Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-14 | Page 7 | Japan Loses Its First Vessel

ppan Loses Its First Vessel rfWvMil 1Tho Japanese lor- 'A U, "movln8 mles from Kerr j y'eater'day01 8"" (Prt 1jM51e?a(iVCn W0,e wounded. Thin StfrVir. VMeeI Japan has lost CS;Ml "d -urvcylnp 'tWyg w Vi 1,wwn-n. DWP and PlronnQTh(miral Kataoka, com-HK?.mvcd com-HK?.mvcd at -d wyadron. The Ad- Vfftftlrna ,Uefech-Cd the cruisers lt- SRlT'OUlS or the.laml batteries gJlr CirJedo-boats swept Mar "inos. a second flotilla of torpedo-boats, which had been engaged en-gaged In guarding Port Arthur the previous pre-vious night, joined tho squadron nnd began the work of surveying the harbor. har-bor. The Miynko discovered a company of Russian infantry nnd a detachment of cavalry on shore nnd dispersed them. The survey was completed at 3 o'clock ln the afternoon. Two torpedo-boats that were rccon-noltering rccon-noltering and removing mines on the west shore of Kerr bay discovered a telegraph line running along thc Tnku Slum peninsula. In order to destroy this Lieut. Notla and four sailors landed and scaled the heights, under the protection of the torpedo-boats, and cut the line. The Japanese vessels then discovered three bodies of Russian troops, ono large and two small ones, whereupon the squadron advanced close to the shore and shelled them. Thc Miynko, which was reconnoltering ln Deep bay. discovered a Russian guard post on a mountain to the northwest of Robinson Robin-son proinontorj'. and destroyed it. A Russian force, estimated at ten com-panics, com-panics, took refuge behind an eminence, emi-nence, but it was dispersed' by tho Japanese. Jap-anese. Torpedo-boats Nos. 48 and 19 discovered discov-ered a large mechanical mine In Kerr bay. Their various attempts to blow It up fulled, and It suddenly exploded of itself, cutting No. IS ln two. The torpedo-boat sank In seven minutes. The squadron hurried boats to the'res- ' cue and picked up tho wounded. Three other mines were discovered and exploded. ex-ploded. Thc squadron completed its operations at 6 o'clock ln the evening j and returned to its base. J