Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1895 — WEI-HAI-WEI FALLS. [ARTICLE]

WEI-HAI-WEI FALLS.

Japanese Gain Another Great Victory. A London cable, February I, says: A dispatch to the Times from Jlen-Tsin lays that a telegram from Wei-Hal-Wei, ■eceived in that city, says that the Japanese have captured all the southern ‘orts. Since this dispatch was sent the lelegraph to We-Hai-VVel has boon cut. 1 dispatch from Che Foo, received this norning, says: Wei-Hui-Wei was capmred Wednesday, after two days’ skirhlshing. The Chinese bolted when the Actual assault was made. It is said that '.heir loss was 2.033 mill, Lil Kung Tau, tn Island near the city, on which are workshops and soma forts, is still in the hands of the Chinese, All the Europeans to the city escaped unhurt. It is reported that during the fighting all the Chinese men-of-war and ships in the harbor sailed away uninjured. A dispatch from Shanghai, received yesterday, said: The Japanese .infantry has captured the eastern fort of Wei-Hai-Wei, but it is reported that the other fort on the other side of the harbor is making excellent practice with iU guns against the captured fort, and the Chinese now believe they will ba able to hold Wel-HaGWei.