Show EFFECTIVE TI f ATTACK ATTA ATTAO 01 ON O PORT PO T ARTHUR ARTHURI ART U UTo I Too Toeo To o Gives an Account of Ills His Brilliant Operations Against A Russian Stronghold RUSSIANS REFUSED BATTLE In Imi St the Had Bad es II Is g Withheld li h by the Authorities June 26 p ni Delayed In III inI I Aff Oe de ti on arm Port Arthur last Thursday night reunited 4 uy t ri The report cnn II 1111 B tho the reported de tie destruction i of or a n battleship of tho the type the th e disabling of or II n bat I of ot the thur Sevastopol ol cla lIu ammil a n cruiser er resembling trio tile I and the Injuring of or n ft torpedo but thrown no light lI ht on the tOme The Tue fleet out outto outto outto to sea loa In line limit of or battle bottle Suddenly when within I meters troll from tile the fleet fillet the Russian nu refused to give battlo and 11 back baek to nn on anchor anchorage age oge III outside Limo tha harbor whore where during the tue night the time Japanese and till tor tar torpedo boats made right at lit attacks n tacks tack upon Ilium It II rho re cc tho tue harbor on Ill day since which time limo It tins hOH failed in In III his hiPs report Admiral Togo Tono any onyn Rn 8 The Tue exit of ot the from Port Arthur harbor began heam early corly Thurs hurM Thursday tiny day The Tue battleship Polin n Sevastopol tho thu armored tho tile protected Iann Askold and amid crime a it strainer steamer leading loud lug them clearing ci u mc mines minos minesA II Inca A warning by hy I tale tele telegraph tel graph gm hIm by lIy I my the lie t James patrol broil ghi t up UI it Admiral logos at nl full frill speed silted to a n series of or prearranged l Od stations Thieo hlO eo of or Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats steamed close clo o to the tho harbor entrance and hell tho the Rile HUM Sinn lIMn At t 11 the Russian e and o lela Joined tho the other ships outside the time harbor hor lIl and lull boats were engaged In clearing and exploding In III order to make intake a ma 1 passage seaward t alit AIRI the tho torpedo the lie ll ell en en In iii clearing out nuL the lh and nm the lie work I In 1 JA t At 1 3 M Russian appeared and hIll tile the I attacked a them thell t One of o C the t he de tie which wits was hit hilt and II nil set net on Oil ii c 0 retreated 11 It tO tn t lIe harbor but The Tho attacked the tue who sour Hour away II Tin 1111 Im engaged In III ii the lie t II iy minnie made a 1 i sage ami une the time let led the tho In tho the meantime Ad All Admiral miral rid Togo logo lII O concealed 1 lie tho t ios III of hite Hill P at nl I c IOnIc sent sont so lit tho t iio third out Into time Iho vision of or till the Hus Wll the tho object of or drawing them ii The I soul beast ward amid then thien southward I During hits thu Admiral Togo Fogo ron eon tile his southward south of rock As AI time the ap Togo Toga his h fleet and prepared to attack At 1 GU G 0 15 p m mu the Russians were ere In tn plain sight HI ht eight miles malice rock Tho Time led letl and tIme tho nIne nino other followed In III a I single line hue Tho Time mid mini seven coven destroyers WHO were placed nt lit the right light of or tIle the line lino Admiral TORO logo waited with battle Hags tying flying from rena all 1111 alltha tIm the tops toils The rho Japanese fleet formation represented the Ohio letter of tho the Japan eee Iee cc alphabet oh cit TOGO At j 30 20 p ii m in tho Russians for forthe forthe the Ihl Japanese and Admiral Togo slightly to III tu the tile right In ill order artier to bring I pleasure against tho bend lIend of ot the tho HUll HUB Chili slun At 8 S p V I m fl the nus changed the tho head of the formation At 8 S p m 11 ri the he Russians changed their course and headed bonito north northward ward Admiral Togo Jogo followed In a n long single line lino ordering the destroyers anti and torpedo boats to tu prepare for an attack after Rundown At II p m rn tho the small flotilla swung IIron tho time rear of or the tile Japanese anti headed towards the at mat full At t the fourteenth deliver delivered ed Id the first attack on the Meet now In tho the rear of n a 1 point live five miles outside tho the entrance to Port Arthur Immediately afterwards the th fifth Sloth In delivered a II eec nd attack II k The Him Ittie JlII SIN mu II lIet WAS uvas confused and It was Willi Im hot Impossible possible for It to retreat quickly Into the harbor on account of or the ho narrow narrowness ness nose of or the tho channel arid nm possibly the lov iov 10 tide At All I 1011 P P m nfl tho the Russian HusHan fleet anchor anchored ed lt I In III a 0 single line 1111 extending front from the tile toot foot of ot tort fort to thin base of During the night the tor ton torpedo torpedo flotillas kept up constant attacks on an the BUR fleet going In eight times t ST EFFECTIVE ATTACK The rue most moat effective attack woe was that of or the sixteenth flotilla which at ot 1130 1110 p m ni caught the die rounding The rh Commander stat sont len two torpedoes Into a n battleship of tile the class closs She SlIe was seen to sink In n a volume olum of or Stiletto and tire Ire Othor at hor effects of or the attack II were not ob eli o s md on Recount account of or the lie heavy henvy firing drums hl east cast volumes of 01 water over tho