. The japanese squadron started
iu tuuuil, but owing TO damage uour,
tumu four ships o0ul only steam
slowly. We reached Hons y uld NJ
uuyhght In the morning OF September
Is, Tut the Chinese ships had reached
satr shelter. We accordingly re-
turned to the tendt zyous at the Island
VI nai Yam Tau, when tue movement
OF tho Chinese from the gulf OF PEI
Chi lie could be carefully observed.
rnc Matsushima, III Yer and Akagi
we've In tue thicKcst Of the Fight aud
engaged tue mOst pOweifil VESSELS Of
tue Chinese fleet. They received the
greatest damage. Tho transformed
cruiser SAkaiO also received consider.
abb damage. Tue Matsushima was
t.ltcialiy pounded. Ono Of nor Tour
aud a hail tOu guns was dismounted
% ashot which smashed the carriage
by ngAinst tho uhlp, causing great
uumare.
10 Will be necessary 10 send the
ManusnimA to Shasbebo for ropar
Al the remaining shila Ut the Japan.
,rc squadron eau be- repaired ny the
aftincstso GU board of them ana IN n
weak thU whole squadron will be-
ready 10 put 10 sea afain. Not one OF
toe japanese wafships was sunk,
Tue total humber Of the japanese
Killed aud wtunded was lSB. Tue Mat.
tushima, which suoce,sivsiy attached
the Pug iuvn anu the Chen Nurn,
nad her COMMANDER, nrGt lieutenant
aud thiry-iOur VI her crew killed huu
tour tiiicers aud si1ty-nvc men
yDundou. OF the wounded seventeen
have since died. The Yayo Yamn, a
tlrvl cruiser o. 1850 tons anu 400
horsepower, carrying three guus
Hud strAming twenty knots m hour,
tuilt NJ lukOshukH, Japsu, has been
OfIrtui 10 the island Hal Yam Tan 10
tske the tplaCe IT the Maaushma.
Admiral Ito mas tfausioT.ud his tlsg to
tue steel cruiser HssldatO, carrying Is
guns anu capable VI steaming sixteen
ku0ls an hour. rne Japanese Board
Admiral ~ has approved the action
ui Admiral Ito fetaiuiny all his ships
except tue Malsusnimi GU the sladJn
aud efiectug repairs.
NUT ONE snGP LOST.
LONDON, Sept. 92-'lhe Japanese
legation has received dispatch itOm
HiToschimR, dated Friday, positively
confirming thr report that not n single
japanese wHfHhip was destroyed III the
avail engagement. According ~ tins
dispatch the Japanese lose was M
Ulcers and 90 men killed and about
100 wounded.
THE CHINESE TRANSPORTS sAFE.
EIANuIlAI, sept. ga dispatch
trcuiyru TINS Saturday evening from
Tien fnin reports that all the Chinese
transports have safely reached Port
Arthur.
IuE JAPANESE ~ COREA REIFORCED,
LuNpOs, Sept. ga dispatch IA
he Hmts from Chrmuipo, dated rep.
TENDER 10 says twelve Japanese tran9.
IUtts, conveyed by a ileeI Of warshlI n
nave arrived bringing reinforcement
" 1000 soldiers aud 5000 ooplle.
win 5000 pack horses, stvera
IuntuOu bridges anu btIteritB 0I
mountain guur. The Te.uflfcemuuti
were hurried forward To Seoul, tnt
capital VI Cores, where II IL said an at
tack by the Chinese h expected.