THE CHINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1894—95. 620 raised to fly theenemy's flag after the war, and in the darkness of the following evening he destroyed her,going off with a boat party and explodinga heavy mine on her deck. Later in the same evening the Japanese came in again with boats and steam launches, and tried to destroy tlae boom north of I-tao. But they were driven off by the fire of the Chinese ships.

versary of the foundation of the empire, and whenthe sun rose all the shipsof the blockading fleet were gay with fluttering flags. At nine a.m.theAdmiralsignalled to theThirdSquadron to attack thefort on the east end of Liu-kungtao. The five cruisers, Tsukushi, Katsuragi, Yamato,Musashi. and Tenriu, steamed close in and opened fire,and theland forts joined in the cannonade. Later on, the Yoshino and the old ironclads of the Second Squadron were sent to the help of the smaller cruisers. The Chinese fire inflicteda good deal of loss on the attacking squadrons. A well-aimed shell destroyed the bridge of the Tenriu, killing her commander, AdmiralTing's fleet was now reduced to the battleship Chen-Yuen, the belted cruiser Ping-Yuen, the cruisers KwangPing and Tsi-Yuen, and sixsmall gunboats. One of these few survivors,the Tsi- Yuen,had been in every fight of NORTHERN SHAN-TUNG.

CaptainNakanoShinyu,and four seamen. One of her engineersandfour other men were wounded.

Another heavy shell burst on the deck of the Katsuragi,andkilled onemanand wounded six others, among them her commander, Captain Nobuki. The heavy gunin the bow of the ship was dismounted. The Yoshino had her second engineer and three men wounded, and there werea good many casualtiesin theland batteries. It was the last fight of the brave men who held the island batteriesandmanned the remnant of the fleet. As the Japanese drew off at half-past one, tlae Chinese guns wereallinaction.

That night the Yoshino and her consorts of the First Squadron came in close to the western entrance after dark, and fired heavily on the island. The guns- and mortars which the Japanese had nowmounted in the western shore batteries also opened on Liu-kung. The object the war. She had been roughly handled by the Japanese squadron off Asan, when the first shots of the conflict were fired; she had fought at the Yalu battle; and here she was sadly battered, but stillafloat and stillfightingat Wei-hai-wei.

There was some desultory firing during February 10th. Tlae four heavy cruisers of the main squadron, the Matsushima, Ikitsushima, Chiyoda, and Hashidate, lay close in to the eastern entrance,firing their heavy guns at tlae Chinese fleet. But, though there was a gap in the boom, AdmiralIto didnot attempt to force his wayinto the harbour. Heprobably,by this time, felt certain that Ting's dogged resistance could not last much longer, and was waiting for him either to surrender or make a hopeless dash out to sea.

The next day,February nth, was one of the national festivals of Japan,the traditional anni-