The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-12
NAVAL BATTLE At
PORT ARTHUR
First Accounts of the En-
gaIem ent of February 9,
from Russian Sources

censo. at the seat of war in the o. lent
may be seen in the following account
of the much discussed battle at Po :
Arthur on the 9Th of February. these
details having been given out yester
day for the first time. According tc
the Associated Press report. the par
tlculars are as follows:
THE Russian squadron which was
prepared to resist attack when tie
japanese were sighted by the scouts
was composed of the battleships Pc
tropaloysk, flagship, the battleshil
Perevet, the battleship Poltava, the
battleship Sevastopol. the battleshii
Pobieda. the armorsd cruiser Bayan
the protected cruiser Diana, the pro
tected cruiser Azkold, the protecte.
cruieer Boya in. the protected cruiser
Novk and the anspoIt Anga a. he
battleship Ca evitch, which had beer
torpedoed on the previous night, was
too badly damaged to participate Il
the battle.
AT o'clock in the morning fzu
japanese cruisers rounded the Liza
Tishin promontoiy and then heade
southeast with the intention of draw
ing the Russions in pursuit. The fas
Boyalin was sent out to reconnoitei
She returned at 1890 a. m. and sig
nailed the approach of a la ge Japa
ese fleet which was sighted at ITO
1t was composed of twelve vessels, So
battle3hips and six cruisers. The
were steaming In line abreast. -Four o
the cruisers took up a position benin
the heavier ships The japanese OF
ened fire at four miles and the Ru
slams immed ately replied. The la
ter, which lad been dIspos d in flt
altered their position. the Askold -
Boyarn advancing abr east Of Lao
rock and the Noy.k moving down tn
coast towa DIS Lao T.sSin, while III
Bayan advanced and led the rest
tie fleet between the heaviec vesse >
Of Rus7ia's enemy and the coast. The
land batte.ies followed the fleet int
action.
"Viceroy Alexieff and his staff oh
served the engagement from Golde
Hn
THE enemy steamed TO within fort
cable lengths-about 5000 yards-a
tie G. d Of half an hour; in three qual
te OF an hour approached to with
twenty-five cable lengths-5,0l0 va d
and then heading toward the soutE
the feet soon disappeared in the mis-
hitch veiled the no. lzon.
The euemys lre was directed chic.
~ against the Golden Hi and electri'
sea chight station bate les. upoi
which the japanese rained per.e
storm OF shells. Many shells fell
tie vest basin. a few even reachin
Quail Hu Oniy the Novik. Askol
ard Diana sustained injuries.
'Towald d the end of the engagement
column of steam and smoke poure
out of one of the japanese vessels an.
4 is bel eyed she sank"
The account concludes:
tA,th ugh the enemy's squad on W.
composed of the best ships in the ia
arese navy, all with excellent arma
melt, while most of ours we withou'
a maments, our ships did not hesitat
to approach the enemy at full speed
the play beng so rapid that the enemy
could rot get their range. The Now
e ar ic la ly distinguished he self, sev
al times attacking the Mikasa. t.
Japane-e flagship"
Admiral Makaroff inaugurated hi
assumption of the command of IN
Ru-s an feet at Port Arthur by com
piete change Of tactics.
AS eoon as he appeared on the seen
hot l.
ship Reivizan which was stranded
the mouth of the harbor and barred [
channel at certain stages of the It'd
making the eg ess of the batt'eship
Impossible. This morning he directe
a sortie of the torpedo boat fioti'l'
supported by part of the Russia
squadron against the Japa~ ese sq1a"
ron
The details are not yet known ev
cept that the encounter resulted In th'
loss Of ore Japanese torpedo boat az
ore Russian torpedo boat destroyer.
COMMANDMENT NOW ON.
ST. Petersburg, March 11.-2:45 p. IT
up to this hour no further news !
OFT r. be of tNe. bnmba d~ent of Po
Arthur WI ich was p~ogres ing ac ora
ing to the latest advices. at o'clocl
ye-te~day morning.
Whatever later Information, If any
the enemy may have is not known.
Military and naval circles are mys
TIED at the purpose of the appear
ance Of japanese torpedo boats dur
ing the previous night as 1t was no
accompanied by a serious attempt up
on the Russan ships
The homNa dment of the fleet for
portion off the Liao Tishin promo1
toy, which is five TO six miles fror
Golden I'm. at the entrance of tn
harbor, is believed to indicate tina