THE WAR IN THE EAST.
THE KAIPING ENGAGEMENT,
By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright. Shanghai, January 14. The Chinese defeated at Kaiping were under the command of General Seh.
The artillery and cavalry, numbering 4000, occupied a strong strategic position, but waited in vain for reinforcements, believing that they had been delayed by a snowstorm.
In the meantime the former were surprised by the Japanese, who attacked them fiercely on both wings simultaneously. The Chinese were completely routed, and retreated towards the Great Wall. In the battle one of the Chinese Nioh by name, was escaping in a carriage, when the Japanese killed his horses, and almost captured him. The Chinese, however, rallied, and rescued him. Received January 16, 1 a.m. Shanghai, January 15. ; The British fleet has sailed for Japan. London, January 15. H.M.S. Pylades has beeij, ordered-"to China. - . .».■■■■
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2410, 16 January 1895, Page 2
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