The War Between Japan and China.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 81, 29 September 1894, Page 2

The War Between Japan and China.

— ♦ (Per Press Association). Shanghai, September 28. Further reports from Yalu state that the Jan Yuen sank by her starn with her bows upright in ninety seconds. A shell burst the Hi Yei's cockpit, killing those in it and wounding a number of th« crew. The vessel left the action to extinguish the fire, which was the result of the shell bursting, and after transfering the wounded re-engaged the Akajis. The captain himself worked the vessel from the tops, watching the torpedoes until the mast was shot away. One of the Japanese ships was sunk and three others badly damaged by the fire. A fourth is said to have been so badly injured that her bow was submerged aud her propellers were in the air. Admiral Ting charges three of the vessels with leaving without engaging the enemy, and the captains of these vessels make as an excuse the suddenness of the Japanese attack. The Times' special correspondent states that the concussion from the first discharge of the King Yuen's guns capsized everyone on the bridge, and that the execution of the Japanese quickfiring guns was marvellous. The Russian newspapers propose that England, Russia, and France should partition and occupy China, and assist the cause of civilisation and trade. The Japanese did not discharge a single torpedo in the battle of Yalu.