The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-15
Japanese Are Meeting Determined
Resistance in FOrmOSa.
THEY MAY REQIRE REINFORCE
MENTS SENT THEM.
Several Fierce Skirmishes Reported-Ths
Insurgents Well Entrenched and
Made Good Fight-Itis Reported That
Count Inouye Will Become Foreign
Minister.

Maue a GOOD F1ght-ltls Reported That
| Count Inouye Will Become Foreign
Minister.
Victoria, B. c., Aug. a. The steam
ship Empress of Japan arrived last night
| from Yokohama There is rumor cur
rent in Toxic that Count Inouye will be-
come foreign minister in place of Wis.,
count Iutsu. In Formosa the Japanese
are said to have.experienced severe SER
vice and they evidently are meeting with
a much stronger opposition than. was pre-
viously encountered lin China Among
| the many proofs of the stubborn courage
shown blythe. insurgents perhaps the most
| remarkable was the conduct of small
body of about 200, who had headquarters
at Anping Chen, short distance south
| east of Thong Lix, between Tae Beh and
Sin Chun. Thesconnection between the
last two places being frequently threat
ened by the determined bands of the in
surgents, Maj. Makiw was ordered to
seek out their stronghold and extirpate
them. AS result of reconnolsances made
by him it was discovered that the enc
my's stronghold, consisted of two
strongly built brick houses, surrounded
on all sides by thick groves of harnboos,
this position on July 49, The enemy de-
Tended themselves SO well, firing through
holes in the walls of the houses, the
Japanese officer, in view of the waste of
life that must be caused by storming the
stronghold, decided to retreat and bring
attack was repeated on Aug q The out,
er works, consisting Of circle Of bapabc
fences with thick backing of fire nfuof
bricks, was taken with much difiSu30y.
The insurgents in the house kept up
vel aimed fire throughout the whole day,
open in the walls The JapamaA TROOPS,
careless of the enemy's deadly Gre, ap-
preached the house. 1t would evidently
| have been madness to attenpt to enter
through the holes in the walls asil0ng as
the defenders were able to pour rain of
bullets on all approaches.
once more the Japanese retreated, b ut
not before one of the gates was blown up
The next day the Japanese lnasahsd
against the. stronghold, vshea they found
it entirely deserted. The houses con.
tanned large number Of 6ead bodies
The Japanese loss was eleven killed and
twenty wounded.
Another small body of insurgents was
stationed a short distance from SIN Cilun
A company of the Japanese vita two
mountain gums waaa sent to attesSa the
post on Aug 4. The enemy nssa from
a house in the village, which Consequent
| ly had to be burnt. The inA,,gHents re-
treated into barracks. A plugging fire
was poured upon them from q neighbor-
| ing elevation and seventeen wsre shot
down ami the rest took to flight. With
| the reduction of these two places COM
munieations between Sin Chun and
Taipeh is completely secured against in
terruption by the insurgents. Governor
| General Viscount Kafayema is reported
to have sent note to Lin Yung Flu ad-
vising him to surrender.
| Nichi Nichi says unexpected resistane
| is being offered by the insurgents in
Formosa and the authorities are consider
| ing the advisability of increasing the foro-
| es there. II necessary the whole Of the
second division will be dispatched.