nfidential.
6624
RECO
498
REG 17 APR 95)
Letter from British Filitary Attaché to the
Japanese Army in the Pield, dated Wiroshima,
27th February, 1895.
a man was sent to the top of a hill to see what the
fleet was doing and signal the news to the Headquarters
Staff. Semaphore signalling was used, but it was a com-
plete failure. The distance was about 1 mile and there
was a high wind blowing.
We have had Lieut. Ogilvie, R.N., Admiral
Fremantle's Flag Lieutenant, with us from the 25th
January till yesterday, whan he went off on board one
of our ships.
the
It
When I last wrote, on 12th February,
first sign of surrender on the part of the Chinese at
Fei hai woi had appeared; and the Agreement was finally
signed on the 14th. Acmiral Ito was probably very
glad to grant any terms that Admiral Ting asked, pro-
vided he could thus get hold of the remainder of the
Chinese fleet without losing any of his own ships.
appears that the Amy Staff was against letting the
Chinese go away free, but the Admiral hed his way
partly from a fouling of respect for Admiral Ting and a
desire to be magnanimous towarus him, and jartly because
he was afraid that if Ting's proposed tems were not
accepted the "hinese ships would be blown up
ships handed over are the Chen-yuen, which will be
docked and examined at Port Arthur before being sent to
Japan, the Tel (or Chi)-yuen the Ping-yuon, the Fwang-
ping, and the gun boats Chen-pien Chen-chung, Chen-poh,
Chen-nan, Chen-pis, and Chan-tung.
The
The Jaj anese have
also got 3 Chinese torpedo boats (6 at ei hei wei and
2 at Port Arthur) which they consider ara repairable; but
have