CHINO-JAPANESE WAR, 897 
Captain Du Boutay—No, not in extended order. The second line was 
composed of two companies in close order, in line. The left attack was in the 
same way in two lines 450 yards apart—the front liue consisted of two companies 
extended and the rear line of two companies closed. The general said that he 
expected to have enormous loss when he saw shells bursting right amongst his 
men, but fortunately the shells were almost all common shells and very little 
damage was done. In that advance the three battalions lost seven killed and 86 
wounded. In the attack on the other forts the formation was very much the 
same, 
As regards the range of the salvo, I can measure it on the map. It was about 
two miles. The guns that were used were 24 c.m. guns. iy 
With regard to the telegraph, the Japanese found an existing line running 
from Fusan to Seoul, and on to Wiju and Howoji, and another from Seoul to 
Gensan. 
When the 2nd army landed at Kayenko a field telegraph was laid as it advanced 
towards Kinchou; and subsequently Kayenko and Takushan were connected by 
field telegraph ; but, though the landing at Kayenko took place at the end of 
October, these two places were not connected till the 30th December. The delay 
might have had serious consequences, as the general at Haicheng could only com- 
municate with the 2nd army by way of Kwimpo or the Ping Yang inlet, and 
ships were not always ready to carry messages across to Talienwan. 
There was an existing line running up the Liaotung peninsula from Port 
Arthur to Yingtzu, so that the lst brigade, when it moved north, was able to 
communicate with the general commanding Ist army by Kinchou, Kayenko, 
Takushan and Haicheng. 
Of course the existing lines had to be worked and kept in working order 
by the Japanese field telegraph troops. 
CuaInMAN—Had they any line of telegraph on the direct line of advance ? 
Caprain Du Boutay—tThey had the existing line on the Howojo road and 
a field line on the road to Haieheng. 
For the attack on Ping Yang the only telegraph line used was that along the 
main road from Seoul. 
Masor F. G. Stonse—I should like to know the class of horses the field batteries 
had in their teams, and what were the general means of transport in addition for 
the ordinary baggage trains and so on, 
Captain Du Boutay—tThe Field Artillery horses are the ordinary ponies of 
Japan, standing about 13-3, and all the movements of the artillery are necessarily 
somewhat slow. The regimental transport was performed by pack ponies, but 
the other transport, that is to say, the divisional ammunition and supply columns, 
and the line of communication transport, was done by Japanese hand carts, each 
drawn by three coolies. For the advance north from Kinchou a lot of Chinese 
wagons were used. This model, produced by the Secretary, as a Chinese wagon, 
is really a Chinese carriage, but the wagon is very much like the lower part of it. 
It is drawn generally by five, six or seven animals of different sorts; mules, 
ponies, donkeys and oxen ; all harnessed in together. These wagons carry heavy 
loads and go great distances. In some cases stores were carried on the backs 
of coolies or by two coolies with a bamboo between them. The mortars I spoke 
of at Wei-hai-wei and all the stores belonging to them were carried in this way, 
CuairMaN—1 think I have only now to offer our hearty thanks to the Lecturer 
for the very interesting lecture he has given us, which certainly has entertained 
me very much. I tried to learn as much as I could while the war was going on, 
but he has certainly given me a good deal of information which I had not before, 
especially with regard to the extent of the movements which were going on without 
