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Show 1 J jIT:5 TC'Cm RUG Si AN -F 0 Hi S ; - D MILE OF FORI AimiUtl . ... : bbbBBBS BBSBBBBjaBBBSSBBBBBl BBaSBBBBSSBBBBBBBBaBBBBBIBBBaPBBBBBBBBBBB mbbbbbb I HI " """ ' MB J i ' , nw '. ju p . l winn iMII ngg ' i J " "' " " - 7 1 ; : . f -. . .. eni ' . : . i . - j -.- 4 ' 4 v. - 4 r- 3 3 - n tm . . ; - . - j ' "" 1 ' .'" " ' ' 1 m "' '' ' ' ' 1 ".LJlJ ' i ? 3 !v ' UiSJJAN jPOJT ON THE CQREAN fSCNUEft.. " "" " I rx. j D 72Q7. H f it com i ii n u tokio Advices Claim Victory Vic-tory for Japs In Bombardment Bom-bardment of 10th Inst; Loiig-Ranzc Firing. BULLETIN. ' LOUDON, Marcrr 14. In a dispatch from Chtfoo, dated Match 12th, a cor- respondent of the Daily Mail de--' scrioes an inspection, of Port Arthur , i 4nade on the 11th instant from a boat. "mmot The new city seemed to be on fire; i" "ii three columns of smoke were ascend-j ascend-j ing from.it. The Bread Hill fort ap- peared to have -suffered severely; the defenses ,were .' shattered, and. the . 2 earthwotka torn" 'up : . . No guns were vleible. The line of 5 forts on Tiger's Tail also appeared to have suffered damage. . At sunrise no 7 signs of life could be seen anywhere, 3 and Fort Arthur looks' like a city of j death. "!.' AT TtiDWnLLJ CHEMULPO. 5 BULLETIN. $ PABIS, March" 14. "It is almost 3 ' certain,"!' telegraphs the 'St. Peters- burg correspondent of Gil Bias, "that ', the -Emperor will assume the com- mand of the troops' in the Ear East 5 after the first " important engage- 2 ment." I ' " - J TOKIO, Monday, March 14. A sup- i plementary report from Vice-Admiral ! Togro, concerning the effort made by the t crewr of the apanese , torpedo-boat de- 2 sttoyers! In actloA off Port Arthur on there was a desperate bow-to-bow encountered en-countered between the torpedo boat destroyers. de-stroyers. In which'the Japanese appear to have scored a clear victory. . Then followed a long range duel between be-tween the cruisers, ending in the retirement re-tirement of the Novilt and Bay an, the only Russians engaged. The closing action ac-tion was the bombardment of the inner harbor by the Japanese battleships. The latter took a position southwest of Port Arthur and used only their twelve-Inch guns. Bombardment "Was Heavy. There were twenty-foW twelve-inch guns in the squadron of six battleships, and each :gun fired five rounds, making a total of 120 huge projectiles that were private car, and left at 8 o'clock last evening for the far East. Great numbers num-bers of clergymen with sacred banners were at the railroad station to see bim off. TOGO'S REPORT ON LAST MOVEMENT CLAIMS SUCCESS LONDON", March 14. According to a cable from Tokio, Admiral Togo's report re-port of the bombardment, , which gaged. The forts replied with several shots, whenever the Japanese left the cover of the Liao river. Besides the Retvizan, the battleship PetropavlovBlc received slight damage from a shot The action of Vice-Admiral Makaroft on the armored cruiser Noyik in taking a portion of the fleet out of the harbor on Friday morning appealed to the patriotism pa-triotism and excited the admiration "of the garrison. . The food supply of Port Arthur is reported re-ported to be about normal, though it is necessary to govern prices by ordinance. Three merchants have- been punished for raising prices. The French caviare restaurants and the Russian cafe Chan-tant Chan-tant are running, and the naval band plays in the park dally. . reached Tokio Saturday, but was not made public until Sunday, adds little to the story as related. Relative to the earlier attack by th'e torpedo fleet, the report says: "Our two torpedo flotillas reached the . mouth of the harbor at Port Arthur at 1 o'clock on the morning of the 10th. Finding no enemy and waiting until dawn, one flotilla engaged in sinking special mines in the harbor entrance. Notwithstanding the enemy's Are. our flotilla succeeded in sinking the mines. , "The other flotilla met the enemy's torpedo flotilla, consisting of six boats, in the Lao Thle Shan channel south of Port Arthur, at 4:30 o'clock. A