The War Between Japan and China.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 75, 22 September 1894, Page 2

The War Between Japan and China.

(Per Press Association.) (Special.) Shanghai, September 20. Sixteen Chinese and nineteen Japanese ships were engaged in the battle, besides a flotilla of torpedo boats. The Japanese retired in the even. ' ing, and according to the account* ' received here were not pursued. The ' Chinese completed the landing of 6000 troops. 1 The British Consul at Tientsin ! wires that the Japanese lost three ' warships. \ The Chinese saw nothing of th 9 enemy till they reached the Yalu. Most of the troops bad been landed ' before the battle. The Chen Yuen \ opened the fight. , The Times correspondent at Tientsin r confirms the sinking of some ships, . and reports that others are greatly ; damaged. ' FURTHER DETAILS OF THE RE- > CENT BATTLE. I (PEE PHESS ASSOCIATION.! i Shanghai, September 21. The Chinese report that they fought , in single and the Japanese double column, and that both fleets were under easy steam. A shell burst in the Chen Yuen's batt tery with horrible effect, and all the big • guns were disabled. ( The Japanese frequently failed to break the Chinese line, and their torpedoes were intercepted by nets. * A shall set fire to the Chen Yuen, and 1 she sank when in a mass of flame. The unfortunate crew were cooped up below, ' and perished with the ship. The Chinese torpedo boats were little I used. ' After the battle bad raged for three hours the scene on board the ships was i appalling. The decks and turrets were 5 choked with dead and dying, and big . guns disabled. » On both sides the fight was main- | tamed with light cannon and machine r guns. j The ships laboured heavily, and all were using pumps in order to keep afloat. One or two of the Chinese vessels exI hausted their ammunition. Both sides fought with great ferocity. Tbe Japanese manoeuvred constantly, but the Chinese remained stationery. \ It was impossible to help the crews of ', the sinking vessels, as the guns in the tops, aimed at torpedo boats, were sweeping the whole area of battle. j The Japanese allege that they only ! 5 lost 100 men. 3 St. Petebsburg, September 21. a Tbe Russian papers warn Japan she 3 will not be allowed any part of Corea. i It is reported that England, Germany, - and Russia are parleying to intervene 1 and stop the war.