The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-10

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have by constant firing with heavy guns
smashed down almost the whole of the
foreign settlements. The message bears
the signature of Fowler"
The account given by the Commander
Of the British torpedo destroyer VIII ting,
that had entered Nagasaki for repair, to
the Governor Of the place, and published
by the Jill. may also be quoted. He states
that the Algersne and the Russian and
German warships had been moored at the
rear OF the forts, while in the upper
course OF the Peiho were lying the Ata-
go. the American warships, the Whiting
and the Fame. At p. m. on the 18th
Northern Fort was seen making some
preparations for action, and the allied
squadron signalled the fort to remove
the torpedoes laid at the mouth OF the
river. As the commander of the fort did
not comply with this request, the Whit
ing removed the torpedoes. At a. m
the next morning the Northern Fort sud-
denly opened fire on the allied squadron,
which, with the Algerne as flagship, re-
Piled. The English torpedo boat attack
ed four Chinese torpedo boats. On land
the forces of japan and England rushed
at signal from the flagship, on the
Northern Fort, the Japanese In advance
and commanded by Captain Hattori. The
/ Captain climbed up the fort and as he
was about to extend his hands to the
Captain OF the Alacrety to help him over
the wall. he was shot and killed on the
spot. The fort was taken by .he Japan
ese and English forces at a. m, the
flag of the Rising Sun was hoisted In
the center and the flags of the other Pow
ers In other places. The four Chinese
| torpedo boats were chased about by the
British torpedo beat destroyer and were
ultimately captured. The Southern Fort
was attacked and occupied by the Rus
sian and German marines. the losses Of
! the Russian cont nCent being seventy.
Three Chinese warships and four torpedo
boats were captured. The Atago did not
take part in the bombardment The two
Russian ships and the one German ship
suffered most.
/ Captain Shimasaki, 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 Yokosuka
| Admiralty. was on the same day ordered
to take charge Of the battleship Full. II
appears that the repairs on the two hat
tieships have been finished at Yokosuka.
i 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 20 be In Sasebo
waiting for orders. The warships in the
reserve list are being equipped and the
vacancies IN the crews hurriedly filed.
The Yashima. Shik's hima. Saiven. Hell
yen. Hashidate, Amagi. Fuse Soko. Chin
/.
suchi, Inadsuma, 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 1tsukushima and Mil havg
sailed for the South.
The United States hospital shin cosace
/. has arrived at NaE-saki and Is uldcF
orders to proceed TO Taku.
The Hakuai-maru will be equipped al
a hospital ship on her arrival at Moi
from Shanghai The necessary materials
were forwarded to Moi by the Red eros,
Society I'm Toxic. The Nagato-maru viii
take the Hakuafs place on the Yokoha-
ma-Shanghai line.
!. The Japanese Consul at Newchwang ap
Z piled to the japanese Government to dis
patch n warship TO l,ewchwang 10 quart
the Japanese there. though the place q
lqu'et at present.
when the Genkai-maru left Chefoo a
q 4 D. IN. on the 49, inst, the Chinese war
ship Haitien and another got undo
q weigh. when the Chinese vessels reach
ed woosung at y. m. on the 2ist. the
found the British cruiser Undaunted ly
7, ing there, whereupon they turned an
fed.
a telegram rccCive,- by a foreign al
% tache in ToNyo on the I'D states that tn
Chinese troops besieging Tien-Tsin ar
y part of those defeated at Taku when tn
Tsin was quitc unexpected. and tn
, troops succeeded In setting fire to sever
10 nj parts Of the city. Desperate fghtin
took place. and zap TO the 10Th the bon
L bardment was still going on.
al Another dispatch in the Osaka Asal
states that a dispatch has been receive
= ut the British Legation in Tokyo from
p British naval officer at Taku. stain
- that the allied force has reached Tier
Tsin and was engaging the Chinese trooI
M on the Goth instant.
r. The correspondent OF the Nagasal
he Press. writing after an inspection Of !
NJ. =. whiting. had the battle at TAX
described to him by the officers, ar
n says:
nj Soon after the capture OF the destro.
ng ers. n 5-inch shell from the forts pen
nj trated the Writings after coal-bunke
injuring her No. after boiler and dar
aging 177 tubes. There was. however.
g immediate danger. the pipes simply ben
Dt. Ing. which certainly speaks well for q
~, English builders During the shell!n
two OF the magazines were blown u
~ All glinboats received more or less sci
s Gus damage. One Russian was bad
knocked about and one was set on fiji
:, The fire was quickly extinguished.
The officers OF the whiting speak We
cy highly OF their crew. all of whom wor
On ed admirably. The men looked on {
- fighting as rare fun. yet Kept cool a
steady.
ne The Whiting, although severely dai
he aged. was able TO steam with her renal
Ing boilers at an average speed of
ties knots an hour into this port. She W
lb- built on the Tyne In 1896 by Sir Char
ed Palmer and armed at Elswick by
the William Armstrong & Co. Her speed
DIX 20 knots an hour and her tonnage 3
Al Her armament consist OF six quick-firi
csc guns. She is a twin-screw torpedo bC
BILE destroyer. with engines of $500 i.h.p. I
rhe der forced draught, and IL command
OK by Lieut.. Comdr. Mackenzie.
The following Is copy of a telegri
ing sent today to His Excellency the Vicer
the of Marking. and other Cninese prov
on cial Governors by the Cinnamon of
10 pan:
res THE leading Chinese merchants a
Ing all other Chinese residents in Japan
res your Excellency most earnestly to ia
ng every step possible to protect the lives
ter foreigners in the Yang-tse river poi
pre- and to assist the allied Powers In putt
Rht down the Boxer rebellion and prevent
She massacre of more foreigners in the MOI
Further. to advise the Government In
9th king to act Immediately SO as to prev
,sui the acknowledgment Of the Empire, by
pudating the acts CT the Boxers {
rom those troops now committing such b
was rihle atrocities IN the nortn."