CHINESE.
Killed. Wounded. Drowned. Total.
Ting Yuen 14 25 39
Lai Yuen 10 20 30
Chen Yuen  7 15 22
Ching Yuen  2 14 16
Tche Yuen  3  0  3
Ping Yuen  0 12 12
Kuang Chi  0  2  2
Chih Yuen ? ? 200 200
King Yuen ? ? 200 200
Tchao Yong ? ? ?
Yang Wei ? ? ?

During the battle both the Tche Yuen and Kuang Chi ran away. The first reached Port Arthur, and her captain was beheaded; the other ran ashore at Talienwan, and remained there till she was found on the 23rd by the Naniwa and Akitsushima, which destroyed her. The Yang Wei was finished by a spar torpedo on the 18th.

The remaining Chinese ships reached Port Arthur without adventure, and “victory” was celebrated by the draping of all guns, save those of the Tche Yuen, in red. They refitted very slowly.[25]

The Japanese, on the other hand, kept the sea, repairing ships—except the Matsushima—in secluded bays. The least damaged cruisers watched Port Arthur and Wei-hai-wei.

On October 20th the Chinese were all repaired, and went to Wei-hai-wei, whence Admiral Ting meanwhile cruised aimlessly; but no action took place, and on November 7th he returned to Wei-hai-wei. Here the Chen Yuen ran ashore while entering harbour, and did not get off for three weeks. She was not repaired till the middle of January, a great hole in her bottom having to be mended. This was done with cement.

Meanwhile the Japanese, ignoring Ting, concentrated efforts on Port Arthur, the Lao Tung Peninsula being invaded while the Japanese fleet lay blockading the enemy in Wei-hai-wei. On the 20th he returned to Port Arthur, leaving a few cruisers to watch Ting, and the rest of the fleet took part in the fighting there.

The fleet was in four divisions:—

I.
Matsushima. Itsukushima.
Hashidate. Chiyoda
II.
Fuso. Hi-Yei.
Takao. Yayeyama.
III.
Yoshino. Naniwa.
Akitsushima. Takachiho.
IV.
Two divisions of 5 torpedo boats each,
and some gunboats inshore.
[This fleet moved parallel with the army on
shore, and occasionally shelled the Chinese.]

On the 21st the fleet steamed past the harbour entrance, about seven miles out. They then detached the Chiyoda, which went to Pigeon Bay, and shelled Port Arthur at extreme range till 4 p.m.