Yuen" was sunk by the guns in one of the captured forts. On the
12th Admiral Ting wrote to Admiral Ito offering to surrender, and then
took poison, other officers following his example. Wei-hai-wei was
then dismantled by the Japanese, who recovered the remnant of the
Chinese squadron, including the "Chen Yuen," and the 2nd army
concentrated at Port Arthur for the advance on Peking.

While this campaign was in progress the Chinese despatched a second
peace mission, also with defective credentials. The Japanese declined
to treat, and the mission returned to China. In February the Chinese
made further unsuccessful attacks on Hai-cheng. Yamaji near Kai-ping
fought a severe action on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of February at
Taping-shan against a part of Sung's army under General Ma-yu-kun.
This action was fought with 2 ft. of snow on the ground, the
thermometer registering zero F., and no less than 1500 cases of
frost-bite were reported. It was the intention of General Nozu, after
freeing the Hai-cheng garrison from Ikotenga, to seize Niu-chwang
port. Two divisions converged on An-shan-chan, and the Chinese,
threatened in front and flank, retired to Liao-Yang. Meanwhile two
more attacks on Hai-cheng had been repulsed. The 3rd and 5th divisions
then moved on Niu-chwang, and Yamaji's 1st division at Kai-ping joined
in the advance. The column from An-shan-chan stormed Niu-chwang, which
was obstinately defended, and cost the stormers nearly 400 men. All
three divisions converged on Niu-chwang port (Ying-kow), and the
final engagement took place at Tien-chwang-tai, which was captured on
the 9th of March. The Chinese forces in Manchuria being thoroughly
broken and dispersed, there was nothing to prevent the Japanese from
proceeding to the occupation of Peking, since they could, after the
break-up of the ice, land and supply large forces at Shan-hai-kwan,
within 170 m. of the capital. Two more Japanese divisions were sent
out, with Prince Komatsu as supreme commander. Seven divisions were at
Port Arthur ready to embark, when negotiations were reopened. Li
Hung-Chang proceeded to Shimonoseki, where the treaty was signed on
the 17th of April 1895. An expedition was sent towards the end of
March to the Pescadores, and later the Imperial Guard division was
sent to Formosa.

It is impossible to estimate the Chinese losses in the war. The
Japanese lost 4177 men by dea