New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-08
JAPANESE PRAISE
GERMANS BRAVERY
Kaiser's Troops, Forced
to Surrender, Showed
Desperate Courage.
BAYONET CHARGES
WIN LAST POSITIONS
TSing.TaO Will Be Held by Japan
Till End of War, When China
Will Be Consulted.

Toxic. Nov. Following the sur
render Of the German fortress OF
Tsine-tao at 9:20 a. m. to-day after n
siege of more than three weeks, the
japanese and German officers opened a
conference at ! p. m. at the Moltke
barracks. when the formallties OF capt.
ulation were concluded.
The Japanese officers pay unstinted
tribute 20 the bravery of the Germans,
who fought tenaciously to the last. I'm
official reports are that the Germans
blew up what was left of their forts
before surrendering. and that prac-
;ically the whole town is IN ruins. A
japanese torpedo boat hotilla that en-
tered tn, bay found that nearly all the
ships had been destroyed.
An official estimate placed the Jap
anese killed in the final assault last
night at 36. with 1872 wounded. The
British took an important part in the
victory and two British officers were
wounded. No statement OF the German
casualties is available. but 1t is be-
lieved that they were heavy.
The Minister Of War states that the
lessons learned from the siege were,
first, the destructiveness of the new
heavy guns that the Japanese used for
the first time; and, second, the effec-
tiveness of the aeroplane observation
service, whereby the methods of the de-
fence were discovered. The prisoners,
who will number, IT is said. between
5000 and 5000, will be brought to
Japan.
The official version of the Anglo
japanese victory, issued by the Japan
csc War Office tonight, follows:
l.. n,t1 -
81 permitted the occupation on Novem-
Der | of the first attacking position-a
36.5-metre hill 5000 feet south of our
previous position and bounded by the
Shi-Ho and the Shunkas-llo. We in
trenched and prepared for a further adj
vance, and on November we progressed
10 a second position al Pompuga, on
the Fusaus-H o, where we met CALLING
fire, yet never hinched. The heavy ar
tillery moved closer and co-operated
with and protected the infantry.
"Oi the night of November 6 we
occupied the third and final attacking
position in front Of the entanglements
that screened the forts. General
Yoshimi Yamada's command advanced
from the centre and forced its way
through three heavily wired defences,
charging courageously, captured the
centre fort. This helped General
Horiuchi occupy the northerly fort.
The right wing. under General
Yohoyi, and the British right centre.
led by Lieutenant Colonel Bernardis-
ton, jointly charged. and early on No
vember completely occupied forts
Hits, Moltke and Bismarck. forcing the
enemy TO fly flags of surrender"
The closing hours of the siege and
the fall OF the German fortress there
are briefly but dramatically described
in official reports sent to the govern
ment by Vice Admiral Sadakichi kato,
the commander of the Japanese naval
forces, and Lieutenant General Kamio,
commander of the troops operating In
Kiao-chau.
After the capture of the central fort.
il appears from their statements. the
left wing of the attacking forces ad-
vanced and occupied Chanshan at
$40 o'clock yesterday morning. Chan
shan was the base of the right wing OF
the German line, and is a triangular
fertilization. Then the other forces,
at the point of the bayonet, captured
the forts of the first line, including
the intricate and dangerous defence
works connecting them. Other forces
advanced in rushes on the main line
of defences, made up Of the forts Of
Hts, Bismarck and Moltke.
Suddenly" says the report, the
flag of surrender ran up in the morn
ing breeze on the weather bureau
mount, towering above the sea and
land"
In the last two days Of the fight
Ia
t;nued terrific rain Of shells on the
fortress and the city from the east
and south, inficting great damage and
havoc. Taisichen fort. the official &C
counts say. seemed TO explode.
The final and successful attack be-
gan before dawn on Friday, and the
first inroad by the allied forces, which
was largely instrumental in the fall
of the place, was the taking of the
r.iddle fort OF the first line OF de-
fence. This was accomplished by d
brilliant charge of infantry and engi-
neers, led by General Yoshimi Va
mazda. .
Simultaneously with the charge Of
General Yamada others were made,
the troops dashing forward with cries
of "BanZaii" Taitungchen, the for
tifcation on the east, fell at 5:35 IN
the morning. Chungchiawa was capt
urcd soon thereafter, with its two
heavy cannon.
a detachment Of the first line oc-
cupied the Hits, Bismarck and Moltke
forts at o'clock in the morning, and
then the enemy hoisted white flags
on the weather station, adjoining the
Governor's Office, and on the coast
forts at the mouth of the Haipo.
The Westminster Of the Navy. NJ.
Suzuki. speaking to-day of the future
of Tsing-Tao, said:
while the European war continues
Tsinp-Tao will be administered by
Japan. AT the conclusion of the war
Japan will open negotiations with