THE WAR IN THE EAST.
♦— — ■ Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Special t"o Press Association, Shanghai, January 14. The Chinese, who were defeated at Kaiping, north of New Chang on the road to Moukden, were under the command of General Geh. The artillery and ' cavalry, numbering 4000, occupied a strong strategic position, but waitedXjg vain for reinforcements, believing thejN^ had been delayed by a snow-storm. In < ( the meantime the former were sur- . prised by the Japanese who attacked them fiercely on both wings simultaneously. The Chinese were completely routed and retreated towards the Great Wall. In the fight at Kaiping one of the Chinese generals named Nihi was escaping m his carriage when the Japanese killed the horses and almost captured him. The Chinese, however, rallied and rescued him. The British fleet has sailedjfor Japan , London, January 15. H.M.S. Pylades has been ordered to , China.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1662, 16 January 1895, Page 2
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143THE WAR IN THE EAST. Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1662, 16 January 1895, Page 2
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