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Show r I THREE RUSSIAN SHIPS ARE CRIPPLED BY JAPANESE. j A dispatch to tho London Dally Telegraph from Ylnkow, dated Fob- i rary 29, says: Fifteen .Inpancso wnrshl' , furiously furi-ously bombarded Port Arthui from 10 until 13 o'clock this morning. Tho Russian cruisers Novlk, Askold nnd liayun, accompanied by four torpodo boats, steamed out to mctt tho attack. at-tack. They woro, howover, forced to retire. Tho Askold was In a sinking sink-ing condition. Tbo Novlk wns badly damnged, and n torpodo bont sunk. Tho Russian battleship Rotvlzan was again damaged. Tho Japancso withdrew with-drew In good order Tho pnuso In tho wnr operations in tho far cast has been broken by another an-other Japanese attack on Port Arthur, Ar-thur, of which only tho foregoing brief account is yet to hand. This report, howovor, shown a repetition of tho now familiar tactics of Japan, and It Is presumed that this attack was mado In bad weather, previous telegraphic tele-graphic advices having reported n sovero galo raging nt Port Arthur. As usual, tho Japaneso did not rcmnln long enough oft tho harbor to enablo tho gunners at the fort to get their rango. Again tho throo cruisers, tho llayan, tho Askold and Novlk camo out to meet tbo attack, nnd this suggests sug-gests that cither they wero tho only effective ships thcro or thnt tho larger battleships wero unablo to got out. |