Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-18
AN ABSOLUTE ROTT
The laps Win a Battle With
Great Slaughter
OF The cELEsTlALs,
The Chinese Become Panic
Stricken early in Action,
WHEN THEY ARE BAyONtTTED,
Aud cat Down by tho vnI,inn,
Jnpnnese, who KIN uordcs OF
Their Encmy and rak. Many
PrIsoners--Thr War IL over in
Coreu For some Time to Come.

London. Sept ia dispatch M
ceived here from Seoul dated yesterday
says that during the evening OF Thurs
day last u Japanese column from pung
San made a reconnaissance. the force
drawing the nre OF the Chinese forts
and aseer,ainlng exactly their posi-
ton. This done, the Japanese fen back
In good order with little loss ON Fri
day night the dispatch adds, an the
Japanese forces were in position Tor
a combined attack. The den San eol-
umn was threatening the Chinese left
flank The PONG San column was fac
Ing the Chinese center and tho Hwang
Zu column was operating on the Chi
nese right The latter column had been
reinforced the day before by deiaoh-
ment OF marines ana blue Jackets
from the feet stationed at he mouth
Of the Ia Tong river. The Chinese
1 utilized their Old defcnses at Ping VaNg
and had thrown up works with the re-
suit that their position was exceptional
/ ~ strong The battle opened ON sat
urday morning at daybreak with di-
rect cannonAde upon the Chinese works
land this nre wnH continued without
cessation until afternoon. The Chiuose
fought thuir guns well, replying eneet-
lively to the Japanese nro. AT 2 p m.
"A body OF Japnn,.se infantry vns
! ,hr,,,,.,, .,.r,,..,y, .,,t....i..,. -.
! 80 ''''N ." 'N'' "''s" ''"'' anu
kept up Il rlie iire on the enemy until
dusk Al the nghting during the day
was done by the pnng s,n entntnn
M, ,,,,,,,..... 49,.
NH''''e "'lN''a'7f Hu'i'i'u eNN'eu-
ihtiy IRON tho Jhpanose M hut u ~
doubtful II the loosen on nilaef slde
were areat aa IN, t,,nna NAN chin,.,.
| 49,, -,
~" '"P"n"'V t""h eNeiS huFhh'Hsc
possible OF the shelter which the earth-
works on one side and the nature q
tho lnna an IA. nthor ,0n,d,d mo-,
u'N"'
rue Huhk ATTACKS upon the chinese
/ position did not develop any material
advantage during tho day. although
u,. r.,a,,..,,. -, .......
/ N"'''-" 'V'"' d" wv Po-
sltoh. bpt they mainly occupied the
/ same ground at night as whom the
attack upnn the .nenv WA nuer-a
,,, 49,. -.,,
NV "iHb was ihupu u' lnt'' N"W
throughout the night In the mean
| time the two nanking columns OF the
tar.n.s, leo. o,,r,,.,, ,,,,.,t a..
| Chtr,,sa ,ri',,, ,,,d ~, D,,i,.,.i, ~, ~
! ,,,,.,,i,,,, Tx, ta,,a,,"s., ,t,sr,, 80 W.
I ii,,.,'1'e ',..t,,Ia,,.t., - LII.
n,lri,t,i, ,r.aisla,, MI. f,ii,s,. 49,
/ ,vhich were st,t,nt In front vv.rp fo,,nd
/ 10 IL weak Ia ihc rear aud the Cbi-
| naze utterly unnonsciu,is on the Jannn.
- .Staoif go 80, s,,a,,s, 49,.
- cn,enia,sI,, L. ,,rnri.s ns,,e
,'a,,I,- s,,inl''n ~, ,,,rs ~, 49,, ia
! is,,is,,a,t..1 ~. -, h,,,,s,,ts q ,,.'it
- 80 XII. u, - ~ i,snt- t,.,.,.,,i ~,
~ f 49, -. s,,rt,,',,Snd y, ,, p,,
Mn Nh a,'d .,''nt,,,ii, snn,,nt mot. 4,
/ n,ght ncfendtno Inc entra,,chnant
] hnS,a,,ar ,,,,ra conc ~ vicerov IA HING
r,6nn,,,s ,'ici,,,5 ghtnece traans ariitea
h,' E,,r,nnonH
" IT, -, Fs,iit.-, ,,sao d.,o,,nt,.a
- =, ~ a., a,,d ,,s.. 80, Nv,
st'nu ~ sN' ,r,,a 49,, 81, i,,,,,,,
W Nv" H., n s 49,, ~
~ ~ stt,'ss @,ont .I,,,rieiea fhs
700, =, M rhinese and ths whole ~
IA tatt,'r's nosI,inn was enpinrsd by
NJ la.,el p',,' , va ea,,,. az DS
W tropps -, ~ ,,hieh ,,e Innanss,.
81 tle hiniiisl ~ ~ y" bt,'t..',
at'aph we -, tats - hs.,,,
rom the iaci tnnl o ~, ~ nuul
atisI shs e"'g n,i a,'s.,daa .I,qa,,
ln'tSeu w s',ouH' nv i'al,i ~ ~,
VI Ilnk n, a., ,l',,',,,'ys az, *,
S y.,p, I9ype t,,n,, 49, No
chinese position 10 Nv ., iils ''ps W.
ueiehaea py -gyss ~. "a. VIZ,
ohly rev nuees'''s .1 ~ ,,,,tih "a
Japanese victory was pili,aht nnp
complete. An iinlntnse nihopht " ~
visions. arms. hmhuhiuoh "hu glhsr
stores, IN aaolpoh rue u Y y
! Of nAgH, were captured ny the Jhphn-
csc In the Chinese camps and entrenen-