| Show A NIOD11112i NAVAL IIATTLY Mr lIondlph II Bllncr for some y0ard cOnnrced mlth the buau or navel 1 Intelligince at Washington has prepared a Paper on the battle or the l1lu river vbleh Is or consldrohl Interest nl thlo time The author mays the Chlnos fleet consisted or twelve vossels 1 unit the Jaranese or eleven The lnrll1 Clilnese ships were 1jO tons dloll1cmnl and the Japanese 1277 Tb Clilneve had five heavily armored ohlp while the Japanese had only one cttiuvletely armored vemsel ThQ 40lOtg yvpp therefore II would P I I I I I 1 I V I appear on the Chinese elite The de riprlon of the IWrlblf struggle is I 18 i followss rolloTh Till battle was fought In gneTill ranges or from 10011 aORO tnole The Japanese leading 1 ships pissed dround the Chinese Hunt flank nnd along their rear fall it Idvlt ldleltlhao distance by the heavy ccmt defense hips The Chi 8e wt thtnn tria T I ceof 4 n thir rlitht swl JI be I 4tacked n both rJf s by Ilia w1iole JAMno JIvet I hill the Ill wAs out or action n1toqrther Admilral Tings lIahJp I Chinese hMd for the nny center hath 0 tile keeping III a hot fire The Japanese bad three Slow hp which being left behind broke bnl 11 I I > y through the enemy and were cry badly punched In the men nume the nter and right wfig nf Admiral Tns fleet 0utlnul In hot aellon Admiral Ting was wounded twenty mInute rter the action bogan In a lel nlulels cullor mannr lie wn Stand n g on the bridge but re f used I to move after h111Ir om use-d that he wits In odlner aNdansrer ous place Oll ot the large guns was trained under the bridge and the hIt threw the admiral In the air and severely se-verely Injured him Two gunboats which occupied the right if the Chinese line received the whole fire of the Japanese fleet caught tire anti went down with I all their con c-on board A coast def nsp vessel 1 the flng Yuen at this if file wenil ItF all on bard She wnt down Flow IY stern first her bow ros out of the tier ti rent Ined it lIlnlrt anti a halt In that position and then disappoared 1 > forever rorvA little later a beautiful protected truixer the Chin Yun or Slightly il tonnage linn the Yorktown was struck br on nntllnlf hot hlch pierced the Protective dock anti hottom and she went down bous fIratacrev re11181emwernthe revolving In the air il Jnpaneite flagship In the thick br the fight was roughlY handled her oomll1nlor lIt lieutenant and one hundred and twenty men being killed One of the low Japanese ships which passed through the enemys line wo got in fire II hlll exploited In the oilleers quarterv 1111ed two surgeons several names find many mn already wounded IAn I-An rm1 merchant steamer hllh I waji In the action on the Bile of the Japanese was early disabled her SteerIng steer-Ing gear knocked out and alleirlm chased off the field by several Chinese ships Tailing darknest ended the bat tie both sides withdrawing from the field On the Chinese elite five ships were Ion with all on board and twd others tntallv disabled The Chinese flagship was hit In no fewer than two hundred prolectlles but her armor was Mt seriously damaged the deepest dents were about three Inches lIr upper up-per deck was entirely destroyed Ioy tire hut the engines wre Uninjured 01 the entire fleet only three escaped without with-out Perlouts Injury anti these ron nivay The most Important lemon from lilts right Mr Miner thinks Is I the fact that modern warships are Until to Injury from fire Another Is I that torpedoes do not play the Important part some have thought they would Theh mechanism In I too Intricate and the con dltlons for success are rather exception Ill Another leon In I the Importance of the proper drill The Japanese kept their formation during the entire Lie lion while their enemies soon lost their heads and vent to work finely And finally tho lesson of the Talu Is t that battle are nol won Ioy ships and g6n but by coot hM trained ands Steady nerves and brave hearts |
