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Show 3 Battle las Been j Ragtag Four Day CHEEFOO. June 9 According tort-S; ports brought here by Chinese ar-', ! rivals from Port Arthur, the outtr I forts of that place have been verT ? badly damaged by Japanese bombard ments. Many buildings In the lral have also been destroyed, but the lnn;r forts have suffered but little The re-i ports of the latest arrivals vary in ml1 nor details, but agree In a ger.eral ; statement that a battle has been ras4 lng for four days within ten miles oJ Port Arthur. All the Russian soldiers, have, it Is said, left Port Arthur for ttiji front, and only three large ships andj' a number of small ones remain In thsgi harbor. The Chinese are unable to ex-5 plain what has become of the othery large shlps , |