Show account of the naval battled the chinese navy badly crippled while the japanese get off with smaller losses great bravery displayed london sept 20 A dispatch from tien tsin baye from chinese officers with dispatches who arrived here and later mes from port arthur a full narrative 01 the naval battle off balu yalu Is obtainable admiral ting commanding the chinese northern squadron was instructed by the council of war here to convey six transports and to land the troops guns and stores at V chow from which base china intended to renew operations in corea the battle ships ting yuen Ohe king anen pine yuen U yuen and tsi yuen and the crul sera achl yuen abing yuen chao yuen yang we kwang kal and wang tin together with four torpedo boats escorted the transports they arrived at the entrance to the yala river early monday morning and the disembarkation bar kation proceeded rapidly the transports steaming into the river while the war ships anchored outside at 11 smoke on the horizon indicated the approach of abarge flotilla the situation was gras pedr immediately and admiral tine jve murders for the weighing of anchors and the placing of the ships in battle array fills position was a difficult one if he remained near the shore his position would be cramped and if be steamed for aea room be ran the risk of a japanese cruiser or torpedo boat running in among his transports he cooee the lesser of the two evils and formed a fighting line to guard the estuary in single column in the following order from port to starboard yang we achl yuen yuen kina yuen ting yuen li yuen chin yuen pins yuen chine yuen and chao yuen As a second fighting line and to meet any japanese ship succeed in forcing lie line the kwang wal and wang tin with four torpedo boats were stationed at the mouth of the river the japanese fleet ached at full speed until within range then they advanced in columns forming anio two fines nine ironclad cruisers formed the fighting line while and five torpedo boats formed the second liap firing commenced forthwith the guns on both sides were worked unceasingly at long range and the bits were infrequent the japanese crept close and the gunners made better progress ting yuen was the first to suffer a shell bursting in her battery from the outset the japanese directed a powerful power lul fire upon the chinese battle ships oben yuen arid ting yuen for ninety minutes a cannonade continued the result was that one japanese cruiser reported tu have been the was placed out of action A chinese officer declared be baw her sink in the mp antime the two big guns on the chen yue were disabled and the other ships showed signs of damage both fleets opre under easy steam the japanese maneuvering while the chinese held their original positions suddenly two of the japanese crul fere sought to break through the chinese line on the starboard side three torpedo boat swiftly pursued them the chin yuen and chang yuen went at full speed astern to avoid u catastrophe the boats fired their torpedoes but the nets about tin japanese cruisers stopped them in the meantime other auns were brought to beer upon the cruisers which are believed to have been the and the yoshimo they were beaten back by the weight of metal in an almost helpless state chinese officers declare both sank the chinese bad fared little better for the ching yuen had been several times hulled and pierced upon the water line while the aben yuen had stranded while trying to evade the japanese torpedo boats all attempts to float her were frustrated by the fire directed upon her finally she burst into llanas from the shells the ohen yuen were disabled but she remained in the fighting line working her smaller and machine auns the tel yuen retired to beyond the lines and the king yuen was in a terrible plight A shell burst through her decks and set fire to her and with the flames bursting from her she slowly settled A score of times toe japanese sought to break through the chinese lines but until the last the chinese guns were able to stop them and the japanese never reached the transport the chinese vessels gave way before the attacks and while doing so the yang wet stranded stern first her fate was similar to that of the chan yuen the ohi wae nothing cuore than a wallowing krecic when truck by a torpedo and she sank with all on board the scene was now appalling the guns on several of the ships on both sides were disabled and the great ships rolled heavily the streams of green water pouring from most of them showed the steam pumps were working incessantly and testified the extent of the damage inflicted some of the chinese ships had exhausted their ammunition during the last hours fighting more than one of the javanese Jao anese vessel seemed to be on the point of foundering it was not until dark however that the firing ceased and the battered japanese ships slowly departed in double formation towards morning the remnants of the chinese fleet with six transports started for port arthur which was safely reached the damage to the best chinese ships is so extensive that it can scarcely be repaired before winter the officers eay both sides showed the most furious courage version london sept 20 A dispatch from tokio dated today say that the naval department part ment has received a dispatch from the admiral commanding the japanese fleet in the gulf of obi LI to the effect that he engaged the enemy on monday last and inflicted heavy loss A japanese fleet coc of nine warships and two fast transports armed and converted into cruisers bad been sent in search of the fleet which was sighted at noon monday thirty miles cast of the island of hal pao the japanese pursued the at full the chinese showed no disposition to alter their course or to give battle the chase lasted a little over an hour the japan eee shortly after I 1 the cruiser achl yota got within range of the chinese flagship the auns opened fire on her and a running fire ensued several ship on both aide were quickly eng thie lasted for two boure the transports entered the balu yalu river abely during the main en casement cae ement which was fought in the belu ary and which lasted until nightfall 1 1 lt t J t 1 r E three chinese war ships were successfully disabled and sunk and one was set on fire and destroyed several other of the ene mys ships were seriously damaged by the heavy fire the japanese war ships were so well bandied that not one was lost only two were damaged to any areat extent but one of the armed transports was badly crippled end ant out of action the admiral does not mention the number tilled or wounded A private telegram says that twenty two Japa neso officers and men were killed and forty six wounded |