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Show BATTLE OFF CHEMULEOBES "i0tL Ftlday, Feb. 12.-The following fol-lowing account of the battle off Chemulpo, Chem-ulpo, which resulted in the loss of the Russian cruiser Variag and the gunboat gun-boat Koiieta has .reached here. During the night of February 8th the Japanese -. landed 1300 men at Chemulpo, and on the morning of the 9th three Japanese cruisers, four gun-boats gun-boats and eight torpedo boat-destroyers, under command of Admiral Uriu. approached the harbor, but did not ' enter.' The Korletr and Variag were lying in the harbor. The Japanese Admiral gave them until noon to come'out. Both . Russian vessels cleared for action. All the shipping in the harbor was y notifletTyCdmiral Uriu to get out of the ' .g Trie. , "T e was, in the harbor also the Br. h cruller Talbot, the French cr 'aer Pascal, the Italian cruiser Elba a: the felted States gunboat Vlcks- "... burg. All were' active. ' -'- ' v ' ; The Variag signaled the vTalbot 'and' a boat from the British-, cruiser.-went on board. - v- - . Shortly af terward. the , Variag; and Korietx got under way and- steamed 1 out of the harbor. f The-crew' of .the English ' warship , cheered : them i as they went -out to fight. : :- ' ' When the Russians ' were four mile? out, the Japanese threw a shof across their .bows, but they did not .stop. - The ; Japanese lay. between the, islands tenv miles out, blocking ' the only entrance to the harbor.' . " ''; ' ' 'When the - Russians" were .six miles from the Japanese fleet.; heavy firing began on both rides. The Variag. turned her broadside loose-at 11:55 a. m. Then the Variag turned at right angles to "the. westward 'and steamed; a .short dis-' tance as if to make the beach, but was seen to suddenly turn again east and give the enemy her other broadside. THE JAPANESE ' CONTIN UED ;-'-' ' , . . - . t' t r i J .' . i--,' , '-. -- ' .- . '. ' .-" ' . " ' " : ' . ' ' " " ' ' FIRING UNTIL 12:?2, WHEN. THE VARIAG WAS SEEN TO BE ON FIRE' " NEAR THE ; STERN. THE RUSSIAN VESSELS THEN TURNED : BACK '..TOWARD ..THE HARBOR AND CEASED FIRING AT l'l2:43P. M. - x -. j The Japanese followed almost to the-entrance-of the harbor, : firing on .the. Variag, -.whlcji had a heavy list to port and was evldently-in .a sinking tondi- , tion. -.THio .Koriets -was practically untouched. un-touched. .-.,( ,' - .THE-..VARIAG, LOST. THIRTY MEN-: - AND" . SEVEN - OFFICERS KILLED , AND , . 42 , WOUNDED. COUNT MURO - WAS KILLED ON THE BRIDGE. v ' V ' . - i -. . - . About 600 shots were fired in all, but "the firing was not very' accurate1 and the Variag. was hit In only six places. One shot "which struck hereon the wa ter line amidshlp wrecked one of her engines. - " . , -" . -' Wben the Russians anchored off 'the ; '"' :'' .. ' Yr f - l, . T' V : . . - - - : ; . -' ' entrance to the harbor, . the . British cruiser sent " four" hospital ' boats on board with a doctor and nurse.-1 The United States - gunboat Vicksburg -also sent three boats, with surgical assistance. assist-ance. ; . .,. . THE KORIETZ WAS ABANDONED ABAN-DONED AT 3:30 P. M., HER CREW 430INGVON BOARD THE 'PASCAL AND AT 3:97 SHE BLEW UP WITH A TEBBIPIC: EXPLOSION. . ; The Variag was abandoned soon after, af-ter, her officers deeming her situation hopeless. Her dead were left on board. The crew of the Variag went on board the .Talbot, the Pascal and the Elba. -Some also went to the '.Vicksburg. The Variag burned until 6 p. m..with, frequent explosions as the flames ignited ig-nited her ammunition. - She sank, turning turn-ing over to port as she went down. : The Russians eventually 'went from the Pascal to the steamship Sungali. A Russian- officer told the captain of the Vicksburg that he had come to ask asylum for one night only. . The Japanese casualties are ' not known, but it is rumored that one torpedo tor-pedo boat devtroyer was sunk ' during the action. '- ; ' . '.