The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16
A CLOSE BATTLE.
IN WHICH THE RUSSIANS ARE
WORSTED.

i'm WHICH THE RUSSIANS ARE
/ WORSTED.
Twenty Men Killed on Russian
Ship Sevastopol, and 20 on the
Retyizan-Russian Torpe-
| do Boat Captured in
| Sinking Condition.
Toxic, March, 3.-Admiral Togo's
report of the fourth attack on Port
Arthur by the Japanese fleet on
! March 10 reached Toxic late Sun
iday afternoon. It is as follows:
I "Our squadron, as prearranged,
attacked the enemy at Port Arthur
March 10. Our two torpedo fotil-
las reached the mouth Of the har-
Dor at Port Arthur at o'clock in
the morning of March 10. Finding
I no enemy and waiting until dawn,
one aotila engaged in sinking spe-
cial mines in the harbor entrance.
Notwithstanding the enemy's
fire, our fotilIa succeeded in sink
ing the mines. The other fotilla
met the enemy's torpedo. fotilla,
con assisting Of six boats, in the Lao
The channel, south of Port Arthur
at 4:30 o'clock. A hot engagement
occurred at close range for 80 min
utes. The enemy then took flight.
"Our fire greatly damaged the
Russian ships, one OF which was
badly crippled, Iby shot through
the boilers, and another was observ-
ed to be on fire. So close were the
two fotillas to each other that our
destroyers, the Asashio, Kasu-
mi and Akatsuki, nearly touched
the enemy's ships and our, crews
could even hear the cries of agony
Of the injured men on them.
"We sustained some damage and
loss. The Akatsuki had a steam
pipe broken and four stokers were
killed thereby. Our loss was seven
killed and eight wounded. Among
the latter is Chief Engineer Nina
misawa, of the Kusumi.
"Our other hotilla, while leaving
1.-THE harbor entrance, observed two
Russian torpedo boats coming from
sea ward aud Immediately engaged
them, the battle lasting Que hour.
| After causing them severe damage
one of them effected its escape. but
our destroyer, the Sasanami, cap.
tured the other boat, which proved
to be the Stereguschtchi.
| notwithstanding the land bat.
teries pouring heavy fire on our
1otilla, the captured vessel was
taken in tow Owing to the high
| sea the towline coon parted, and
| the Sasanami found it necessary to
take the crew from the Russian
boat and abandoned the Steregus-
chtchi, which finally sank at 1890
EIo'c1+ OK. -5-7t
"The enemy's cruisers, the No
vik and the Bayan. steamed out Of
the entrance of the harbor toward
us, but observing the approach of
our cruiser squadron, retired to the
harbor. Our fotilla suffered some
damage but not heavy. The Sssa-
nami and the Akatsuki had two
tsailors killed and Sub-Lleutepant
Shimi of the Akatsudi, and three
sailors were wounded.
"Our maio and cruiser squadrons
arrived off Port Arthur at s o'clock.
The cruisers Immediately advanced
toward the harb ,r entrance To pro.
tect the torpedo hotilla. The main
squadron advanced near Lao THE
Shan and opened an indirect can.
uonade against the inner rbor
from 10 O'Clock to lao. According
to the observation made by one OF
our cruisers facing the entrance,
the bombardment WAS remarkably
effective. During our cannopade
the enemy's land batteries fired
but none of our ships suffered any
damage.
"Another cruiser squadron went
to Talienwsn and bombarded the
enemy's fortress On Samsbonatao,
4 damaging the buildir g. thereon.
| "The Russian torpedo boat de-
stroyer damaged in the third at.
tack on Port Arthur was found to
be the WnushiterlDuy, which had
heen completely sunk, the mast be-
ing only visible above the water.
''Our squadron stopped firing at
II o'clock and returned to the rem
| devious.
| Tientsin, March IA Russian
refugee who arrived here today
throws valuable additional light on
the bombardment of Port Arthur
last Thursday. He eays that the