3-082-536 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The War in Eastern Asia: the situation at Wei-Hai-Wei on February 10, 1895. 'Rendezvous of Japanese torpedo-boats. Japanese torpedo-boat bringing in a prize. Distant view of entrance to Wei-hai-Wei; Japanese ships patrolling in front of eastern passage. Chinaman conveying Japanese to their ships. Japanese torpedo-boat...In connection with the sketches given of the attack on Wei-hai-Wei, a correspondent on board a British man-of-war sends us the following: "The Japanese, with upwards of fifty transports, under the convoy and protection of their whole fleet, landed their 3rd Army Corps of 30,000 troops in Rocky Bay about the middle of January, and were marched on Wei-hai-Wei (a distance of forty miles) under Field-Marshal Oyama. After the lapse of a week the fleet weighed overnight, and with the early morning engaged eastern forts, leading up to the town. The Japanese rapidly took possession as the Chinese troops fled en masse. Seamen were specially landed to fight the guns, and quickly turned them on the enemy in front and their ships, thus leaving the Japanese troops free to manoeuvre round and occupy the leading passes through the mountains to this strongly fortified place".' Sketch by Mr. J. E. Edwards, H.M.S. "Edgar." From "Illustrated London News", 1895.