3-082-411 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The War in Eastern Asia: before the attack on Wei-Hai-Wei, 1895. Sketch by Mr. F. J. Roskruge, R.N. 'H.M.S. AEolus. Isly (French). Baltimore (U.S.A.) Beautemps-Beaupré (French). H.M.S. Gibraltar. HALS. Undaunted. H.M.S. Edgar. In consequence of the expected attach on Wei-hei-Wei by the Japanese, a number of war-ships of various nationalities gathered at Chefoo to protect the foreign residents in that port. Marines landed from each ship, and patrolled the town by night and day...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'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.