People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1894 — FOUGHT AT SEA. [ARTICLE]

FOUGHT AT SEA.

Dopcnte fingVTßtat Bstw-cn ' 1 lnra« and Japanese Warships. Shanghai, Sept 19.—A naval engagement has taken place off Yalu, where a Chinese squadron was coverering the landing of a large force. The landing was effected with success, but in the meantime a Japanese fleet made an attack. In the fighting that followed the Chinese warship Chip Yuen was sunk by the fire of the attacking fleet. The Yang W ei, also belonging to' the Chinese squadron, in attempting to get out of the range of fire or in maneuvering for a position was run aground, where she remained. One other Chinese ship is reported to have been sunk. The Japanese are also reported to have sustained a heavy loss, three of their vessels having been sunk by the fire from the Chinese. Admiral Ting ant 1 Maj. Ilannikin are reported having been killed during the attack. No estimates are made of the losses by either side. The latest reports of the number of Chinese killed during the battle of Ping Yang places the total at 0,600. The Chinese prisoners who were not wounded were paraded Monday morning in a circle of Japanese troops, and they numbered 14,500. It is probable, however, that this number will be increased during the next few days by the prisoners who are being constantly brought in by the Japanese cavalry. Many of the Chinese captured were found hiding in the quiet portions of the city. Besides Gen. Tso Fonu-Wai, commander n chief of the Monchurian army, who fought desperately to the last and only surrendered when he was badly wounded, the Japanese captured four other important commanders of the Chinese forces —namely, Gen. Tso Paok IVoi, Gen. AVei Ink Wei. Gen. Nayu Kow Eng and Gen. Sei Kin Lin, practically all the effective Chinese staff. Shanghai, Sept. 19. —An imperial edict has been issued depriving Viceroy Li Hung Chang of his tliree-eyed peacock feather because of his mismanagement of the Corean campaign. Taotai Sheng, it is reported, is intriguing against Li Hung Chang through the emperor's favorite teacher.