The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-07-10

80 The American sarshits thi Whtnf
HHH fuI IHmr AZ D. m on fhf ifih
hufihrft iuH Was HreH HahIna come
( preparations fHf fUtiun. Hfi ths allitd
| squadron firnnllcd The frft in remove
/ the fufi iues lnid re che mouth N The
fitsr a. tho commander of ihp tort did
not suwuiY with this rrQufHt tho WIT.
L iHu removed tnt turpodncH 81 a. ~
thp nfs morning the northern Fort sud
dsnlF Ofaupl nw on the shlc1 squadron
which, with the Ain,r NJ 81 narrhlp, ~.
piled Tue Euu'ish torpedo boat attack
cd four Chinese torpedo boats ON land
che forces ~ Japan and England rushed
Al aiyuHi from the flagship on IN"
Northern Fort. the jupancso in advance
md commanded by Captain liattor Tho
Captain climbed up the fort ana az h.
was about to extend h's hands 10 the
Captain " the Alacrety 90 help him over
the wall he was shot ana killed on III"
SPOT Tho fort was mkcn by the Japan
ope and English forces az a. m, IN"
nag of tine Rising Sun WAS hoistcd In
the center and the flags Of the Other Pow
ers I'm utnrr places. The four Chinese
torpedo boats were chased about by the
British torpedo boat destroyer and were
ultimately captured. The Southern Fort
was attacked ana occupied by the Rus
sian and German marines, the losses OF
the Russian cont nEcnt being seventy.
Three Chinese warships and four torpedo
boats were captured. The Atago did not
take part In the bombardment. The two
Russian snnps and the one German ship
suffered most.
Captain snimasaki, Commander OF the
marine force belonging to the Sasebo Ad-
miralty, was on Wednesday appointed to
the command Of the battleship Yashima.
and Captain Kamimura, of the 1okosukn
Admiralty, was on the same day ordered
to take charge of the battleship Full. 1t
appears that the repairs on the two bat
I . haJ M n a
Most OF the vessels OF the standing
squadron are IN North China at present.
Most of the ships forming the naval sta
ton squadrons are said to be in Baseho
waiting for orders. The warships in the
reserve list are being equipped and the
vacancies in the crews hurriedly filled.
The Yashima, Sink 'shima, Saiven. Hell
yen, Hashidate, Amagi, Fuse, Soko. Chin
to- Chinpoku, Chinyen, Usugumo. Ikad-
suchi, lnadsuma, Sazanami and Nil were
lying in Yokosuka last week. The Chin
poku, Chinto and Chinyen are in dock
mounting guns, but the others are ready
to put to sea at any moment. The Mat
sushima, the Itsukusnima and Mil have
sailed for the South.
The United States hospital ship Solace
has arrived at Nagasak and is under
orders to proceed to Taku.
The Haltuai-maru will be equipped as
n hospital ship on her arrival at Moi
were forwarded to Moji by the Red Cross
Society in Toxic. The Nagato-maru vii
take the Hakuai's place on the Yokoha-
ma-Shanghai line.
The Japanese Consul at Newchwarg APP
piled to the Japanese Government to DIS
patch n warship to l,ewchwang to guard
the Japanese there, though the place is
quiet at present.
When the Genkai-maru left Chefoo al
4 p. m. on the 10, INST, the Chinese war
ship Haitien and another got under
weigh When the Chinese vessels reach
ed Woosung at 5 p. m. on the 2lst, they
found the British cruiser Undaunted ~
ing there, whereupon they turned and
fed.
A telegram receive by a foreign at
tache in To.yo on the 23d states that the
Chinese troops besieg!ng Tien-Tsin arc
part of those defeated at Taku when the
forts We're taken. The attack on Tien-
| Tsin was quue unexpected, and the
troops succeeded in setting fire to sever
al parts of the city. Desperate fighting
took place, and up to the goth the bonn
bardment was stlll going on.
Another dispatch in the Osaka Asah'
states that a dispatch has been received
at the British Legation in Tokyo from
British naval officer at Taku, stating
that the lied force has reached Tien-
! Tsin and was engaging the Chinese troops
on the Goth instant.
The correspondent of the Nagasak
Press, writing after an inspection of Fl.
NJ. S. Whiting, had the battle at Taku
described to him by the officers, and
says.
Soon after the capture of the destroy
ers, 5-inch shell from the forts pene-
trated the Writings after coal-bunker,
injuring her No. 4 after boiler and dam
aging III tubes. There was, however, no
! immediate danger, the pipes simply bend
ing. which certainly speaks well for the
English builders During the Smelling,
| two of the magazines We're blown up,
All gunboats received more or less seri-
Gus damage. One Russian was badly
knocked about and one was set on FIRE
The fire was quickly extinguished.
The officers of the Whiting speak very
highly of their crew, all of whom work.
ed admirably. The men looked on the
fighting as rare fun, yet kept cool and
| steady.
The Whiting, although severely dam
aged, was able to steam with her remain
| ing boilers at an average speed of 10
knots an hour into this port She was
built on the Tyne in 1886 by Sir Charles
Palmer and armed at Elswick by Sir
William Armstrong & Co. Her speed is
30 knots an hour and her tonnage 360
Her armament consist of six quick-fring
guns. She is n twn-screw torpedo boat
destroyer, with engines of $500 i.h.p. un-
der forced draught, and is commanded
| by Lieut.. Comdr. Mackenzie.
The following is a copy of telegram
sent today to His Excellency the Vlceroy
| of Marking, and other Cunese provin-
cal Governors by the Cinnamon of ia
pan:
THE leading Chinese merchants and
all other Chinese residents in Japan beg
your Excelency most earnestly to take
every step possible to protect the lives of
foreigners in the Yang-tse river ports
and to assist the allied Powers in putting
down the Boxer rebellion and prevent the
massacre of more foreigners in the north
| Further, to advise the Government I'm Pc
king to act Immediately so as to prevent
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Empire, by re-
pudiating the acts of the Boxers and
those troops now committing such hor-
rible atrocities in the norlh."
LADIES IN PEKING.
There has been report that the ladies
of the United States Legation at Picking
had gone out TO the hills before the trou-