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Show MIA LOSES S ! 1 BATTLESHIP Ijhtriet Mat Port S Arthur. 'jttji Another, tht Sevastopol, Dis-niifgd Dis-niifgd and a Cruiser Sor-T Sor-T lously Damaged. ..-riaese Ships Which Engaged In t-ilft e Bflttle K-eceived . Only 1 Slight Damaga. flrtOKIO, Juno 25. Admiral Togo re--H R I"rt5 that on Tnurfidav lflst, June 3 if! 1 h'8 Parol"bo;it discovered, the !tJj ! battleship Percsvlct and seven It'ltr vessels, accompanied by nine torptdo-boat destroyers, near the en-- en-- : timet to Port Arthur harbor. They ii ; nrntd him tirelessly and he Imme-dlitely Imme-dlitely advanced Ills entire fleet, cx-pt cx-pt thoK engaged upon special duty, t Tte Admiral then discovered that the stif, P.iHilin fleet, which consisted of bIx ! tattluhlps, five cruisers and fourteen 5! iotroyers. evidently planned a dash !,HH lijuthvrard by sundown. G?! Battleship Torpedoed. . The Russians stopped outside the en-Si en-Si (ranee to the harbor, and after nlght-ftfl nlght-ftfl a fleet of Japanese torpedo-boat de--i itroyers resolutely attacked the Rus-fifan Rus-fifan ships and succeeded In torpedoing tsi sinking a battleship of the Peres- ritt t)-pe and disabled the battleship J fcvaetopol. A cruiser of the Diana tvpe J iss observed burning, towed Into tho l.birbor on Friday morning, and It was !i j evident 6hc had sustained serious darnel? darn-el? hl The Japanese ships sustained llt- L tit damage. ;l ; Two Japanese Vessels Hit. i Tfa torpedo destroyer Shlrakumo was ,6 J.Ut by a shell which fell In the cabin f, rjfli had thrco men killed and three it, s others wounded. The Chldorl, a vesse.1 (4 cf the same class, was hit behind tho j tajlnroom, but no casualties resulted -4 ; Uwtfrom. Tw torpedo-boats were 4 j alltbtly damaged. 'j, The Japanese forces arc twelve miles ft from Port Arthur, the whole male pop-si pop-si nlitlon of which, from the age of 15 upward. Is under arms. The women' are -twisting In the work of completing the i f, l,'!' Clvllan cyclists occasionally s fJubIlsh, communication with the out-i out-i we world. |