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Show AT PORTARTHUR Hack We ky Land and Sea. ;ory Comes Fromtha Russian Rus-sian Headquarters at Lino Yang. thing Definite Is Known as to the Result of the Engage- IfvUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, LIAO lO TANG. June 10. Persistent re-fl re-fl ports arc In circulation of a bat-Ef. bat-Ef. tie at Port Arthur, that place be-flng- attacked by land and sea. Noth-ifng Noth-ifng definite is known, however, except Ithat an attack made by the Japanese Jfdid not succeed awO; There is reason to believe that the lEplans for the departure of the Port Ar-Ufthur Ar-Ufthur squadron in the event that the fall 3Hof. the fortress becomes imminent have JKbceii completed. They involve the co-1 co-1 Mpperatlon of the Vladivostok squadron. JHfiher the blockading fleet has been en-J en-J gaged the uninjured Russian ships will 5 effect a juncture with the Vladivostok I squadron and make their way to Vladivostok. Vladi-vostok. The fact that the Korean stairs are vnined and guarded by a Japanese torpedo-boat flotilla, which has been cs-& cs-& itabllshed to the satisfaction of the Ad-a Ad-a injralty here, greatly increases the difTi- culty of the operation, but the Russians "J probably will prefer to take chances of getting through rather than of raa-g raa-g king a two-thousand mile journey around Japan The attempt may occur at the first favorable opportunity. Tho squadron is useless for tho defense of 6 iPort Arthur, while if preserved entire ?if In a major portion even tho fall of r Port Arthur would be robbed of much V of its importance, from the standpoint "of Ruaela's future plans. |