Page:1902 Encyclopædia Britannica - Volume 27 - CHI-ELD.pdf/69

 CHIN A-J A P A N

Chinese Squadron. Armour (in inches). Date of DisplaceShips’ Names. Launch. On Turret, Speed. 0 ment. Belt. orBarbette, Battery. ||

Classification.

Ting-Yuen Chen-Yuen Lai-Yuen Armoured cruisers King-Yuen Tsi-Yuen Cruisers—3rd class, protected Chi-Yuen Ching-Yuen Chao-Yung Do. do. unprotected j Yang-Wei Kwan-Chia 1 Armoured cruiser • Ping-Yuen 1 Torpedo vessel. Kwang-Ping Battleships—2nd class

Gunboats.

.

.

Torpedo boats—1st class

.

1881 I 7430 1882 1887 1883 1886

2850 2355 2300

1881

1350

1887 1888

1300 2850

14

12

14-5 15 15 18

H 0 0

43

Torpedo Discharges.

Guns. Four 12-in., two 6-in., two 4-in. (Four 6-pdr., two 3-pdr.) Q.F., 8 M. Two 8^-in., two 6-in., 8 M. Two 8'4-in., one 6-in., 10 M. Three 8’4-in., two 6-in., 16 M.

Two 10-in., four 40-pdr., 7 M. /"Three Q.F., three 6-pdr. 0 16'5 I Q.F.,4’7-in. 4 M. 8 12 One 12-in., two 6-in., 8 M. Hull 'i 4’7-in. Q.F., two 6-pdr. 1889 1030 partly j- 16'5 /Three I Q.F., 4-M. of wood J •{ 1 Epsilon 1879 | 440 . -^ 1Kappa 0 10 One 11-in. M.L., 2 L., 4 M. . 1881 1 Foo-Lung 120 1886 0 24 Two 3-pdr. Q.F. . -! iTyo-Jih 1887 90 0 23 Two 3-pdr. Q.F. 1 Ships that took little or no part in the action.

Classification.

Cruisers—2nd class, protected Armoured cruiser

WAR

Japanese Squadron. Armour (in inches). Displacement. On On Turret, Speed. Belt. orBarbette, Battery.

Ships' Names, Matsushima Itsukushima Hasidate Chiyoda

Yoshino . j hTaniwa Cruisers—2nd class, protected - Takachiho j| Akitsushima Battleship—3rd class. Fuso Armoured cruiser Hi-Yei.

16

1890 1889 1891 1890

12

5277 2450

41

1892

4150

0

0

1885

3650

0

0

1892 1877

3150 3718

0 7

Torpedo Discharges,

Guns.

13-in.; twelve 5-in. Q.F., 17’5 pOne fifteen 3-pdr. and 2J-pdr. Q.F. 5-in. Q.F., fourteen 3-pdr. 19 /Ten Q.F., and 3 M. 6-in., eight 5-in., twenty23 /Four two 3-pdr., all Q.F. 10-in., six 6-in. ; two 618’7 /Two pdr. Q.F., and 12 M. 6-in., six 5-in., six 3-pdr., 19 /Four all Q.F. Four 9|-in., two 7-in., 8 M. 13

1 / 1 J

/ "l / 1 )

0 9 f Hull 1878 2200

comThree 7-in., six 6-in., 8 M. 13 44 [ posite. Gun-vessel , . . . Akagi. 1889 615 0 0 12 /One 9|-in., one 6-in. : six 3-pdr. I Q.F. ) Armoured transport . Sakio-Maru . 1888 2913 Four Q.F., probably 6-pdrs. 0 0 14 2 Aft in Matsushima ; forward in her two sister-ships. attempting to join the fleet. Meanwhile the main squadron, led army under Marshal Yamagata, and to embark a second army, by the flagship Matsushima, followed, and circling round the consisting of the 1st division and a brigade of the 6th division Chinese line passed its left wing. The flying squadron, recalled with siege artillery, under Marshal Oyama, for the capture of Port by signal, again engaged the right wing. The courses became Arthur, and subsequently to move up the Liao-Tung peninsula somewhat complicated ; but, broadly speaking, the two Japanese and join hands with the northern force. The Japanese crossed squadrons continued to steam independently round the Chinese the Yalu on 24th and 25th of October, meeting little resistance, vessels, concentrating their fire upon individual groups. On the and successfully occupied Antung, Chin-lien-cheng, and Fengother hand, the Chinese almost from the first lost all order and huang. Thence on the 9th November General Tachimi, with the attempted no manceuvring ; but the two battleships Ting-Yuen 5th division, advanced along the road to Mukden, and reconand Chen-Yuen supported each other, and their armour proved a noitred the Mo-tien-ling Pass on the 12th, while the 3rd division match for the Japanese ordnance, which was unable to disable under General Oseko, operating to the south, occupied Ta-tungthem. Before sunset the Yang-Wei, CImo- Yung, King-Yuen, and kau on the 5th. By a combined attack of General Oseko’s force Chi-Yuen had been sunk by shells, and the Matsushima and and a battalion of infantry under Colonel Mihara moving from Hi-Yei were much damaged. The crews of both fleets were much Fung-huang, Hsin-yen, on the route to Hai-cheng, was taken on exhausted. The Japanese pursuit seems to have been half- the 18th. Leaving a garrison at Hsin-yen, General Oseko’s main hearted, and contact was lost during the night. The total force returned to Ta-ku-shan. A pause in the general advance of Japanese loss amounted to 115 killed and 103 wounded, of which the first army now occurred, and holding their advanced positions, nearly half occurred on board the Matsushima. The Chinese lost the Japanese explored the country by means of reconnoitring about 600 men in the sunken ships, in addition to about 100 parties. killed and between 200 and 300 wounded. The action was The detached brigade of the second army disembarked on 24th decided solely by gun fire, although the Chinese discharged two October about 38 miles to the north-east of Ta-lien-wan, and its torpedoes against the armed transport Sakio-Maru without effect. advanced guard occupied Pi-tzu-wo on the following Port The result of the action was to confer upon the Japanese the full day. The landing of the whole force, with its horses Arthur. commaud of the sea, and to enable them to prosecute the land and stores, required twelve days. On 6th November campaign without hindrance. The surviving Chinese ships, the important town of Chin-chau was attacked and taken, and with the exception of one which went aground near Ta-lien-wan on the 7th Ta-lien-wan, with its three modern coast forts, was and was destroyed, reached Port Arthur, and subsequently occupied without resistance, the fleet arriving in the bay on the steamed to Wei-hai-wei. same day. The Japanese were now in possession of a good harThe Japanese now determined to invade Manchuria with the bour, where their siege train could be landed, 10 miles from Port