The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-14

BRAVE BLACK FLAGS
Desperate Resistance to
the Japanese in
Formosa.
BAD WEATHER ASSISTS
Several Sharp Engagements Re-
ported-Japan Winning But
Slowly.

VICTORIA. B.. c.. Aug. Il, 1SeF.-The
steamship Empress of Japan arrived last
might from Yokohoma. There is a
rrmor current in Toxic that Count
1nouye will become Foreign Minister in
place of Viscount Muteu.
In Formosa the japanese are said to
have experienced severe service and they
evidently are meeting with much stronger
opposition than they have previously
in China
The country has been visited by severe
storms i'm one of which a train carrying
nearly 400 invalid soldiers was derailed.
Fortunately the number killed was COM
paratively small These storms have
inundated a portion of the country and
unreasonable weather is causing some
fears as to the rice crop.
The new English Minister, Sir E. M.
Satow, K. c. NJ. c.. arrived on July Is
and was received by the British resi-
dents and presented with a numerously
signed address of welcome.
The cholera stiu spreads slowly, al
though il has not yet made any very
In imports there is very little doing,
bu. there IS a steady usine both in
FoRMosAN COURAGE.
Among many proofs of stubborn colr-
age shown by the insurgents of Formosa,
st@0 E LIZ N4AAcN AS~RtO "4o ~
conduct of a small body of about 200.
who mad their headquarters az a place
called Anplng Chen, a short distance to
Tao Bah and Sin Chun. Connection be-
tween the last two places being fire.
cuenJly threatened by determined bands
of Insurgents, Major Mikiw was ordered
10 seek cut the stronghold and extirpate
them. As a result OF reconnotssanees
enemy's stronghold consisted of two
strongly built brick houses, surrounded
on all sides by thick groves OF bamboos
al Arping Chen. The Major attacked
this position on the 18th ultilmo, but the
enemy defended themselves SO well, FIR
in- through holes in the walls of the
houses. that the Japanese officer, in view
of the waste of life that must be caused
by storming the stronghold. decided to
the house. The attack was reoeated on
the % inst. Outer works consisting of
a circle of bamboo. fences with thick
backing of fire proof bricks. were taken
without much difficulty. But the ilsur-
gents in the houses kept up a Wen aimed
fire Throughout the whole day, notwlth
tandine severe holes bang blown open
in the walls.
japanese troops, careless of the enc
but it would evidently nave been madness
to attempt TO enter through the holes
in the walls 50 long as the defenders
were able to pour a rain OF bullets on
all approaches. Once more the japanese
r~etreated, not, however, before one of
the gates had been blown up, killing |
4OAA VI AiC- A-So SN1iSS PO@SS~
ity. Next day the Japanese again march
ed against the stronghold, when they
defenders. The houses contalned a large
number of dead bodies. The japanese
loss was eleven killed and twenty wound
ed. \
Another small body of insurgents was
stationed at a place a shot distance
from Sin Chnh. A company ny Of J4p q
tack The post on the 4th inst. The enc
my fired from houses in villages, which
the Insurgents retreating into their
barracks. a plunging fire was poured
upon them from a neighooring elevation
down and the rest took to flight. With
the reduction of these two places com
Peh were Completely secured against in
terruption by the insurgents. Governor
General Viscount Kabayama is reported
to have sent a note to Lin Yung Flu
HE BLAcR FLAGS POSITION.
The following from Governor General
Pah, $50 A. NJ, July IS, was received
at General Headquarters at 8 P. NJ. on
"The condition of the enemy at Anping
and in its vicinity Is not known with
certainty. According, to one report the
ment is being mad by Black Flags.
who are engaged in strengthening their
defense. According to another report ths
opened under the management of reo-
els. A man-of-war that visited the coast
off Anping reports that the flags of Eng
and Germany were noticed flying
in the foreign settlement, probably over
Consulates of their respective powers;
that a British man-of-war was lying at
near the land and that accord
to information obtained from Chi
junkmen. the force of the enemy at
Anping is not so large as before.
There is another rumor that the enemy
In the vicinity of sAnping has advanced
far as Chiai. It is also said that in the
enemy's force which attacked Chanch on
the 10th inst. the Chinese regulars mixed
the native volunteers and their num-
was greater than was expected, hay
ing been some 1900. Considered from this
circumstances it is believed that q por-
ton of the enemy at. Tainan and its vi
cinity may have advanced northward-
At present great difficulty is experienced
in obtaining information of the move
ments of the enemy at Anpin and neigh
borhood.
Another telegram from the Governor !
General. dated Tai Peh, 4:05 P. NJ, on the
18th of July. and received at General
AS P. NJ, avs that after the attack on