Of a smaller, and of course cheaper shell for the same guns two and one-half cal- ibres long, used for target practice, there were in all fourteen in the two iron clads, and they were fired oflf in the first hour and a half of the engagement, after which only steel shot was left with which to continue the fight. These guns throw a shell three and one-half calibres long, charged with forty pounds of powder.There were but four of these shells in the fleet, all being on board the Chen- Yuen. The most formidable ships for offense and defense were of course the two iron cladsTing-Yuen and Chen-Yuen, with their twelve and one-half inch guns. A second squadron, the 'Principal Squadron', consisted of the two gunboats Kuang Ping and Ping Yuen two torpedo boats, the Foo Lung and Tso Yih.

The Chinese were in two squadrons and in line abreast with the majority of the ships in a squadron, the 'First Flying Squadron,' consisting of Tsi Yuen, Kwang Chia, Chih Yuen, King Yuen, Ting Yuen, Chen Yuen, Lai Yuen, Ching Yuen, Chao Yung and Yang Wei. The Chinese torpedo boat Foo Lung launched two Admiral Ding decided to stay near the shore so the transports would not be thretened by torpedo boats. The troops were disembarked the troops on Sept 16 and continued till the 17th, when columns of smoke were seen in the distance. The Chinese fleet had steamed from Tientsin, escorting six transports to Pyongyang of 7,000 troops of Hunan, 80 Krupp field guns, 400 ponies. Woodblock print of the Battle of the Yalu by Kobayashi Kiyochika. A flying squadron, composed of the cruisers Yoshino, Takachiho, Akitsushima and Naniwa, led the Japanese vessels. The rest of the main body consisted of the cruisers Chiyoda, Itsukushima, Hashidate, Fuso and Hiei. The Japanese Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Kabayama Sukenori was on a tour of inspection and aboard the Saikyo. Admiral Sukeyuki Ito had his flag aboard the cruiser Matsushima with two dispatch vessels as escort the converted-liner Sei-kyo or Saikyo, British Captain John Wilson commanding and the gunboat Akagi. The Japanese men-of-war then made instant preparations for battle, the crew hastily finishing their meal. According to some Chinese sources, the Japanese flew American flags to get close to the Chinese fleet and inside the range of the battleship's guns. Admiral Ito signaled to the Akagi and Saikyo-maru to move to the left of the squadrons so as to be under cover. Photo from the Japanese merchant cruiser SaikyoДЄt 11.40, the Chinese squadron came into sight. Smoke on the horizon ! The enemy fleets unexpectedly sight each other. They did not wait for the return of the torpedo-boats which had gone up the Taidong to assist the army. They had expected when they left the cape to meet the enemy, but did not by any means anticipate such a great battle as actually took place on the following day. On the afternoon of the 16th, the two squadrons, accompanied by the dispatch-boat Akagi and the merchant cruiser Saikyo-maru weighed anchor to reconnoiter the Island of Haiyang and the mouth of the River Tayang. On the 14th of sept, the Japanese squadron of the Kongo, Takao, Yamato, Matsushimai, Katsuragi, and Tenryu covered the landing of the troops with 30 transports protected the disembarking of troops for the attack on Pyongyang. The Battle of the Yalu chapter starts at 8:41:09 The Chinese cruiser Chih-Yuen, commanded by Tang Shi Chang,В sank in a rain of shells trying to ram the Matsushima after taking a fatal below the waterline hit.ДЄudiobook on the Battle of the Yalu, Famous Sea Fights The battle which ensued raged for five hours. The Chinese were engaged in disembarking troops for the re-enforcement of the army at Pyongyang, and it is a characteristically haphazard proceeding that they should have been landing troops one hundred and twenty miles from the front, to strengthen a position already abandoned. The collision of the fleets seems to have been somewhat unpremeditated. Sometime called the Battle of Hayang in period sources. Some months afterwards, a Japanese officer said that the resistance of these ironclads had shown their value to the Japanese navy, which could not feel safe until they were either captured or sunk.

However, the 14-inch armor belts of the battleships Chen Yuan and the Ding Yuan were proof against all the guns of the Japanese though their upper works were burnt and riddled with shot, they still floated and could continue to fight. Admiral Ito was able to concentrate crushing through skillful maneuvers to sink five ships. The Battle of the Yalu was one of the first modern navy battle between ironclad ships armed with quick fire guns and torpedoes. ДЇrom : The Japan-China war : the naval battle of Haiyang 1895 Sino-Japanese War 1894-95Д®nter your search terms Submit search formД«attle of the Yalu (also known as Battle of the Yellow Sea and Battle of Haiyang ) Sept 17, 1894

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