flotilla and the heavy hen cannonading K which rent the tho air The searchlights searchlight from the ships chips and torts torte also the Japanese e et At t dawn Friday I a reconnaissance of oC the entrance was wan mode made by the and fifth whose who e report confirm confirmed ed that of thin the patrol ships as liS to the tho lots los Admiral Togo says H the moonlight nfl and the time narrow line of or tho the enemy enem prevent oil his fleet teet front from Inflicting greater dam ilant damage age time The Japanese loss bait wait unexpected small Tile The destroyer woe was In Iu the Ih cabin and three e of ot her liar cabin men mell were killed anti and three throe wounded woe was lit In the lie i 01 CO Gil and 53 were damaged The oth others ers erl or uninjured In concluding his hili report Admiral Togo Toga says 88 Tho effect of or the attack the tho somali small lose loan must be he attributed to the II Il Illustrious lu virtues of or his majesty rUE THU FACTS St SI Juno June to to lo tonight night the Japanese report of or tha tho he loss lollS of or three Russian ships at Port Arthur has not nol been published l here though tho the authorities have allowed to be he printed a 1 that lint tho ho hud hail made maila ti It sortie cortie and alIt also the news nf ot the tho loss lOllS of oC the time Japanese destroy de era er Pome onie ome of ot the Ihl papers have hll ve even Iven commented with on the tho prospect of or the fight lI ht In the open sea where time tile merits of the two Iwo heats fleets would 1 be fairly tested An At official explanation of 01 the lie sup pup I of the Japanese report Is I that hut tile the admiralty Is in unwilling to warily till I II alarm this the public by II thin the th circulation tion of such AUch statements entirely on the authority of or the enemy enem and In tho the nb ob enco of ot definite advices from the lie com cool nt lit Port Tort Arthur It Is l also dIg sug suggested an mae possible that there them has been n a I light and anil that the Japanese have hat hn minimized their own losses and magni those e of 01 till lie with n a view slew of or it effecting the tile new lonn which It Is Japan Is III negotiating On Oil the tile other hand bound according tn to n II foreign naval the th admiralty today admitted that hunt near Rear Admiral time the naval commander nt ot lort Arthur Aithur lost one battleship and two 1110 but nit In lii the lie absence of or details there lucre was I all an un Inclination lIn to t believe v that tI t the tho snIp strucK mines ruined the Inc not 1101 believing In III the lie taco face of the tho lessons might Admiral would have re Ct In hut the th roads mails nt ot night thus Inviting the dash by b tho the Japanese de mie destroy mieS stroy troye S orn re reIn In high court and uund army ormy and anut navy circled where the time report of the th Port Arthur affair has hall been beell freely rrell circulated litton the tue Japanese version IH IC received with considerable reserve The do not attempt to die guise tho seriousness u II e of f and the lie far teaching consequence rOIl which might re result cult sult from the time loss of three nf ot Inn he Port Arthur warships but they thoy profess to be ho bemore more moore Inclined to believe that the see ves tI sets were seem lost loit lo t In open tight light rather than thon thanas as ill tile the result of or a 1 torpedo attack Should tills this Ihl be he II thin the ens ease they say lay the Japanese could not have escaped with without without out nut material lace losIC and the th crippling of or our olin or two of ot their enough In to assure OIl HC command of ot the lie sea to the There Is IR much speculation tonight us OR ORIn tn In ii whether tho tue Vladivostok squadron might not have hale gone out and perhaps be lit on Ill the eve ee of ot joining the Port Ar Arthur Arthur thur fleet A telegram from Vladivostok Vladivostok 1 stok tInted dated June 25 which has hu been re me reo here does not mention the squadron but It U Is easily cosily conceivable hut such stich mention might aught bo be suppressed for strategic reasons reo POll II IIA A general tension len lon Is III evident In the tue city tonight There Thero are many rumors afloat and onil every overy one Is realizIng that most mf 1 Important news may be expected at any moment It Is reported that a serious mail land fight hoe hAM taken near Ta Kino Klao In which the Iho were defeated but bUtI b S f I I A j jc c iNt JA Ji H no confirmation of ot thin this report Is III ob Under tinder date of ot June Juno 28 26 Viceroy telegraphed the tho tie emperor as Rn follows Our Port Arthur squadron com corn commanded by Hear Rear Admiral consisting of ot six l battleships the lIe crumie cruls erH erK anti and ten tem torpedo bouts boats put hut to sea sen I at 8 S on the morning of or June 13 23 3 i According to reports received train from the signal stations t on the tile Mao Liao Tiesh promontory the ships went out without accident When iten our vessels reached open water the Sleet consisting of ot largo Inre ships of ot which three were battleships and ond 22 torpedo boats was wa sighted on the lie horizon A squadron attacked the he enemy Up tip to the th present I have received no news of the tha result re of at tho the fighting lighting |