| Show DUE TO SKILL OF THE JAPS T Military Knowledge Displayed at the Capture of Wei Hai Wei WARRIORS WHO RTJIV AWAY LOSE THEIR HEADS Ovcrwlielmiiie Defeat of the Chinese Armies is a Great Surprise to Secretary Sec-retary Dcnliy He Does Xot Believe the Prospects of tIle Japanese Army Ar-my Reaching PeUin Are Very Brigrlit Both Nations Advised to Arrange For Peace Hiroshima Feb 2 Official dUpatcheg show that the capture of the forte at Wei Hai Wei was due to the skilfull I combined movements of the Japanese The chief forts at Pal Chai Hylaso were taken after a few hours fighting Some others were stubbornly defended The defenses were of great strength and had precipitous sides a hundred feet high The attack was made under cover of a furious bombardment from the Japanese Jap-anese fleet Here was the main point of Chinese resistance After the fighting had proceeded for some hours the sixth division having driven back the enemy made a detour and advancing beSiind Mount Kuwhich hid the Japanese troop made a strong attack from that side on the Pal Chi Hyiaso forts which were captured by 1230 oclock The Japanese fleet then by preconcerted arrangement proceeded to take possession of the eastern east-ern entrance of the harbor and by 3 pin p-in all the forts about Pai Chi Hyiaso to the southwest were captured The Chi lidsa were retreating toward Fung Ling Chu At 430 p m when these dispatches dis-patches were sent the battle was ptlll raging The Chinese fleet and Fort Ya tao Thamao and Warring Tao were furiously replying to the Japanese whose hips were maneuvering so as to block I the entrance to the harbor |
