TREMENDOUS VICTORY FOR THE JAPANESE.
TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED CHINESE KILLED. SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF LI HUNG CHANG. (Per Press Association.) London, September 17. The engagement at Pingyaug began at daybreak, and continued all day. The Japanese advanced in three columns, attacking on the centre, right and iv the flank simultaneously. The Chinese were strongly entrenched in front, but weak in the rear. General Wai, Commander-in-Chief of the Manchuriau army, was taken prisoner. The victory was brilliant and complete. September 18. Fifty thousand Japanese were engaged in a battle near Seoul. A report is current that Li Hung Chang has committed suicide in consequence of his degradation. Many Japanese noblemen have volunteered as soldiers. The war fever continues to rage fiercely. The Times considers tho battle has changed the balance of power in the east and may have far reaching effects. The victory was due to the Japanese supremacy at sea, enabling them to convey troops to Corea.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 72, 19 September 1894, Page 2
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157TREMENDOUS VICTORY FOR THE JAPANESE. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 72, 19 September 1894, Page 2
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