Salt Lake Herald | 1904-07-08 | Page 9 | Cordon Around the Town

CORDON ABOUND THE TO TOWN WN Japanese Preparing P e for or Grand As AB Assault sault Upon Port Arthur July 7 i 7 T a a m Chinese who arrived here last night from front Port ert Arthur say cay the Japanese forces fortes have formed t red a complete cordon around the theland theland land mutt side of ot the town towS and that they are occupying all the commanding hills hUis including Wolf mountain within a ra radius radius radius dius of seven miles mile of or the fortifications fortifications tinna The Chinese say also that two bo large i war are the squad squadron squadron ron Ton which went out nit from Port Arthur on June 23 and that the Russian bat battleship tl aSto oi w S damaged d darn trl a d cL on ott on that th t day d Y Ihfe 11 Japanese J se bombarded bomb d Port Ar Arthur Arthur Arthu thur thu from the sea se on but did not damage aam gc the town II Admiral Togo In an official report Sent out o t from on n June 25 said that on the night of June 23 Japanese torpedo boat bo t destrOyers destro ers sunk a bat battleship of or the P type and dis disabled shied the battleship l Sevastopol off orI Pon Arthur That these ships were damaged by bythe bythe bythe the Japanese Japa nese was subsequently denied by authorities