The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-21
CHINESE OUTWITTED
BLOODY BATTLE SAID TO HAVE
BEEN FOUGHT IN COREA.
Japnncse Reported To Have Trickcd
Their Enemies and Killed 1,4O0-
Many Appreciated by Acids.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2O.-The Ex-
aminer prints the following special under
date of Schichi-Gen. Corea, Aug. 3:
bloody battle has just been fought at
SOnghwan. This place is the headquarters
OF the Japanese General Oshima, and is
one OF the most important villages of the
kingdom. The Chinese have very strong
Notifications at Songhwan and seventeen
thousand troops said TO be stationed
there The Japanese were determined to
capture the arms and provisions and beat
the army by clever bit of intrigue They
gave out that they were going TO march 10
Asan. and in fact they did parade for a
considerable distance in that direction, but
no sooner were they convinced of the sue
cess of their scheme in making the Chi
oese believe they had left the settlement
than they marched with a rush straight
up to the fortificat lions. attacking them in
body. They made a clean sweep OF
everything in the of five hours
fighting. The Chinese were unprepared,
and for the sake of truth be it known they
were "Chin-Ching," the war Joss-that is,
bowling, kowtowing and firing crackers off
to big wooden deity set upon a cannon
About l. 400 Chinese were killed in the en-
gagement and seventy Japanese The Chi
nese, with their usual cowardice, deserted
many u the Adu hWi NOTeiSn OillCeTsD
and when given orders to resist the ad-
vance OF the enemy. turned and fell upon
taeir swords, preferring to commit suicide
rather than be murdered by the Japs.
The japanese officers and men fought like
tigers. Some of the methods of warfare
were ridiculously gruesome and narrowing.
For instance, the Chinese, il is told. used
Old-fashioned stink pots bowls slung
poles and filled with suipnuric and other
bad smelling deadly acids, which kill per-
haps more quickly than "a rifle shot) One
stink pot cast in among a dozen soldiers
Killed every man inside OF a few seconds.
TIE Mongoles also resorted to wooden axes
and to long bamboo poles Many of them
threw their guns away deliberately when
they caught glimpse the enemy sur
rounding them like a demon cloud. 1t is
impossible to accurately describe the
barbarities which these people practice in
penal punishment in times of peace.
Cannot Find the Japanese Fleet.
LONDON. Aug. pa cablegram from
Shanghai says that Admiral Ling acting
under imperative orders, has so disposed
the smaller vessels of the Chinese fleet as
10 prevent the Japanese from landing
troops in Chinese territory. The swifter
and stronger vessels are openly cruising
IN the Gulf of Pe-Chi-A ready TO fight the
Japanese, but UP to this time they have
not had the good fortune to meet them.
A dispatch to the Times from Ten-Tsin.
dated Aug -. says: Mr.. OCOnnor, the
British minister to China, arrived here yes
terday from Pekin, in which city he had
long interview with the Viceroy, Ii Hung
Chang. Mr.. OConnor also had long
ference in Pekin with NJ Cassini, the Rus
sian minister TO China. NJ Cassini accom-
panied him to this city and will proceed
miraI Freemantfe and the British squadron
will be found.