Show CHINAS SA GOHE I 1 the last naval B battle attle makes japan secure SINKING OF A BIG IRONCLAD two cruisers captured find the chen yuen destroyed advices advises from china admit that japan now kow controls the seas of the orient china will endeavor to continue tho the war on the land shanghai Shane hal july ZI 21 till the news 0 or the th e battle WAS received here by private vat e telegrams from tien tsin it the report la Is true rue of which there Is little doubt it means an end has been put to chinas cainas fighting upon the seas the chen yuen tuen must have started from after leaving the chinese transports there the two chinese cruisers supposed to have been captured or destroyed during the engagement which ended so fatally f tor or tho the chen yu yuen en are the chin yuan and the ef foo ching the chin yuan titan was a protected cruiser built at england she had a displacement of 2300 tons her armament a rma in ent consisted of three inch krupps and two 6 inh inch armstrongs protected protect ad by splinter spI lilter proof shields las 8 5 rapid etring ilitch kase runs arun six gatling and four tor ceilo pet to tubes the foo chine was also an english built protected cruiser crula cr very similar I 1 ar to the chin yuan she had a displacement of 0 asoo tons was built of 0 steel lii in and carried ten guns of about the same caliber as those carried by the chin yuan |