The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05

| Ii appeared that during The night tire
Japanese torpedo boats had crept RICH
in amongst the fleet, and after torpe
doing the vessels mentioned, got cleal
away again The Tsarevitch has since
been got off, but when l left, the Other
two were still ashore.
The next morning at Io:45 shell
came right into the entrance of the
harbor quickly followed by several more
The civilians, myself included, with
commendable alacrity closed their Of
fees and houses and made for hill
at the back of the town, on the other
side of which was a valley and safety.
The hill is covered with loose stones
ard the going was very hard The
shells were flying clean over our heads
and bursting harmlesslv beyond, but we
saw one explode in the street, and after
wards found that it had excavated a
pit fifteen feet deep and twenty in dia-
meter. Needless to say, all the win
dows in the vicinity were smashed.
Half way UP the hill we rested thinking
ourselves out OF range, but our move
inents were Immediately accelerated
when a shell whizzed past us and burst
among some native (Chinese) houses,
completely denolishing them and send
a
We did not stand on the order OF
our going" you may be sure, but we
charged the rest of that hill and found
shelter in a hole on the other side. The
firing ceased at HIS and we returned
to town. With the exception of the
broken windows mentioned before no
damage was evident. One unexploded
shell was embedded in the ground about
twenty yards from the hole caused by
the other one.
After this affair, all foreigners were
ordered to leave the town, but this edict
was afterwards Withdrawn and those
having business received permission to
remain. There will be only about ten
English and Americans left after the
general exodus.
For two days no vessels were al
lowed to leave and the Fuping was
fired upon by the guardship when she
was passing out. and two Cinnamon
were reported killed. A Chinese girl
lost leg by the same shot This affair
was much deolored by all the Russians
with whom I came in contact, and was
probably the result of a misunderstood
signal"
THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT.
The detachment that went to Dalny
returned as there were no Russian war
ships there. Those which went to Port
Arthur found the enemy, as expected.
They fired torpedoes and hit four Rus
sian warships The latter shelled us
heavily but failed to hit us.
Our squadron kept close watch
through the night. The Chitose was
pose of accommodating. Near Port
A IL,
chow, carrying the Japanese residents
from Port Arthur to Cheefoo. The
Chitose ascertained that at least two
Russian warships seemed to be settling
down. and reported to the Commander
in-Chief to that effect. He at once de-
cided to execute general attack and
concentrated the whole squadron. Off
Port Arthur the Takasaga CAP tured the
steamer Manchuria The order of
attack was issued at II a. m. Luncheon
having already been served, Vice-Ad-
miral Togo and his staff officers had just
poured out champagne when it was re-
ported that the enemy's ships were in
sight We drank the health of the En-
peror and then gave three shouts of
Banzai The next moment, we were on
the Fridge. and found the enemy at a
distance of 10000 meters.
THE BATTLE
Golden Hill was observed at noon.
Only FIVE or six Russian warships were
sending forth smoke AS to the others,
which were all on an uneven keel, re-
tracing was impossible, but nothing
seemed less to their taste than to fight
even under the protection of the forts.
The Mikasa fired the first shot, and
the other vessels followed. Some of
the enemy's shot hit us, but caused
very small damage Almost all Our
shots told and the "Shimose" powder
was so effective, that where our pro-
jectiles hit, they scattered destruction.
The Asahi. Izumo and Azunna, were not
struck even once The Third Fleet
was stationed far in the rear Each
ship fired for 10 minutes on an average
and | was wounded in FIVE minutes.
Firing was not renewed. All the
Princes of the Blood on board were safe
Prince Kacho on board the Mikasa di-
rected the I2-in. gun in person and hit
the enemy's ship. Prince Yamashina
on the Yakumo also fought bravely.
The squadron celebrated the "Kigen-
setsu" lsewhere.-Japan Mail.
THE THIRD ATTACK.
An additional report as to the third
Japanese attack upon Port Arthur. as
published by the JaDanese press today,