Show T b JELLS I T lt T Of TT CK Reached Harbor on rind 1111 Suc Succeeded Succeeded in iii Sinking Mines in ill Several Places STRUCK ONE UE This ClaIm by II the Japanese Is Denied hy Iy II the tile us April 16 9 30 p 1 m The long lOll report of Vice Admiral Togo Io o describing the thu seventh attack of o Port Arthur reached the navy 1111 de do department dol l tonight Tho report li as all fol follows ol lows The attack opened April 11 II I 1 Two wo destroyer divisions of ot our mir torpedo and itI one uuie steamer readied the Iho mouth of ot the harbor Jf nt midnight April 12 Despite the HeIrd they succeeded d In sinking mines mille quickly In several places Another destroyer flotilla with the t ho he special ecIL mission In of U 0 f drawing 1 ra w I ug out iut the t le enemy while vh lie n April A I 13 I 3 t Ii taRt enst of or the tho Mao lishan promontory outside tHI dO the he I harbor ha encountered ii terl a it d destroyer 11 lelit royer pt of the enemy which they lies the t attacked Li t tit e and 1111 tu til In tIll ten I Itale tale U tes About hou L thu Ihl I saino sit IIII Irie lime t lii they hey I nh Li hot her de 11 iiiI tug from funni the direction of nt Mao llito They attacked It hut but owing to the thelong th thon song long on range lid did not In III sinking It II H It lied mid refu refuge o In tho the Our casualties were ere only t tWo to o Flu H slightly 5 AVe Vu 0 had 1101 no 1111 notime III p time to pick luck up lip the drowning owing to the approach of oC the cruiser The Ill Fh third t Ii squadron reaching out outside oil t stile side the tho tt at 8 S In III the tho th morning Inc ml tug protected the lie Ih I second 11 destroyer flotilla ut lit the hue t same so inc time t tub At ti II i a II I m in tho Iho cruiser attacked us 1111 nt itt bug range hut hilt Will seon II The Iho and niina to tn with the battleships Petro Vol 1 aa and II II 1 other ot lie r joined the th hiu iiIi and at lit tucked us u The Iho third thiril gave 1110 a ni gradually ly drew the tho I heto enemy to 10 the Iho southeast for fOl about 15 ir l unites milts At Al thin this time tim the first squadron II 1111 1011 was its hidden III In a 1 fog fo 30 miles distant 11 I a IL l wireless H message q Illicitly advanced util nhi icil and the ho I enemy lio hi ret itt rented roii toil Wt WI VC chased them I to I the lie t harbor entrance t ra tire where V lucre n ii still ship of or It the typo tiC t win I Seoul fern blown up 1111 by lIy n II mine sunk stink by b us tiK the tho night III ht before hole re nt lit n t 1030 I 0 30 Two 10 other of nf f hue tho ships Feeing FeI II A this I shoved hooi pi utter lit tei confusion i s iou i Another ship hip was wen Ill also niso nl o blown tip 1111 by h mines hilt but t shi Hh could not 1101 bo ho I 1 lIeu lied owing in i the Iho confusion which prevailed for about an on The ihie remaining I ii i i g of the th e ii eins ships slit water both Hides 1 gradually went wt Into the tho and 1111 by II neon none of or the ships tn A scon outside nut stile tho Iho I harbor hi There were tOrI In no hf casualties 1 In I n the lie I lieI third I lii rl squadron ron Tho jho r losa 1081 likely 1 wan slight Our first had iiiI not hut reached the gnu range ronge nt lit I In III I ii the tho afternoon ii of or o the ho I si day 1113 till our OUI ron left k ft the Iho I ho month of or o tIo harbor lot for our 1111 temporary Again 4 I ii after ii for jire t I nt nl 4 I p I in A M H we Ill WIlt went towards Port Pout Arthur with the second fourth and fifth destroyer flotilla 11 Tho rho ninth torpedo reached relic hell tho the mouth of ot tho the harbor at III 3 In the morning April A IB Iii and succeeded In Lii Its mission At AI 7 a 11 in the time third I hi rd squadron n p pealed before the tho harbor I 1 but lut w not observed by h time tho enemy The Tho sItu ad ron found Ihl Inner I mu nor harbor ha quiet ill let The first his t squadron roil reached von eliot Port lor I II Arthur A I at Rt 9 II time ihu I hu name morn mornIng Ing luig observing three floating mines laid by 11 the tho enemy the tho squadron shot sank Mille them At 10 a n in flue cruiser No were detached to go gounder 11 gom under m Ito thu t Mao 1110 I tito Thu to Shan Slut mu promontory tory and open o II 11 an tin Indirect cannonade on iii the Inner which was