THE WAR IN THE EAST.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6063, 24 September 1894, Page 2

THE WAR IN THE EAST.

PJB KLKOTMO TIIiMBAPH— COFTBIOSf, (Pan Psjssg Assoouiiojr.) Received 6 pm. September 23rd. Shanghai, September 22. Chinese accounts of the recent naval engagement affirm the reports that the Chin Yuen rammed and sank a Japanese warship, and that later on she herself sank owing to damage caused by shots which struck her below the water-Hne. It also Btates that the Japanese warship Maniwa was set on fire by shots from tho Chinese vessels, and that Beveral English instructors and engineers were killed. Admiral Ting was wounded m the face and legs. The wounds were dreased on deck, where he remained directing tho operations of the fight. The Japanese report says that the vessels damaged m the engagement can be repaired m a week at sea with the exception of the Matsushima, which will require to be docked. It affirms that no vessels were sunk. Thirty-two Japanese transports with 7000 troops, two thousand horses and numerous batteries of artillery, hay* arrived at Ohemalpoo and discharged their cargoes, Lohdok, September 22. I The naval engagement between the Japanese and the Chinese off the Yalu river has been much discussed m England, and stimulates fresh demands for an increase of the British Navy.