-..... " - ELEVEN RUSSIAN SHIPS STRUCK DURING PORT. ARTHUR FIGHT ' .'. i '' - ; ' f V J : j! CHEFOO, PEB. 15. THE STEAMER STEAM-ER WENCHOW, ARRIVING FROM PORT ARTHUB; REPORTS THAT ELEVEN, BUSSIAN SHIPS WEBS STRUCK IN WEDNESDAY'S ENGAGEMENT. EN-GAGEMENT. - ' It. Is stated that the cruiser Askold, with a big hole In fhe waterlice, has been towed into . the. Inner basin and beached. The battleship Sevastopol has a shell hole Justr above the waterline-and to use-' less in rough'weather. - -The cruiser Novik has a hole In her after post side. ' .The ' battleship . Retvisan ' Is on the beach and her bottom nas fallen out.' The cruiser Pallada ' wae . torpedoed abaft the engine-room. . - The battleship. Cesarevltch, which was also torpedoed, has been docked. . , . . . j . - - - . ' . . - . , ; I . - - '. :'..'': The others. wertT'chfeny. damaged. In their ifiij-er-works ' - ' -- THE" WHOLE FLEET HAS BEEN TAKEN 'INTO THE-INNEB) HAS- BOS, AND ' PORT ARTHUR ,IS DE- PEiiDiuG. for Protection : on HER POETS, WHICH HAVE BEEN 'REiNroBCE.':-,. ; I ... .. ; ' Thre hs frequent- firing,- Which Is pre-unat);y pre-unat);y drawn ' by- Japanese' torpedo boats. '.- i - r. ' Firing was heard" at midnight, Feb ruary 1 lib, 'at' intervals; also on the ight of the 12th and 18th.'": On Peb-ruary Peb-ruary 14th the" firings continued until 5 o'clock in- the afternoon.. : .:. - An eye' witness claims'-to have' seen eighteen' dead' landed front the Russian stilpe Wednesday. '-' ' ' It Is understood 'thatvAamtral; Stark has been reduced for his failure' to repulse re-pulse the Japanese attack! ' - -The cruiser Novik was the only vessel to do effective work. She gave chase to the JapaneA torpedo boats and according accord-ing to the Russia account sank two and captured one.-. The Wenchoa -bad'400 Japanese refu- ! , . , . j : ........ . -. ii.. . - '. .' . ' ' . .' .' " . gees on board and there was an exciting ,tlme during the battle.of Wednesday, as nhellS: fell, all , around the Wenehow. " After- several orders were given her to ' . lrave port and as ofwn revoked, she was allowed to sail February 14th. The Ru-aj! Ru-aj! authfiriift 'supplifii her Japanese passe mik re yrHh rice, l-ut paid no attention atten-tion to-a higna1. for a f.-trfh supply of wa- -ter. . ; If is stated thit'the European .rtsl-dents .rtsl-dents Of Tort 'Arthur have .been' reassured, reas-sured, but that the' Chinese are .making frantic' efforts to get away. .REPORTS OF RUSSIAN VICTORIES VICTOR-IES ARE, IT IS SAID, BEING CIS- . CULATLD TO BUOT . UP THE ' HOPES OF THE RESIDENTS. The captain of the Wenchow reports -that-he was held at Port Arthur until all the Japanese irt the vicinity' were gathered and placed aboard.' Japanese were brought from points as-far awsy as Harbin. A few Japanese are left in Manchuria. The refugees left their ' homes and stores.-in many ; instances losing thousands of dollars. . . Sevtral Japanese-have-been arrested on the charge of having In their posses- -slon maps and charts. - Refugees who go to Japan, can give , the Government valuable informatlotk ; - . , : . -' ' |