Show BATTLE OF TORPEDO BOATS in fight off port arthur both side sides lose a boat A cable from st petersburg says the russian torpedo boat flotilla left port arthur at broad daylight friday morning and attacked the japanese fleet one Japa japanese note torpedo boat wis sank sunk and one russian torpedo boat do or tho was sunk the fate of the crew Is 1 not known admiral Maka rott inaugurated his assumption of the command of tho the russian fleet at port arthur by a complete change of tactics As boon aa he be appeared on the scene bo he ordered tho the removal of the battleship R which was stranded at the of the harbor and barred the channel at certain stages of tho the tide making tho effress of battleships im possible friday morning he directed a sortie of the torpedo boat flotilla supported by n part of the russian squadron apalma the jap Japin trieko eso squadron the details are not yet known except that tho the en encounter resulted in tho bosq 1 of one Ja torpedo boat and ono one russian torpedo boat destroyer |