No. 9 boat was hit by a 3 pr shot in the bollar and 501
men vera sonlded to doath, 4 other men on board being
also killed by the fire of the Chinese.
According to
one account an officer and some men jumped overboard
The boat was than
and died or cold in the water.
towed to the South side of the harbour by its consort
and abandoned, but it was towed back again by the Chinese,
and was eventually found by the Japanese on the beach
The remaining boats of Linkangtao, West of the jetty.
were hit many times by rifle shots, but lost no mon; they escaped from the harbour as they had come,but, being lower in the water oving to the holes in their sides, several of then struck the ground on the way out. Teo damaged their rudders and propellers, and one went hopelessly on shore on the rocks and was wrecked.
The second attack was made on the morning
of the 6th by the remaining 5 boats, which had not taken
They entered the harbour in part in the first attack. the same manner as the others, one bost fouling the boon,
and "carrying away her wheel ropes" four formed line abrøast and moved towards the Chinese
ships.
The raraining
Eleven tornadoes were fired, of which 7 struck, and, as far as can be gathered, the Imi yuon, Wei yuel, the despatch boat and the Tug boat were sunk, the torrado
In moving forward in boats escaping without damage.
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