3-082-410 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The War in Eastern Asia: a scene on the road to Wei-Hai-Wei: resting the horses, 1895. 'Sketch by Mr. W. G. Littlejohns H.M.S. "Centurion." Our Illustrations refer to the naval and military operations of the Japanese on the southern shore of the Gulf of Pe-chi-li, the landing of the army on the Shang Tung promontory, and its advance westward along the coast to attack Wei-hai-Wei, of which movements, and the result of the conflict for that important Chinese seaport, we have already given some account from week to week. Chefoo, a treaty port where many Europeans reside, has not been attacked. The more recent actions, in Manchuria, to the north of the gulf, where the larger river, Liao-Yang, descends from Mukden to its issue on the seacoast near Niuchuang, have brought the victorious Japanese forces along the road towards Pekin, on that side as well as on the southern shore; while it is quite possible that a fresh landing may speedily he effected near the mouth of the Peiho River, within a hundred miles of the Chinese capital. Many families of the chief courtiers, officials, and citizens of Pekin have quitted that city, and have gone to seek refuge in the southern provinces of China'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.