Word: naval
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Naval Academy...
McClung of Yale, who has been coaching Lehigh's eleven, will train the Naval Academy team this season...
...annual race with the Naval Cadets at Annapolis will be rowed today. Immediately after the race a special car will be provided for them which will run through to Poughkeepsie, where the crew will prepare for the triangular race, which takes place on June 21. This will give the men three full weeks in which to familiarize themselves with the course...
...sinking of the Kow-Shing, July 25. Soon after the Chinese were crushingly defeated in the land battle of Ping Yan, which gave Japan control of Corea. It will undoubtedly be reckoned among the decisive battles of the world. The next day the Japanese were victorious in the great naval battle at the mouth of the Yalu. This gave them control of the sea and opened the way to the Gulf of Pechili, as the battle at Ping Yan had cleared the approaches to Manchuria. These two battles practically decided the war. The Chinese were left with practically no navy...
...crushingly defeated them. This practically gave the Japanese control of Corea. This victory will undoubtedly be reckoned among the decisive battles of the world. It served to correct with startling suddenness our vague ideas of China's strength. The next day, Sept. 17, the Japanese won the great naval victory off the Yaln. The attack by the Japanese was well planned. The evolution consisted simply in steaming in large circles, or spirals, and picking out two ships at a time, until the enemy's fleet was reduced to two ships, which escaped. This engagement does not teach much...