The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-04-21


The Japanese destroyers sunk Rus
sian destroyer and narrowly missed
capturing another. The battleship
Petropavlovsk, the report says, struck
mechanical mine which had been
submerged by the japanese prior to the
I attack. The fleet reopened the attack
April IA and continued the lombard
ment until 1880 p. m. the next day
(Friday). In this action the guns OF
the cruisers Kasuga and Nisshin,
which were purchased from Argentina
before the outbreak of the war, were
found to work satisfactorily. The jap
anese loss was two men slightly
wounded. Some slight damage was
sustained by the japanese ships This
since has been repaired. The Japan
csc fleet, the report declares, maneu-
vered among the enemys mines with
out sustaining any damage.
Togo Reports.
Admiral Togo's report covering the
naval action outside of Port Arthur
which resulted in the sinking of the
Petropavlovsk and the injury to the
Pobieda is as follows
1.-THE fourth and the fifth destroyer
flotillas, and the fourteenth torpedo
flotlla, and the Keryo Maru reached
the mouth of Port Arthur at midnight
of the 18th, and effected the laying of
mines at several points outside of the
port, defying the enemy's searchlight.
1.-THE second destroyer tlotilla discoV
cred at dawn of the 18th one Russian
destroyer trying to enter the harbor,
and after ten minutes attack sunk it.
Another Russian destroyer was discoy-
cred coming from the direction of
Laotishan and was attacked, but it
managed to flee into the harbor On
our side no casualties except two sea-
men on the Ikatsuchi slightly wounded.
Lured to Destruction.
There was no time to rescue the en-
emy's drowned crews, as the Bayan ap-
preached. The third fleet reached out
side of Port Arthur at eight a. m,
when the Bayan came out and opened
fire. Immediately afterward the Novik,
Askold, Diana, Petropavlovsk, Pobieda
and Poltava came out and made an Of
fensive attack.
"Our third fleet, hardly answering
and gradually retiring, enticed the en-
envy Is miles southeast of the port
when our first fleet informed through
wireless telegraphy from the
third fleet, suddenly appeared before
the enemy and attacked them.
Petropavlovsk Strikes Mine.
while the enemy was trying to re
gain the port battleship OF me
Petropavlovsk type struck mines lai1
by us the previous evening and sunk
at 1892 a. m. Although another snip
was observed to have lost freedom OF
movement, the confusion of the en-
emy's ships prevented us from Identity
ing it. They finally managed to re-
gain the port.
"Our third fleet suffered no damage.
and the enemy's damage beside above
mentioned was probably slight also.
Our first fleet did not reach firing dis
lance.
"Our fleets retired at one p m, pre-
| DdTeu lOT dHOlIltl dltueh' A'S1
sailed April IA toward Port Arthur
The second, the fourth and the fifth de-
stroyer flotillas and the ninth torpedo
flotlla also Joined at three a. m. ana
seven a. m No enemy's ship was
found outside of the port. Our hrs'
! feet arrived at the port at nine a. m
Port Arthur Has Not Fallen.
Port Arthur, April 1S.-Since the
bombardment of Friday all has been
quiet here. Viceroy Alexief has holsted
his flag on the battleship Sevastopol.
| The above dispatch indicates the
fasity of dispatches received on Satur-
day that the battleship Sevastopol had
been destroyed, and that Port Arthur
J had fallen.