Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-09-28
A CHINESE TRAFALGAR.
THE JAPANESE WIN A DE-
CISIVE NAVAL VICTORY.

The Fleets OF the Two Oriental
BcIliGcrcnts Fight n Great Sea
Battle on the Mouth Of tho NnIu
Nivcr-Four WnrshIps Lost-IhC
Japs Capture big Booty.
The Central News Shanghai corrrspond-
ont tclcEraphs ;hat advir.~ from Chinese
sources report n sovcrv naval engagement at
the mouth OF tho Yalu K'vcr, bc;wNCn the
Chinese northern squadron and tho Japan
ESQ flc't. Tho battle lasted six hours. Dur
ing the fight tho Chinese warshlps Yang
Wei und Chao IunC caught nro and
werS burnod Hnd run ashore, AMI the
Chin Yuru aud Klng Nuon w"rN sunk.
No Japanese ships wero sunk. TIL" trans
uro captured NJ rInc-Yaug amounted to
~. 900 900.
despatch TO tho Central N"ws from
Shanghai, savsi "a number OF officers who
wcrc engaged in tho naval battlo at tho
Yalu River have arrived at Port Arthur with
hnlfn dozen wNrshipS, badly damaged nud
allod with wounded men.
Tho despatch states that Admiral
Ting's fleet left port 10 convoy EcVcn
steam Transports conveying u larg" force OF
trOop2. A number ot Europeans I'm th" ser
vtco of tho Chinese Admiralty accompanied
tho troops, which were TO bo landed noHr
Wipi, from which point they were To bo scnt
TO tho front. These troops comprisOd some
artillery, but wcro mostly composed OF ln-
fautry Nothing was seen OF tho oa"my un-
I'll tho Chinese tleCt reached tho mouth OF tho
Ynlu River, when u nCCt OF Japanese war
ships was sght"i. Thcrcupon the
transports woro hurried forward and tho
wnrshps were cleared for action. Tn" "i.
forts OF tho transports TO land tho troops
were succcssiul, and most OF th"m wore
cotton ashore before the naval battlo began.
Tho Chen Yupn wus tho first vessel TO open
fire, and was soon engaged with two Japan
ESQ warships OF about tho Same size, on" OF
which Is supposed TO have been tho cruiser
Chiyoda Soon all the vessels OF both no"ts
were engaged. Tho Chinese cruisors Chth
Yuon and King Yurn wcro sunk, and GOO
officers and men on board Of th"m were
drowned. Only IA few OF tho men Struggling
Ia tho wHtCr were piceNl UP.
Tho Chno Yuug und Yang Wei, In mnnoou.
wiring for moro advantageous positions, got
into shallow water nul ran aground. The
strnn led vessels woro holplcss und"r tho fire
| Of thu big guns OF tho Japanese ships, Gni
| were finally set on fro by tho cnomys shells
| and became wrecks.
| IT wns feared that somo OF tho transport
| ships woro sunk, including ono who's" troops
had not yrt been landed. Tho Chinese loss
| is estimated ut ! 200 killed. and wounded, and
| the Japanese loss Is supposed to be 1000 but
! mono OF tho Chinese officers giving accounts
| Of tho battle know tho names or siHo OF tho
four vessels OF tho or Duy which arc nllogod
| to have bocn destroyed
| Taking the Chinese bost viow OF tha bat
| tlc II IS plain that tho encounter has re-
| suited in seriously crpplinR tho naval
| strength OF China.
| Dospntches from Shanghai say that do
spite tho previous despatch Stating that tho
| Chinese warship Chon Yunn was sunk In tho
| engagement Off tn" mouth oftho laln HiVor.
1t seems certain that sh" was not sunk,
though she is badly damaged. Az tho snmo
time It seoms equally certain that tho Chen
Yuen and tho other Chinese ships mentioned
were sont to tho bottom M stated.
Tho captain OF tho Chinese turret snip Isi
Yucn, which withdrew from tho enRaget9oht
md witnessed tho fight from distance, ro-
ported that ho saw four Japanese Vessels
sunk.
Great CONSERVATION prevails In tn" palace
at pokin Tho Emperor Is Determined To
take the management Of affairs into his own
hands, but this step IL not looked upon WIN
fayur by tho Government officers, VINO con,
slider such course IA beneath the dignity oi
His Majesty