Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-17
ng of d four funnelled Japanese Tor

ing of fOur-funnelled Japanese 'oi
pedo boat destroyer.
japanese torpedo boats and destroy
ers were engaged in moving mines.
mostly their own, from Tache pay.
Nov. 3. Midshipman Dimitrien con-
ceived the idea that he could torpeco
the Japanese boats under cover 81
darkness. as the latter We're very busy
and enjoying a fancied security. 1t
was the very audacity of the plan.
the Novikrai says. that made it sue
ceSsful. Securing d steam launch from
the battleship RetviZan, one carrying
Il torpedo tube, and accompanied 10y
half dozen silent volunteers, MIDI
shipnan Dimitrieif, in the dense dark
ness slipped out Of the harbor and sue
cee'ied III evading the japanese
scarcIights.
Cirtlmg around the Japanese boats
with the launch moving AT top speed.
the midshipman came within striking
distance from the seaward sid, and
launched his projectile. 1t sped true
to the destroyer. There WIS a sudden
, explosion and the destroyer sank inn
mediately. The launch sped toward
the harbor, but was not pursued the
o''ft'ii'Ft t-N litiitlN il'tN ing not Oh
served the launch ana thinking that
the destroyer had struck one OF their
own mines.
Mldshirman Dimitrelf is the hero OF
the day at Port Arthur according 10
the paper.
The Novlkrai, of Nov. r. contains Il
romantic story of Hafitena korotki,-
witch. who although woman, served
Nal"rously i'll many fights at Port Al
thur, until death closed her strange
career.
The Novikrai gives many details Of
the adventures of the Woman which q,
to make the story one of undoubtrd
authenticity
The husband of Haritena Korothie-
witch was serving at Port Arthur. In
ehdoav"ring to join him she was stop
! ped at Hardin and was not allowed TO
proceed further owing to her sex. She
then donlied masculine attire and sue
ceedcd i'll reaching Port Arthur, short
ly before the landing of the Japanese
on the peninsula of Lac Tmng.
Finding her husbands regiment she
enlisted! III IT, She participated in mum
forts ana, although hrl. sex was soon
discovered, ner record for bravery, tire
iessncss and attention to the wounded
and the excellent moral influence she
. exertcd over the soldiers. who never
. sWore in her presence. won her per-
. mission t" remain III the ranks.
While fighting side by side with her
husband the latter was wounded. His
wife nurstd him until the crisis in his
case was passed, when she returned 80
the front where she became mesSen-
ger to Capt. Gouzakofiky Of the l3th
: Regiment. In the performance Of her
. duties as messenger she was often seen
riding furiouSly from one position to
, another. seemingly unaffected by the
i bursting of shells or the din of battle.
on oct. lG. she visited the trenches
. with dispatches. when huge shells from
he Japanese guns struck and de-
stroyed the Russian position. Haritena
korotkiewitch and eight others We're
. instantly killed. They were buried in
one grave with great Russian flag
wrapped around Haritena's body.
The Novikrai concludes its story by
! saying: "Haritena Korotkiewitch had
won the respect and admiration not
I only of the soldiers. but of the higher
4 officers and had shown all how to die
nobly."
+ The four issues of the Novikra
= brought by the Rastoropny show evi
dence of a mercilesS censorship. Two
h of them contain no war news and not
: one publishes a single explicit state
ment having reference to the fighting
on land