Show I I RUSSIANS S I ARE f ft VERY t J JUBILANT mL TI Japanese Attack Upon Port Ar Arthur Arthur thur aud au Its Repulse Regarded As a Victory Victor WORK VORK OF ol SHORE SHOnE BATTERIES S Firing Was us Accurate and Inflicted Indicted In Much lucli Loss toss on the Ships s London rob Iob what happened M during luring thu tho engagements between tile the and Japanese forces at I Thursday anti and lint Friday Is III dud difficult en cult to determine No two of at the thO ca ct cabled bled blell accounts agree as will be een by the following excerpts from cable cablegrams grams grains received In under date A squadron of at the tho vessels nuels 16 ll tIme the for fortress tress 1 I at about 11 ii thin this and am opened a IL on the tIme II Askold and alid which were vere In III thu time oU lur harbor and aud alit ilso on im the tha fortress 9 Tha rhe miring 11 fur for halt nn 1111 hour our cruIsers cruiser went Vent Into Inlo the tIme harbor The enemy for tor minutes un uti ono one ot 01 our un unit they thoy began beean to leave They The within flight bight of ot fort tort but lIUI out u of range of oC lire At this limo four tour of at the tho cruisers tIme tilt squadron and to III bay lIu whore where they opened limo Ilio on our torpedo boats hoots were ele cruising there They directed also u a 1 strong cannonade against time the shore hor Tho Thu consequently sent troops to on bay h The Time tirIng thing lasted tar for 30 minute hu huno but no landing was made malle rime Tho JUll lleso cruisers then departed Suitable omens meas tires have IUle been beell taken to oppose a pos Bible elble move on the part hart of or the enemy to crepe up by sea Our louses this day dB were vere ono one mat wounded at nt the tho battery batter I 1 respectfully report the above to our out Imperial majesty t Time The Japans Japanese torpedo bott attack o of Feb Fob 2 25 resulted In lii a lan suo sue cess cells The Tho accurate shooting f the bat liat I tories Indicted losses lossos on the enemy and i caused tho th boiler on one of ot the th I eec torpedo boats to explode Early Karly in th the morning n a Japanese e fleet consisting con of at sIx Ix battleships and four cruisers appealed on the tho Time Tha Russian cruisers Askold anti were ero then III In tho tIme harbor anti and the lie Japanese torpedo boats advanced to within 8 80 or aI 35 cable lengths to attack them TIme Tho Japanese battleships cruisers separated and then again on two Russian torpedo torpo boats cruising In Jn Pigeon buy lill Ono One of or time the lat mt latter tot tel broke through ugh the tho lines un tin under flee der a hot fire tire immiti At 1045 1015 a fierce engagement tool tonic place between ell a 11 Japanese the cruisers supported by bythe bythe bythe the shore batteries In vIew leIV of ot tho tIme superiority aU of at the he e en on om lx Ix 1 battleships over oval tho Lime three Russian cruisers tho the latter were vere with withdrawn drawn rite Tho enemy ceased ceaud nl six 12 and amid at 12 tho the Japanese cruisers Which were wore chasing the time Rus Itus Russian Inn sian torpedo boats bonts began be to fire Ire on time tha torts tort but tho the firing did lId not last lait long bug l Feb foJos attempt to bottle up the tIme Russian fleet Dec Decat ot at It Port Purt Arthur by sinking slaking n a 1 fleet of ot stone laden merchant steamers In the tho mouth of ot the harbor evidently failed ailed though tho time venture caused no 10 loss of ot life lite and the vessels lost iver not ot of great grent value alue Five ships were wore prepared by Vice Vico Admiral Togo fogo for tor time the attempted block pOe Tour are reported to have been sunk but the tho fate of oC the fifth Ittis Is In un unknown known hero It Is presumed that It withdrew with the time outer other Japanese ves yes vessels sels Tho rime five 1110 vessels were tilled filled with stones Atones so ns na to make tho time obstruction permanent anti and manned by volun volunteer volunteer teer merchant crew creSS It uns vurn blo to select naval and sAilors Ballots on omm account of ot their great rivalry to participate In III tho the daring venture Accompanied by four tour battleships bat nine crullers cruisers and numerous vessels of tho the torpedo flotilla dot lila time the steamers reached Port Arthur on Wet Wed While tho the Jle t engaged the shore batteries tho steamers made mado a u adash dash dasti for tor tho thu mouth of tho harbor dl di directly under tho the Russian guns Details of ot the tha attack have hao not been bOlm received here but It Is evident tint thit th t the tho th Russian tire lira slink sank the time steamers before etore they the reached the tho points planned fur for their foundering by hy tho time It 11 Is that all of ot tho hO crown of at the tIe four tour vessels escaped lit hf boats bonts amid were ivere picked up by b Japanese t de do destroyers The Tho report leport that two tto of at tho time torp destroyers erl were ivero sunk punk by bytho bytho bythe tho the Russians Is denied The Tho naval department has received a brief dispatch front from tho time commander of oC oCono ono of ot the torpedo boat beat destroyers saying that no lives amid no win ships worms word lost and that no imo damage damn o 1118 ts In hum Inflicted by tho the Russians The merchant vessels which thich ivero prepared for tor sinking king the tho Maru Muru of ot 2331 tons tOn tho the Then Tien TsIn Mam Maits ot of 2943 2043 29 3 tons tOils the time Maru of at 2770 tons tomis tho tIme MArtI of ot 1169 tons ton amid time the of ot 13 1349 fl tons Each Elich carried carr five lve men lOon two steering and anti three firing ami running tho the engines |