Show TO TOGO O TELLS STORY TO f I Of HI HIS f FAILURES ILU Details of the Second Sec Attempt to Bottle Dottle Up the Port Arthur Squadron 1 1 BUT UNSUCCESSFUL Japanese Officers and Dud Crews Behaved In n a Most Gallant and Daring Oaring Manner Tokio Tuesday March Murch 29 9 2 p m in Delayed In transmission Admiral Togas recital of the second attempt to bottle bottlo up Ul the Port Arthur sixth attack on that thoL port florL reached today Admiral report Is as follows The united squadron again left letL for Cor Port Arthur last Saturday On Sunday morning at 3 30 we commenced preparations preparation for tor blocking the tue harbor entrance The rite four steamers which were to be bo Bunk sunk escorted by b a 1 flotilla of or torpedo boat bOlt destroyers advanced to the en on entrance trance faring the searchlights About hout two muon front from the entrance the bottling up 11 squadron trite discovered liy h tho the o ed ell to the lire of at the tho fortresses on nit either side Hide and also alsoto Ilao to tl that front runt the thc ships on guard nod unc braving these dangers Iho hue four steamers ran rn Into tho the waterway at It thin tho mouth of or tho Ito harbor luncher One of thin tho tho the ehlo anchored about halt half a n chain from the west shore of ot Hill 11 blow blew Itself up and sank The second Otto one the Iho l puss Ing hog to tho the left lec of or tho the Mam ad nil advanced ni u a short client distance and 1111 was WIS about to 10 romo omo t to 10 anchor when she chic wan struck by b t a torpedo front from 1101 the tho elmy destroy erf ens She sank In that hint position ruin Tho third ono one tho the Maru arll went to tho Iho left ler of ot tho the Maru and Ild blow her herself self up III and sank MII The fourth steamer the Maru Macu reached tho the har bar harbor harbor barbor bor mud and LII colliding against tho the stern Ier of 11 one of ot tho lie torpedo destroyers she sho managed to reach tho the middle by passing between the Chlo Mitru und anti Kukul Mum Just at that moment one omie of or the torpe torpedoes does struck and Ind tank her Her l r mo tuto momentum brought brough her toward the left shore tumid mid with her bow ho toward the tho left ler sliD I she sank punk To 10 have ho no tue ne tho tim work so far under tinder uch suhu great greaL disadvantages and amid dangers II t bo ho considered a R success and should command com admiration It I Is to bo he re ye regretted however that owing to some seine being left between the tha Muru mid and the tho a I com complete Pleto blocking of or the entrance lion has not hm boim effected Those who thio were engaged In title this work ore are Iro those who had been engaged In the same annie lle work before It I was Wi by their special request Only petty officers and crown were re supplanted by b new men IC CASUALTIES The casualties ca follow I and three petty officers Mortally Slightly Masuki Misuki Engineer and six petty officers and men len lenAl All Mi Al the remainder of ot the crews were safely picked up by b Corn Com Commander Cor mander lumen and Boatswain Sugino who were killed kled displayed remarkable courage Stigma was just going tn to light the main magi maga magazine mAgI zinc zine on the Fukui Muru when thien tho the ship was WIS struck by an nn torpedo which killed him hint Commander after causing Ids hit 11 men to take to the boats boa t and Ind ot find finding Ins ing searched through the tue ship three times for him Finding his ship gradually going dt n Commander Ill Ut H rose ro was compelled to give gle up UI the tho search and Ald enter a f boat boal As ho he was wan Wil rowing away awa under the enemy hot fire fro a n shell struck him on the head heath Ills 11 heRd head and Ind cart vArt of or his body was wits blown away Only a 1 piece of In Inthe inthe the boat bont was nil alt ni that thoL remained of tho the brave body boily boI Commander Hi 1 Hirose rose rone was always a model officer and ho he h leaves heaves a R meritorious example the mem mein memory melnor cry ory or of ot which will be bo everlasting GREAT OlEAT won WORIC For the protection of ot the tue steamers antI and tIle the rescue restie of oC their crews nil all ni our flotilla of ot torpedo destroyers did their utmost In lit the taco face of the Ito outlays elmy eo so cannonade Above Aboe nil all ni were ero ti thin efforts fors of oC tho the destroyers and which penetrated to within about a n mite mile miD of ot tho thin harbor entrance where they encountered and engaged enRAged the enemy destroyers Inflicting con cen considerable damage Ono One lus IRn destroyer seemed to have hao been hit lilt In tho the boiler boier Sho She sent up upa a R volume of ot steam and retreated As Ax tho Ito fluid and men of or tho and leaving the lie harbor after tim the work they the had hiatt done ono they observed that on 01 of if thin the enel ships blow Gal Cal Galden den clout del Hill 11 seemed to bo be completely ills dis dl Despite tho lie very tory 1 hot fire Iro of ot the enemy to which our flotilla was Wil exposed until dawn dIWI no ito Homage damage whatever was ivan sustained lu The Tho crews rl WI aboard the tue Chiyo Maru Iaru mid and the tho Mitru were taken on out 01 board tho the destroyer d The Tha crew of ot tho the Mart Maru escaped e l In iii three boats and were rescued by tile the thed destroyers d and the time Thin The crew new of the Maru Macu was WIS taken on bo board rd the I PANTS rs The following torpedo boats bons de do destroyers participated In the tho movement The Chic destroyers AI lukl Obero In and Ind torpedo hoots boats Mon Man and Unto 11 to |