Japanese Campaign
THE FALL OF TSING-TAO. y UTTER DISREGARD OF LIFE. JAPANESE STORM THE FORTS. German Gunboats captured. . Tokio, Not ember 15. The official account of the capture of Tsing-tao is couched in the most modest 1 terms, nevertheless it shows that the storming was characterised by the same disregard of life as was evidenced in the Russian war. The detachment of' engineers who exploded the enemy's magazines was led to the assault at heavy cost of lives. The Japanese mounted the parapets amid a hail of bullets from magazine guns, and blinded by lire shells, which the enemy expolded to reVcal the position of their assailants. After Fort Moltke was taken the Japanese were ordered to halt, thus deadly encounters in the streets of the city were avoided.
Peking, November 11. The Japanese have captured a destroyer, two gunboats, and five transports at Tsing-tao, and hope to raise the Kaiserin Elizabeth. • London, November 11. A Japanese torpedo boat was Bunk while mine-sweeping at Kiao-chau. The Majority of the crew were saved.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 13 November 1914, Page 5
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172Japanese Campaign Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 13 November 1914, Page 5
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