Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-23
FOR THEIR MIKADO
Japanese Squadron Has An other Shy at Port Arthur.
MUST HAVE ORIENTAL GIBRALTAR

strOyers Pour In Their Fire-Rus-
 sfans Made a Sortte-Fave Rus-
 sians Killed, Nine Wounded.
 ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.-The emperor has received the following telegram from Viceroy Alexeieff
 Lieutenant General Stoessel reports that early on Tuesday morning Japa- nese torpedo boats were discovered outside of Port Arthur by our search lights. The guard ships and fort bat teries opened fire upon them, the firing lasting for twenty minutes. At 4 o'clock in the morning the attack was renewed.
 "At daylight four of the enemy's battleships appeared from the south, followed by the whole squadron of eleven ships and eight torpedo boats. Our squadron left the roadstead to meet and engage them.
 At g o'clock the eneIny's battleships opened fire on Liaotishin, after which they took up position behind the rocky sminence of Liaotishin and bom- barded Port Arthur. ; According to Lieutenant General
  six battleships and twelve cruisers. During the attack the Japanese fleet divided, the battleships and torpedo boats taking up position between Liaotishin and Golubinaia bay (Pigeon bay), while the cruisers formed up in two divisions to the south and south east of Port Arthur.
 ''The battleship Retvizan opened fire over the crest of Liaotishin against the enemy's battleships, which replied by firing on the town. Meanwhile our fleet formed up in line in the outer roadstead.
 At z o'clock our squadron left the inner harbor, the cruisers leading, with the Askold flying Admiral Makaroff's flag at their head, and the battleships following.
 'The enemy's battleships approach ed Liaotichin and fired 100 shells from their twelve inch guns at Port Arthur and 10S shells at the environs of the town.
 Our shells, fired at a range of eighty cables, were well placed. About 10 o'clock a Japanese battleship was struck by a shell and retired.
 About II o'clock in the morning the cannonade slackened, and the Japanese fleet reuniting drew off slowly to the southeast and at 12:3O had disappear ed.
 During the bombardment five sol- diers were killed and nine were wound ed"
 Viceroy Alexeieff further reports under date of March p:
 General Mistchenkow reports that our scouts approached Anju and ob- served on the left bank of the Cheng- cheng river, opposite Anju, intrench- ments made by the enemy. Up to that date the enemy had not appeared at Yongpyon, fifteen miles northeast of Anju. It is supposed that there is one Japanese division at Anju and that the remainder of the First army corps is close to Pingyang.
 ''In consequence of the report that two squadrons of the enemy's cavalry had arrived at Pakchon, fifteen miles northwest of Anju, POO of our caval- ry were dispatched for the purpose of preventing the enemy from crossing the Pakchon river. Our cavalry found three Japanese sQuadrons on the left bank of the river, but they withdrew toward Anju on the arrival of our de- tachment without fighting.
 General Mistchenkow reports that the Japanese have taken the precau- ton to erect earthworks near Anju, which are being held by a division un- til the remainder of the First army corps comes up from Pingyang, about forty miles away. The advance of the Japanese shows that they are losing no time and that they are more rapid than the Russians expected. Never theless the fortification of Auju shows the Japanese operations are accom- panied by all proper military precau- tions
 The Russian government has, since the outbreakNof the war, sent exactly 100000 troops to the far east by the Siberian railway.