Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 17, 8 October 1894 — The Great War. [ARTICLE]

The Great War.

The Japanese Legation at Honolulu bus received the following official dispatch relating to the great naval battle which took place on the I7th of September. On the date above mentioned the Japanese and Chinese fleets met at 12:45 p. m. northeast of Hai-yan-tao and opened fire. The battle lasted till 5 o’clock in the afternoon. The following vessels were engaged: From Japan's side Matsushima, ltsukushima, Hasbidate, Yoshino, Takachiho, Naniwa, Akikusu, Hiyei, Fuso, Akagi Sakie Maru. The Chinese fleet consisted of Tsing Yuen, Chen Yuen Yu Chin Chiking, Haiwen, Lai Yuen, King Yuen, Wyenging, Gwei Chao, Oyang, Wang Kia, Wanping and two other men-of-war with six torpedo boats. The Chinese men-of-war Lai Yuen, Tsing Yuen, Wyenging, and Yu Chin were sunk and the Chen Yuen, King Yuen, Ping Yuen caught fire and all the re maining ships were seriously damaged and fled from the battle field. On the Japanese side Matsushima, Hiyei and Akagi sustain ed more or less damage, but none of the Japanese men-of-war were disabled. The loss of men of the Chinese fleet was immense. The list of killed and wounded on the Jap anese side is as follows: Captain Sakomoto, Akagi. 1st Lieut. Takahashi, Matsushima. “ " Senoguchi, " Sub “ Ito - "

lst “ Nagata, Akikusu. Sub " Asao, Yoshino. Chief Surgeon Miyake, Hiyei. Chief Paymaster Ishigaki, “ Ass. Surgeon Murakoshi, " Besides thirty non-commisson-ed officers. The total number of killed and wounded is 160.

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