Show JAPANESE HISTORY saw BAN oot oct 22 the jap anese are making history not only through their troops in the field and their fleets upon the sea but through their authors and publishers from T sons bone of the shokat which I 1 Bupp liefl arms and munitions of 99 0 the mikado and who la Is now in ban francisco Franc ilsoo have been obtained three volumes of war history published in id japanese by the ken pub liening company of boklo mr bone Is on his way ay to london anti and berlin he to Is on private business busin eee but arms arm and munitions ft of war arb to be obtained in those capital oa following the story of the coreas rebellion and the sending bending of troops into the hermit kingdom to Is the mo following account of the first land battle aban was not the first bloody meeting of the nations na tiona spears and alorda had bad dripped with coolie gorre before that sanguinary struggle the first airi real fight of the war was at anlo ferry on july captain mat boake and captain were killed there the japanese decided to attack the chinese by night but bug only one officer know knew the orders the soldiers were ordered to prepare for action and rested on their arms the night of the had bad begun and the clouds covered the skies and the darkness was like a wall wail bat at midnight the japanese force borci was ordered to go advance to the attacks absolute Abo lute silence was enforced at 1 ba the army moved the left wan wing lead leading when near the chinese Ch Utpal IL L lips 0 tattle ot lottle w was formed and d thi the alag w i laj ejae the engagement the commix commander ider of the right wing WM was captain Mats matsuaki one point of his division left bove and within a hall half mile crossed the river knee deep and after a like interval waded another stream shoulder deep and soft at the bottom twenty five feet wide over which there had bad been a fine bridge which the chinese in retreating had halt half destroyed beyond the river the enemy had made camp but had not felt secure and the watchful sentries gave the alarm when the japanese were yet some distance removed A tall follow fellow gave the alarm by shouting the japanese save soldiery would not be denied but rushed eagerly into fighting distance and plied their rifles with skill and deadly effect theold the old feud with chinakas china Chin awas was remembered and every soldier of japan fought as though he was wae alone to answer tor for the rebuke to the encroaching chinese empire the Ja japanese were few but they were brave and the vast horde borde of chinese and coolies melted before the onslaught hardly one chinese force made a fair resistance and the petty comm commands of japanese swept over the field maiming and killing in the flush of victory the japanese then were going up to asan it was dark the road was unknown to the assaulting party ponde ponds and marshes were around into which the soldiers kol bol diers maim sank it and somewhere some were drowned captain and twenty of his men meeting that fate like brave men and japanese those who were not mired down or drowned hurtled hurried forward carrying all before them unil un aill a troop of chinese cavalry was encountered captain Matza Matz akl tried to force a way the horse troops he drew his sword and was in we the lead when a bullet pierced him in the thigh he did not heart but using his bis sword as a probe be extracted the bullet and rushed on in the fighting another ball his head re he cried out and tell tall dead at the hoos boos id the horse his soldiers went on to avenge him and spared neither men nor horses hones but slaughtered all mike alike until twenty chinese soldiers hal haj been stricken down fighting began at 8 am and continued for thirty Jul minutes before the cloud of chinese chines dissipated before the soldiery ut th the mikado when the command bad been the skirmish it Up started on toward asan and marched marched in peace until july when the advance of the left wing commanded ded by general went up against the right wing of the chinese army which aich was intran in trenched olied in the fort of balkan the japanese fired on the fort and were answered briskly with small mall arms bullets came like ike floating stars stam covering the skies and making the noise ahen ashen shen both parties fought very hard bard the japanese right wing coming from the anjo ferry attacked the first of the left wing of the chinese suddenly smoke moke covered all the earth the try cry lag ing and the whizzing of the bullets and the shouts of the be eager soldiers joined with the roar of musketry were like the noise when the mountains anu bills are rolled together and destroyed the japanese left lef wing twing began to use its if fieldpiece field piece and did not once fair to hit bit the tb fort of the tho chinese Chinsee who cried so ao much that their assailants know knew great execution was being done at the same time the chinese fired a heavy cannon at the japanese but did not know how bow to shoot and some stints shots were short abort while others passed beyond the smoke again veiled the earth and the japanese fixed bayonets and ran into the fort and began to pierce their enemies who could not face such fierce foes but fled was well fortified but the japanese reduced the forts forte and turned the guns against the second line of around asan which was twenty feet high the chinese fought hard to hold bold their ground but were forced back toward asan in this way the japanese troops proceeded aej destroyed all the lines before them the japanese lost six officers killel and drowned and 32 82 nold soldiers lers killed and drowned the chinese lass was about men when was destroyed the chinese ran away from and left all their equipments and munitions of war eight cannon sixty flags provisions and ammunition like a big bill were captured to in asan everything was saved and sent to jinsei aineen five hundred bags of provisions were donated to the people of all else was burned some of the cannon were spiked but all the email arms were saved A triumphant arch was erected two miles from the south mouth gate ot seoul and the japanese army was waa reviewed there in the presence of a myriad of comeans who prepared a feast of beef and wine for the soldiers on august a hundred chinese soldiers eol diers defeated at the battle of chin retreating stopped tolbot to loot the town of chin sep cores corea part of a japanese army en gincer corps five in number was work ing on the construction of a telegraph line and when they saw the vandalism of the hundred chinese the engineers drew their swords sword and went right among the chinese and fought so 80 bravely that the chinese soldiery scattered as an gathered spiders scatter at the approach of danger the corean citizens were grateful to their japanese protectors and gave the engineers the liberty of the town such are some of the incidents of the war as they will go into japanese history |