Show i J rS M RO r T T Fifteen Warships Were Engaged IK The Hail of Iron tasting Lasting for Two Hours II rs RUSSIANS WENT TO MEET THEM I Were Soon Forced to Retire dinners dinnersOn On the Forts Could Vot ot GU GUThe The Range j London March 1 IA A dispatch to the Dally Dall Telegraph from dated Feb 29 says Fifteen Japanese furiously bombarded bom Port Arthur from 10 until 12 this morning The cruisers Askold and Bayan ac IC accompanied companied by tour four torpedo boats out to meet the tho attack They were however forced to retire Tha rhe Askold In a IL sinking condition The was badly damaged ond a tor torpedo I boat flunk The battle ship was again damaged The Japanese withdrew In good order pause In the war operations In Inthe Inthe the far cast enst has been broken by Japanese attack on Port lort Arthur of at which only the tho foregoing brief account accountIs Is yet to hand This report however hows holl a repetition of at the now familiar tactics of oC Japan and It Is presumed that this attack ns made In bad bod weather previous telegraphic advices having reported n 1 severe Revere gale raging nt Port Jort Arthur As usual the tho Japanese did not remain long enough off orr the har harbor bar bor to enable tha tho gunners at tho ort fort ortto to get their range Again the three cruisers the Baan the Askold and clime came out to meet the att ck this suggests that either cither they were tho th only effective ships there or that the larger battleships were werl unable to get out SHOTS OF Ol TUB WAIt Sunday Feb l elJ first of ot the tho war on land were lIero ex exchanged changed today toda lit Ping Vang Youg A small detachment of ot Infantry evi cI evidently dently scouts appeared this morning morningto lo to tho northward of oC tho town ton The Japanese outposts opened Ire fire from rom a u range of ot 1700 meters the Russians retired Tho rhe reporting tho Incident oils falls to mention any In casualties It 11 Is presumed there were ere none on account of ot the small number of ot men engaged and the distance separating the opposing S ing forces It Is anticipated here that thero will willbe be hI u II small engagement soon somewhere In III northern Korea I orea where tho lite scouting over over an extended urea area to the Japanese positions but a general engagement Is not expected to occur r for or some nome time The fhe HUll force south of ot the Yalu river Is 18 Inconsiderable Its greatest strength naming to bo e In tho vicinity of at North of thu Yalu tho Hus Hu HuIan Ian elan army ann Is 18 constantly Increasing In numbers lIum rs and Is 19 being mobilized hut but the of ot It assuming the offensive I ive Ic still slight I Japan Is l constantly strengthening Its position and Increasing Its force torce In Ko rell COSSACKS IN KORBA A Lion Yang Yan Feb 1 lb 2 Gen ko with a 1 detachment of ot mounted Cos Cossacks sacks packs has hUK reached Korea and nd Is exacted to arrive at nt Yang today Ills His men and horses hor are In good condition and ami ho he Is 19 well supplied with provisions Hie 1110 Korean nr fleeing tram from the tho places traversed and are Informing the Japanese Ja of ot the tho approach of oC the Tho Cossacks have seized tho tele telegraph graph line In northern Korea A Jail major live Iho men captured by Cossacks nt jn havo been brought to Llao Lillo Yang YI nl concentration f of Chinese troops westward of ot Mukden In Inthe the district of Is not by hy the tho HUH HUI lanK War material Is being brought up UI and the th posts oro being It Is I doubted If the atti attitude tude tudo of the tho population can l on bo relied upon The people at several points r N to sell liell produce to tho Snowstorms are raging hero hern the front Is Intense The Tho railroad Is 19 work workIng Ing perfectly and troops 1110 arriving I uninterruptedly Their health Its are arc excellent |