wall kept up II for tor about two bourn I Tho rho forts and 1101 ships hu I i In Hide e replied II III II but him t without w i t I damage go two ships hlll In iii their first trial truth Ih the he enemy diem had a IL aBond Bond go 4 effect Irre 1 UH 1111 tho thue now fortress west wesl of Mao him was silenced by hy them At 1 30 In lii tin th afternoon they tile ceased firing timid and returned to the fleet The fact that not 1101 a n single man was wao Injured In these successive hc I t be bc attributed to 10 his hili virtue I The Flue rs n nil men proved gallant go Ito nt und U did ti Iii their utmost um In the tho discharge dl of ot heir duties many n things thinK that coined be he beyond yond ond unman human control Tho ships freely moving over OCI the without suffering nay any damage dam mint t Ix be attributed l to ly I 1 n Ilance i MUCH lUell lH U ToJiu roi April p IT H 6 fj p Japan e Citi o elated over er the they have lIae won at Port PeR ort They are aru rd i i proud proul of the Ihl achievement of or VIo I IJ Togo particularly of lit t his now flOW St In lii the tho time file mit In y lull and decoying lug him this field of ot moines mines mill to 10 nn equally dan hank flank attack of or the th j of if Inc In I ii il loudly coon ter iii ine I Iii hI duo 1 ii a rI IlL II to u it series sorbs of or made by Hi Ih III e dining previous on Port Pori Arthur Tin rime saw lIaw the lan hoot fleet hurl the und aul return to ti It ses Ie ev eveta eta II times hi ms mid i ill covered that I lie J I ii suit n vur it lil I a Cu an un a ii time they th tamo out or 01 tu Lot In iii fur rill the C Cor of or avoiding their theil o oln n mines Time The Jap Juil Japanese anese anee took on un this course When Shuen the tho division of the tho torpedo laid the tho coun cOlin during the night ht of ot April 12 13 they placed them along this course The lite Ihl laying In hll of those these countermines was imA perilous hau o If Ie any Japanese boat with mines on board had hilI been hellI struck by h n 1 lucky shot she Ahl shi would linn have been bern The Flit weather r of If the night of lit April NII 1213 favored the Iho work There Thero trail u a heavy win tale the night was clark and cloudy anti anil time the searchlights playing over time the channel failed to ic e veal Pal time till presence of ur the Japanese de Ile destroyers dest st Hear Admiral leva Iown was In command of it the t h Ju Jo un sc C squadron si ron which w ii iou de dt il time thu ii ships t over oer the th fled of DC Ills HIM squadron consisted 11 nf Of the cruisers and Hn l nil thin vessels n a I bait halt for fOl forthe time the th heavier lIu Vice Admiral Toga r directed time the flank attack He I ho lund had the battleships HaU fc rv III l I Yash mill and amid He lie waited 30 JO miles nilles out at itt sea Ilea Until Hear Admiral signaled him by II l wireless telegraphy teler to in lii Ills vessels then dashed nt lit full hili toward the entrance of or the Iho harbor All 11 the under Vice ice Admiral All III I I Togo are nr capable of DC it U speed of Jr 18 IS knots and timid the tho quickly the Ih distance It II Is hI not lint clear what warned the time Rut Rums that they Ih y had been trapped hut hill they discerned the battleship squadron on 01 the tIme horizon mind and retreated precipitately hit to I o II tho Iho t hi e harbor ii a r bor Vice S ice Ad Admiral d miral Togo did not muot succeed In lim prevent preventing ing In time the from front entering hut hilt did them to u IL disastrous retreat which ended In time the destruction of or thu tho and the thi disabling of or thu tho After ftc these occurrences limo thu cruisers and Kasuga were tere used l lII to II bombard Port Pori Arthur Arlhur They its IKlA fess the hue highest hl hel anglo ahie puns gulLs of ur tho the lied fleet capable of or throwing shells lI to the hue elevated land humid works aiu AiO beyond attainment by II the average mi vai nl weapon Vice iCO Admiral Togo o o calls this attack on Port JOlt Arthur Arlhur the eighth whereas here lucre It Is numbered the limo seventh A probable explanation Is that Vice Ico Ad Au Admiral miral Togo regards tho the last operation as nil two tIll distinct attacks Expression of oC regret nt itt the death deathur of ur Vice Ite Admiral are lire general here hert Speaking