Show BATTLE OFF PORT arthun japanese make an attack at mid night but little damage Is done A dispatch to reuter s telegram company from st petersburg says japanese torpedo boats appeared off port arthur at midnight tt the night of march 2122 and the shore bat and guard ships shelled them for twenty minutes the jap mese re treated but rp appeared four hours later when they met with the same reception when they retired again at 6 a m a japanese squadron of two divisions composed of tour and eleven ships and accompanied by eight torpedo boats appeared and the russian squadron sailed out from the outer roadstead to meet them no further details regarding the action are obtainable at 9 a m the japanese battleships having alred sev eral shots at llao and shel behind the promontory corn fenced a bombardment of port ar thur |