The Wahpeton times., 1904-03-25
AGAIN ATTACK
PORT ARTHUR
JAPANESE FLEET OF BATTLE
SHIPS AND CRUISERS BON.
eARps THE CITY.
NO GREAT DAMAGE SUSTAINED
TORPEDO BOATS TWICE DETECT.
Ed ATTEMPTING TO MAKE
NIGHT ATTACK.
ACTIVE LAND OPERATIONS SOON
BIG BATTLE IN NORTHERN
KOREA CANNOT LONG BE
DELAYED.
ACTIVE LAND OPERATIONS SOON

ST. Petersburg, March 24.-Another
attack by the Japanese fleet ON Port
Arthur. beginning with operations by
torpedo boats and ending with bom-
bardment by battleships and cruisers,
took place after midnight Monday.
The dispatches to the emperor from
FicerOy AleSieff and private informa-
tion show that the Russians sustained
no great damage. having only five sol
diers killed and ten wounded.
Vice Admiral Makaroff claims that
one of the Japanese vessels was
struck by Il shell.
St. Petersburg shows that the defend
ers of Port Arthur had taken seri-
ously to heart the
Coup Of the Japanese
torpedo boats at the beginning of the
war. and were now maintaining a
sharp lookout.
The Japanese torpedo boats were
twice discovered sneaking toward the
harbor entrance under cover of dark.
ness. but both times they were de-
tected far out at sea and were driven
off by the hot fire opened upon them.
The breaking Of day necessarily pre-
vented further torpedo boat opera
tions. but Admiral Togo brought up
his battleships and cruisers. The di-
vision Of his feet was for the purpose
Of making a croSs-iirc upon the har
DOR in the hope of
Destroying the Town
lying in the basin. or at least of de-
moralizing the personnel of the dc.
Tending force.
The bombardmen1 ot March {?
showed to the Russians the advantage
to the enemy of the position off l.iao.
tishin. which Vice Admiral Togo's
ships took UP yesterday morning. and
Vice Admiral Malsaroff sought to
minimize this advantage by SO station
ing the battleship Retvizan that her
shells could reach the Japanese bat.
tleships. The fact that the Retvizan
was used for this purpose proves the
falsity of the report that her great
guns had been removed and installed
as a battery at Pigeon Bay. and it has
given rise to the impression that there
is an inadequacy of great guns at
Port Arthur. as otherwise the battery
would have been erected to protect
the town at the only point which Vice
Admiral Togo seems to regard as
Vulnerable From the Sea.
When the first official dispatches
We're received the belief gained
ground that Vice Admiral MakarofJ
had put to sea. and that naval fight
had taken place. While this would be
in keeping with his character as an
intrepid officer. which is further indi.
Gated by his use nf cruiser as his
flagship. it was not i'll accord with the
plans of the Russian authorities
Later advices established the fact
that the admiral! had simply gone with
the unchanged portion OF his fleet to
the outer roads where he could more
effectively support the batteries and
at the same time take advantage Of
any weakness which might develop in
the enerny's attack.
Active Operations Soon.
London. March "a. With the ex.
ception of the official dispatches no
bombardment of Port Arthur. The
Japanese legation last night had moth
ing 10 communicate.
News is received from Neuchwang
that south wind is dispensing the
ice points. which means the beginning
of active operations that at last will
reveal the carefully concealed Japan.
csc plan Of campaign.
According 10 the Standards st
Petersburg correspondent the Russian
government has privately informed
the senators that since the outbreak
of the war exactly 100000 troops have
been forwarded to the Far East by the
Siberian railway.
Koreans Rise Against Japs.
The Daily Telegraph's Seoul cores.
pondent, cabling under date Of March
%, reports the rising Of mob of
Koreans against Japanese soldiers at
Samung north OF Gensan. The Jap
anese dispersed the mob, killing five
men and wOunding twenty.
The Daily Chronicle publishes uH'
confirmed rumors from Chefu and
Neuchwang of bombardments of Port
Arthur on March IL and March IL,
five Europeans and many Chinese be
ing killed in the former, and two guns
being dismantled and fifty soldiers
killed in the latter.
Japs Losing No Time.
St. Petersburg, March 24.-Vtce Ad'
miral Togo's activity at Port Arthur
IL being emulated by the commander
Of the japanese forces in Korea. The
report of Gen. Mistchehkow shows