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Show HISTORY OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. Feb. 8 was tho first anniversary of tho Russo-Japanese war, actual ac-tual hostilities dating from tho first Jnpaneso attack upon Port Arthur, although Russia did not formally declare war until two days nnd Japan until threo days later. Tho lossos, cost and principal events In this first year aro: Losses in Men. Klllod. Wounded. Total. Russians 00.000 155,000 215,000 Japanese 05,000 110,000 175,000 Naval Losses. I3y Russln Seven battleships, thirteen cruisers nnd fourtcon gunboats, gun-boats, torpedo boats and destroyors. Total, 34 ships. By Japan Ono battloshlp, threo cruisers, three transports nnd sixteen six-teen torpedo boats and destroyers. Total, 23 ships. Financial Cost. Ofllclul llguros by Russia $475,000,000 Estimates made by Japan 360,000,000 Total cost to both countries $835,000,000 Principal Events. Fob. 8-9, 1904 Vnrlng and Korletz destroyed in Chemulpo harbor and Togo nttacks Port Arthur fleot. May 1 Japanese take Fengwnngcheng. May 5 Japanese land at Pltsowo and begin to invest Port Arthur. May 11 Russians evacuate Dnlny, destroying tho town. May 20-27 Battles of Nanshan hill and Klnchow; loss 5,130, June 14-15 Oku defeats Stackolberg at Vafangow; loss, 11,000. ,' Juno 17 Battle of Motion PasB; Russians driven back. July 25 Russian forces driven out ot Newchwnng. Aug. 10 Sortie from Port Arthur harbor; Russlnn fleet dispersed and In part destroyed; Vice Admiral Wlthoft killed. Aug. 14 Kamlmura defeats Vladivostok squadron; Rurlk sunk. Aug. 30-8ept. 4 Japanese, under Oyarna, defeat Kuropatkln nt Lla-oyang; Lla-oyang; 365,000 engaged, loss 35,000. Sept. 11 Baltic fleet sails from Cronstadt under Rcjestvcnsky, Oct. 8-18 Kurokl defents Kuropatkln at Shnkhn river. Total casualties cas-ualties C1.G79, with 23,000 killed. Oct. 22 Tho "Doggerbnnk outrage." Two British flshcrmon killed. Nov. 30 Japanese tako .03-Meter hill by storm, losing 12,000. Jan. 2 Stocssel surrenders Port Arthur to Nogi. Jan, 26 to 31 Battlo of the Hun river; Russians defeated with loss of 15,000; Japaneso loss 5,000, I MM lll-MWM ,. Bl |