In 1868 Togo Heihachi was an officer aboard one of the three Satsuma ships that then came to Kobé, and fought with Admiral Enomoto’s squadron in January in Awa Bay. She was the _Kiang-Su_, later named _Kasuga-Kan_, and she routed her enemy, the _Kwai-Ten_. The _Kasuga-Kan_ had originally been Admiral Sherard Osborn’s flagship when the “Lay flotilla” was taken out to China, and as the Chinese did not want her, she was sold to the prince of Satsuma. She was a fairly fast vessel of the paddle-wheel type, and did good service for the Imperial Government after the Restoration. In the year 1871 Togo Heihachi came to England and was for the ensuing seven years in H.M.S. _Worcester_ at Greenhithe, and the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. In 1878 the _Kon-go Kan_ and _Hi-yei Kan_ composite corvettes were completed in Great Britain for the Japanese Government to the designs of Sir Edward Reed, and Togo Heihachi went out in the _Hiyei_. From that time nothing was heard of him until the famous affair of the _Kowshing_, at the commencement of the Japan and China War, in 1894, when he commanded the _Naniwa Kan_, a Second-class Cruiser built at Elswick-on-Tyne in 1885. During the long interval he had been steadily climbing the ladder, and had gone through all the stages to the attainment of the rank of Commander. A thorough seaman, he did not disdain to personally instruct those under him in the most ordinary duties, translating naval technicalities from English text-books into Japanese for the puzzled junior officers who had not been out of Japan for their education. Later, the _Naniwa_ was one of the flying squadron of four ships under Admiral Tsuboi that preceded the main squadron under Admiral Ito into action with the Chinese fleet off Hai-Yang Island, the engagement being known as the Naval Battle of the Yalu. After the fight was over the _Naniwa_ was sent westward to reconnoitre Wei-Hai-Wei, Chifu, and Port Arthur.