hot engagement en-gagement occurred at close range for thirty minutes. The enemy then took flight. "Our Are greatly damaged the Russian Rus-sian ships, one of which was badly crippled by a shot through, the boilers, and another was observed to be on fire. So close were the two flotillas to each other that our destroyers, the Asashlo, Kasuml and Akatsukt nearly touched the enemy's ships and our crews could even hear the ctiea of agony of the injured in-jured men on them. We sustained soma damage and loss. "The Akatsukl had a steam pipe broken bro-ken and four stokers were killed thereby. there-by. Our loss was - seven killed and eight wounded. Among the latter is Chief Engineer Minamisawa of the KasumL "Our main ar;5 cruiser squadrons arrived ar-rived off Port Arthur at 8 o'clock and the cruisers Immediately advanced toward to-ward the harbor entrance to protect the torpedo flotilla. The main squadron advanced near Lao Thle Shan and opened an indirect cannonade against the inner harbor from 10 to 1:40. According Ac-cording to the observations- made by one of our cruisers facing the entrance, the bombardment was remarkably ef fectlve. During our cannonade the enemy's en-emy's land batteries fired, but none of our ships suffered any damage." ' the 10th Inst., to rescue the crews of the disabled Russian, torpedo-boat destroy- 3 ers, reached here today.' ' J Capt. Shojirc Asal, commanding the J flotilla Jof torpedo boat destroyers, states that the Japanese would have j . been able to rescue many more of the . enemy but for the deadly fire of the . shore batteries and the close arproach of the Russian cruiser Novlk. J The report also explains that four men rescued were not part of the crew of the Stereguschtchl as originally re-ported, re-ported, j -; ' J When the Japanese rescuers reached 4 the Stereguschtchl only the dead re-2 re-2 malned on board and it is believed that the living members of the crew Jumped overboard and perished in the sea. Three of the rescued Russians are en-" en-" glneers and the fourth is a torpedo 2 operator. Two of the captives were J slightly wounded. .1 The jr were all placed on board a Jap- anese battleship and were given food 4 and medicine. j EFFECTIVE FIRING DONE BT JAPANESE IN j LAST BIG F1FHT ! fOKIO, March 16. Official and prt- t vate reports both indicate that Admiral J Togo's j fourth attack on Port Arthur J on the 10th Inst, was the most effective J since the first assault of a month agor One Russian torpedo boat destroyer - . was sunk and several Russian torpedo boat destroyers seriously damaged. Z The fortifications and city were sub- ! Jected to a heavy bombardment lasting nearly four hours. The naval bombard- ments of the land work have generally J been Ineffective, yet the peculiar topo graphical conditions of Port Arthur . make immunity from serious lose from j bombardment almost impossible. Mines Placed in Harbor. Admiral Togo's torpedo flotilla opened t the action by boldly steaming In under 1?" the batteries and successfully placing ever a number of mechanical mines at the ,",?-jpiouth of the harbor. Following that hurled at the city." The bombardment was deliberate and carefully calculated. In order to aid in perfecting the firing Admiral Togo stationed the cruisers in a position due east of the entrance of the harbor and at a right angle to the battleships. The cruisers observed the range and effect of the firing and signalled sig-nalled the results and suggestions by wireless telegraphy. These observations and reports greatly aided the gunners In their effort to make every shell count. Admiral Togo was unable to definitely learn the results of the bombardment, but later private reports indicate that much destruction was caused In the' city, where a series of fires broke out. There was also serious damage to the batteries. Capt. Shojldo Asal, commanding the flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers which engaged the RusMan destroyers, is the htro of the attack. He bad only three destroyers, but attacked the six Russian Rus-sian destroyers, ordering his