 A few (including German military advisor Major Constantin von Hanneken) escaped by swimming and were rescued by local fishermen.The first officer of "Kowshing" gave an interview to "The Times" on 25 October 1894 stating that the Chinese were distracted by a torpedo launched from "Naniwa", which failed to explode, and that he was only able to jump overboard after "Naniwa" started shelling "Kowshing".While in the water, he was fired upon and wounded by the Chinese, but was rescued by the Japanese along with other European survivors.