Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1904-04-01 | Page 5 | Battle off Port Arthur

BATTLE OFF PORT ARTHUR japanese make an attack at mid night but little damage la Is done A dispatch to Ke utora Tel telegram company from st petersburg says Japan japanese tse torpedo boats boata appeared off lort arthur at midnight of the night ol 01 march 2122 and the shore batteries and guard ships shelled them tor for twenty minutes the japanese re it treated but reappeared tour four hours later when hen they met with the same reception when they retired again at 6 a m a japanese squadron of two divisions composed of four and eleven ships chips and accompanied by eight torpedo boats appeared and the russian squadron equa dron sailed balled out from the outer roadstead to meet them no further details regarding the action are obtainable at 9 a m tho the japanese Japa battleships having fired a several ev at llao liao bisbin and ebel behind the promontory corn com kenred ment ed a bombardment of port ar thur