Show JAPS abaly ATTEMPT TO BOTTLE UP RUSSIAN FLEET their biresh ps are D covered and sink by torpedo boats and land batteries according to advices from st petersburg vice admiral togo made another desperate attempt to block the entrance to port arthur monday night but failed viceroy alexieff reported officially that the japanese sent eight fire to block the entrance but they were all sunk by bie russian torpedo boats and the fire from the land batteries leaving the channel clear the vice roy also reported that the russians bank two japanese torpedo boats the fire ships were discovered by searchlights of the batteries and guard ships creeping toward port arthur from the east and southeast shortly after midnight the torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers were ordered out but none of the larger warships admiral alexieff himself went on board the coast de bense vessel Ot vashni the guard blips at the entrance of the harbor and the forts opened a alei ce fire on the fire boats which lasted until 5 a clock in the morning when the last went down the official report does not specify the exact spot where the steamers were sunk but it is plain that the japanese attempt to cork the entrance to port arthur has again failed the steamers were armed with and maxim guns and responded hot ly to the russi alre the russians succeeded eucce eded in saving a few members of the fire ships including two officers |