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Show RUSSIAN THINKERS THINK THEY HIT A SHIP PORT ARTHUR (Friday), April 15. (Delayed in transmission.) At 6 o'clock this morning a small Japancso squadron squad-ron appeared on the horizon and soon drew off, but at about 10 o'clock a hostile hos-tile fleet numbering twenty-three- vessels ves-sels was again sighted. They formed in two divisions, one taking ta-king up a position behind Cape Llao Shan and shelling the shore and the Elger peninsula, while the other bombarded bom-barded the Golden Hill and other batteries bat-teries from a point opposjto the road-stead. road-stead. The fire was continued intermittently inter-mittently until 1 o'clock in tho afternoon. after-noon. - The Russian ships replied with an Indirect In-direct fire, and made good practice, one shot damaging a Japanese cruiser. According Ac-cording to some reports two Japanese ships wcro Injured. There was no damage done to the forts or the town. Some Chinese wero killed and a few Chinese and Russians wero wounded. |