In the East

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 65, 12 November 1914, Page 5

In the East

THE FALL OF TSINQ-TAO. FORT MOLTKE TAKEN AT GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. United Piusss Association. (Received 9.0 a.m.) Tokio, November 11. Official.—The account of the fall of Tsing-tao is couched in modestest terms. Nevertheless, it shows that the storming was characterised by the same disregard of life as was in evidence in the Russian war. A detachment of engineers who exploded the enemy’s magazines led the assault at a heavy cost of lives. The Japanese mounted the parapets amid a hail of bullets from magazine guns, and were blinded by the fir© of shells which the enemy exploded to reveal the position of the assailants. After Fort Moltke was taken, the Japanese were ordered to halt, and thus deadly encountered in the streets of the city were avoided.

JAPANESE NAVAL CAPTURES AT TSING-TAO. (Received 11.50 a.m.) Peking, November 11. The Japanese captured and destroyed two gunboats and five transports at Tsing-Tao. They hope to raise the Kaiserin Elizabeth.