craft to close In with the enemy. He steamed so close to the enemy's destroyers that the vessels almost touched, and a desperate des-perate conflict ensued, from which the Russian retired badly disabled. Japanese Hero Palis. Engineer Minamisawa of tha destroyer destroy-er Kasuml received a mortal wound. Minamisawa participated In the ilrst torpedo attack on Port Arthur, also in the attempt to bottle the harbor by sinklrg commercial steamers. He was commended both times for his gallantry. gallan-try. The Japanese flotilla which sunk tha mines at the mouth of the harbor later engaged two Russian destroyers. This flotilla was commanded by Commander M. Tsuchiya. Admiral Togo's object In sending cruisers to Tallen Wan bay was to encompass en-compass the destruction of a signal station sta-tion mine depot. on Sams-hantoa. This object was accomplished and tha buildings build-ings weie demolished. The latest reports place the Japanese loss at nine killed, five seriously wounded wound-ed and seventeen slightly hurt. The Japanese fleet was not damaged in the fighting. Overreached tha Porta. A dispatch from Tientsin say that a Russian refugee who had arrived there throws valuable additional light on the bombardment of Port Arthur last Thursday. According to his story the attack was Intended for the "forts, but the Japanese fire overreached. , There was small destruction and the casualties were not numerous. Twenty soldiers and two civilians were killed and three civilians injured. ' CoL -Ver-shlnln.. Governor f Port Arthur, was slightly wounded. The Japanese used 800 or 400 Russians shells; which they found on the captured, transport Manchuria. Man-churia. . The refugee mentioned says only four Japanese cruisers were actively en-1 en-1 , KUROPATKIN CHEERED ON LEAVING MOSCOW TO COMMAND ARMY MOSCOW, March 14. The day Gen. Kuropatkin spent here was marked by demonstrations rivaling those of St. Petersburg. Immediately upon arriving arriv-ing he went to the Serglus monastery, where he attended a te deum. After this service he was conducted to the abbot's cell, where ha waa blessed with the ancient Ikon of Serglus. The numerous nu-merous bells of the monastery and the churches pealed out as he drove away. Returning to Moscow, the General proceeded to. the Governor's palace, where he spent several hours In receiving receiv-ing deputations of peasants, merchants and nobles, as well as the city elders, who were headed by the senior elder of all Russia. From the palace the General waa driven to tha nobles' assembly rooms, where he replied to the greeting of Prince Troubetzkoy. who expressed the universal confidence In his leadership. Gen. Kuropatkin said: "Russia has outlived trials many times heavier than those which have now fallen to her lot, and ever Issued victorious. Without belittling be-littling the difficulties- which confront us In the strength and worth of our foes, we can again confidently await the victorious termination of a fight which was not begun by us. "A mighty host has been already assembled. as-sembled. In the far East by the Emperor's Em-peror's order, but If this does not suffice the Emperor will send out fresh forces. "The prayers of Moscow and tha prayers of Russia will maintain us and give us strength to stand up for Russia's Rus-sia's Interests in the far East; we will not spare life or health in the service of the Emperor and the country. "Representatives of Moscow, accept the most humble thanks of the Man-churlan Man-churlan army for your greetings and prayers. The Ikons are not taken away from me alone, but for the whole army, and aa soon as I reach the far East I will tell Viceroy Alex left and the troops there of the farewell tendered me by Moscow and Russia. "I hope and pray that I shall be victorious. vic-torious. - "I wish you good health and prosperity." pros-perity." Turning to the Governor-General of Moscow, -Gen Kuropatkin said: "I will conclude by asking yon to Join In three cheers for the Emperor.' A mighty hurrah greeted the General's Gen-eral's closing words. - Gen. Kuropatkin dined aboard his I |