for the 11 naval staff Commander ell a has hums published which he lie lu lit a 8 1 lengthy lh statement In lii time the death Ileath of or the tho VUo oU admiral amid pronounces It II to bo be b 1 a 1 IOK hiu to 10 the navies unties of ot the tho world Command Commander er I review the life pin 1110 f career thin tho personal til III ii I tributes of or Vice Irl 11 1111 rill and declares that thA t bo lie Is la entitled Ill tI to he lit classed d with the best admirals of oC the tha rime Maru which participated In III time the latest lateNt attack on Port Arthur Arlhur ArthurI Is I a II torpedo bOil boat I chip under tinder the com coal command mand of oC Commander Olio Oda Ida Is hI a R amine mine I II expert and the tho success of or if tim the Japanese countermining C liu van Willi t utH due largely to his imia Ingenuity iiI It and bra eI 01 The rue Japanese report that time the wreck nf Of the Ih east of or lou Hill 1111 I I ill Otto one mile oil tuttle the Iho th en ell entrance e a trance of ot the St Ht Petersburg April Notwithstanding standing stand leg Vice ice dimm claim that mines laid by bin 1111 vessels were sore re ro responsible for tor the to the Petro Bald nid n i high hugh naval authority who utho Is III In hut a IL 1 x to have 1110 access to all government reports to tn the Asso elated Press Iress I am more titan than ever convinced that tho Iho I ami tho tutu did not nol strike Japanese mines mimics Koch Ich ship hll hili was Willi under r the thu hull I inn iii ships while Im I io a 1 mine would have exploded on Unit firM contact near i tho time hairs Tho rho fact that In lit both CH limo tho were struck amidships might warrant the tho acceptance of oC the theory I Hoarding submarine vessels estI although I t do tin not 1101 hold holl The Tho probably blY escaped tI the time lute fate of ot the time because oho clue carried coal conI In lii her het hunkers bunkers between the tho hue lOt bot the time boilers which moreover are of ot tho time type whereas time the of or the IIII were of or Scotch were not j by her bunkers Ono One of the Ihl shrewdest naval at lit Ht lit Petersburg however told the Associated Press Iress that hiatt he believed the tho th Japanese laid the tho unities mines which were for the thc disaster nut lul that thai this was one of or the thc oldest r of or blockading when ships did not lot dare II a 11 to tn run the risk of or entering I under an itil nuns go as The hu at nid bo ho thought they would do tin this bather I r torpedoes rv n 1 up 1111 by IW Ihn It H Is lii not miot that ono omm of thew II lit lit toi exploded against the t imo battleship but Ment II one lime of ot tho the of ot the Ihl who ho tile tho disaster to hits his Injuries yes rel and other arc aro nr not hOt expected to recover lIro r Four r hundred iii reI ii fi y of fit the whole terms of expired fI hi In 1103 1003 heft lert tills this even oon evening ing I I g for Port I out Arthur A to t 0 replace ce the th t men lost by IY time the on nil the 11 mid will leave to toll ll ml orrow Baron Shut ln th tim ex ox Hll ii it luau hilI gao ginte to 10 tok to 10 take charge of the th two submarine boats hoat there either submarines isle are out In sections The at I t admits a ii a buying 1 four Urn Il ht which will willbe iv Ill IllIn be In Into It Is III that the th I for or time the Ih of or four similar t esel flom com the Cite Ih States UV m Hi ti April The claim of or Vive V I ki I Admiral Ad I Top Togo O commander coin r In hi chief chlor vh Ic t of or o f the thu I lit Jut Ill t he hI sank mines off nIT lort Aut At nt on ban lIHI elicited nn illI lust not n a o lout bout ap ill lh the to tl Arthur nt it that The of or the tue lie Pre lmos n IK Is In a it Ion ton l II iu hll H to U all tOut hill buthi hi hf hi admit he hI h mil 81 not Hi tim ion inn An A 1 ii lies Imf n a lout of nf time the affair Mil eon df ot Vice Admiral 1 I Togo He lie declared that boats up 1111 tim OIl and 1111 laid inki mines along the shore hor of or the Iho to the tho harbor He lIe claims chums that the torpedo hoots were tOTe ic H n 11 nto to In make off oft in ill a n different direction from roam that In iii which they Ihy came The he iu drew out from the Ihs Ih line hue n as the IhA I cd ed 1 the harbor thus getting among the thc Japanese mines |