| Show SOME FIGHTING IN COIIKA I So DeclKlic CjiHUKcmcnt however In Heportcil San Francisco Sept 12Files of the Jap2n Advertiser Kobe and Japan 1tcrlt have ben received by way of Victoria and bring news to August 25 j I is reported that four fast Chinese torpedo catchers are Jying at Canton I to waylay Japanese merchant vessels I which may come from foreign ports laden with arms and ammunition Al of them are said to be able to make eighteen knots There ha been some fighting at Bing Chong Corea but no decisive engagement engage-ment has yet taken place I is probable prob-able however that the next battle will take place in that vicinity Bing Chong Is situated north of Seoul near the Tain Dong river After the battles of Asan and Seikwan many of the defeated Chinese made their way to Bing Chong where a portion of the army was posted There is now a large force there as Chinese troops I numbering 10000 have arrived from An Tu The Chinese ordered the govern I ment to supply rice for the use of the I army Two thousand Chinese troops have also arrived at Hosan Chin on the banks of the Tai Dong river and have started to build a fort to defend the position They are collecting rice and other provisions in the neighbor hood A Japarese general says that the I battle which will tale place soon at Bing Chong will have important bear ing on the ultimate outcome of the war in Corea According to a According correspon I dent of the Japan Advertiser there are now in Corea 34300 troops Of this number 800 are cavalry The Chinese amy numbers about the same the main body being encamped at Ping Yang where formidable earthworks hays been thrown up This will be the Chinese base if operations in Corea Besides the Chinese the same COliC spondent asserts that there are 20000 2000 I Coreans arrayed against the Japans but as most of these are poorly armed lor I unarmed they do not constitute a formidable force When consttute the Chinese army and are supplied by the latter with rifles as is intended they xuI greatly strengthen the Celestials Long DNtnncc Fighting London Sept 13A special dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says the naval advices received on Sunday from the frontier are to the effect that there is continuous long distance contnuous fight ing between Chinese and Japanese troops who are separated by the Kim Cher river No decisive victories have followed the engagements Floods have rendered the rivers impassable |
