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| | Battle of Yalu River (1894) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The Chinese fleet retired into (A battle in the Chino-Japanese war (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese) Port Arthur, the Japanese withdrawing possibly from a fear of a torpedo boat attack from the Chinese in the night time and lack of ammunition. |
 | | At the same time, it is fair to note that the Chinese suffered more from poor quality munitions - some of the shells fired by the PingYuen, for example, hit the Japanese (Click link for more info and facts about Matsushima) Matsushima but failed to explode, being filled with cement rather than high explosives. |
 | | However, on October 27, 1894, Admiral Freemantle, the British Commander-in-Chief met Ting in (Click link for more info and facts about Wei-Hai-Wei) Wei-Hai-Wei with Ting 'still lame from the burns received in the Yalu action' and described him as a 'brave and patriotic man'. |
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