The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-11
7SlNG TAU FALLS
JAPANESE CAPTURE GERMANS
EASTERN FORTRESS
DEFENSE Was HEROIC

Defense WAS HEROIC
Small Garrison Surprises Wrold With
It's Resistance-German Lose Last
Foot of Possessions on the Asiatic
Mainland-Seige of Near Three
Months.
1t is officially announced that the
German fortress at Using Tau has
surrendered to the Japanese and Brit
ish forces. 1t IS officially announced
that the step in bringing about the
surrender Of thu fortress occurred at
midnight When the infantry charged
and occupied the middle fort of the
line Of defense. IN this operation
they took 200 prisoners.
The fall Of Using Tau ends the
most picturesque of the minor phases
OF the great world war now raging.
On two continents and in many
islands OF the sea where colonies of
| the warring nations were planted
combats of more or less interest
nave taken place, garrisions have
been captured and towns occupied
peacefully, but in the little German
| confession Of the south side OF the
Shan Tung peninsula of China there
has been going on since late in Au-
gust reduced scale of war that from
all accounts nearly all features Of
those battles In Europe that have re-
suited in the capture Of fortified DO
tsitions.
The capture Of Using Tau loses to
Germany her last foot of possessions
on the Asiatic mainland, as we'll as
ner last strategic position outside OF
the German empire in Europe. For
nearly three months the little Ger
man garrison Of about 1000 men
and nearly wholly composed of re-
serTists in China, has held out
against the land and sea attack Of
the Japanese and Of certain British
| detaehmencs Of both white and In
dian troops that found themselves in
China at the outbreak Of the war.
/ What the losses, of the garrison
nave been are not known, but the Of
hc1al Japanese and British reports
have indicated that Using Tau has
been taken at heavy cost of men on
| the part of the Allies.
It was on August Is that Japan
4 threw herself into the European war
as Great Britain's ally, after demand
ing that Germany withdraw or in
terne all German warships in Asiat;c
waters and relinquish possession Of
Nlao Chow. In the statement from
Tokyo that accompanied this declara-
ton, Japan asserted that her inten-
t1ons did not contemplate the reten-
| ton Of one foot Of German or Chi
nese territory, and later affirmed
that she did not intend to extend her
holdings in the Pacific. Her demands
ignored, Japan proceeded cautiously
with plans to seize the German set
tlement on the Chinese mainland.
Il The operations in this isolated
theatre of the war have been reduced
to scale of some 200 square miles
as compared with the whole conti-
nent of Europe, but on that acre they
; have been none the less interesting.
Aeroplanes and all other accompani-
nents OF modern warfare have fgur-
ed in both japanese and German
| operations.
\ The strength Of the attacking force
as compared with the little garrison
of some 1000 men and the few Ger
man vessels at Kiao Chow was so dis
oroportionate that at the beginning
sof the campaign it was taken for
granted that the German possession
;oon would fall. The surprise was
tha, so small q force could hold out
so long. Reports from various
sources pieced together indicate tina.
the Allies loss around Kiao Chow
( has been upwards of 1000 and sew
eral second rate warships.
| Details Of the movements hare
| been secret. but the first general
| operation undertaken by the, Japa-
1ese was the sweeping of the waters
aronnd Kiao Chow for German
mines. In this connection hundred
Japanese women she'll divers offered
their services. thinking they unseen
by the enemy could dive and release
the mines
| But the offer was declined since
the japanese law prohibited the en-
ployment OF women in warlike opera
| tions. During the mine sweeping
| campaign at least one japanese mine
| dragging boat was blown up.
| The next general dove on the part
OF the japanese vas to seize the Ger
man owned railway running west
! from Using Tau into the province 81
Shan Tung. This was done under
violent protest from the Chinese gov
lernment. It was held that isis vio-
lated the integrity OF he Chinese re-
public.
| The number Of he expeditionary
force has not been divulged, but it is
said to have been upwards of $4,000
men. \ British detachment of some
1900 South Wales borderers and 400
Indian Shikhs under Brig. Gen.
Nathaniel ". Bernardiston, COM
mander of the North China forces, is
said to have formed a part Of the,
centre of the japanese line in the in
] vestment. Fighting continued from
the middle of September intermit-
tently until he fall of the fortress.
During this period both the German
and japanese larships and aeroplanes
engaged in the bombardment of each
others positions. In one of the most
severe Of these engagements on Oc-
tober 8 it was ahnounsed that the
Japanese loss was 1,T00 killed and
500 wounded. It was reported then
that the japanese would await the
arrival of siege guns before continu-
| ing operations. At various times
German losses were reported up to
score or more.
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