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INCIDENTS OF FIGHTING
IN THE FAR EASTERN WAR

LONDON, June PA dispatch to
the Daily Mail from ST. Petersburg
says sufficient confirmation has been re-
ceived of the sinking at Port Arthur of
three Russian ships of the types of the
Sevastopol, or Poltava, and the Peres-
Wet and Diana. The vessel of the last
named type succumbed to a torpedo,
and it is stated she sank in deep wa
ter The loss of life is said to have been
enormous.
The Russians assert that they sank
a four-funneled torpedo boat destroyer
and seriously injured by shell fire two
cruisers, which were taken in tow by
the other Japanese vessels. Crowds
returning to st. Petersburg from the
country last evening were greeted with
the news of the loss of the Russian
ships. which drove them to frenzy.
PARIS, June 27.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
says the battleship Peresviet sunk in
ten and a half minutes after she was
torpedoed. Those on board We're saved.
The battleship Sevastopol was seriously
injured. The cruiser Diana was struck
amidships.
DECOYED RUSSIANS OUT.
LONDON, June 26.-The Central
News has received the following dis
patch from it's Toxic correspondent,
dated June 26th, evening:
detailed accOn1t of the naval f
tie at Port Arthur has just been pub
lished here.
THE Russian battleships Peresviet,
Poltava and Sevastopol and cruisers
Bayan, Askold and Novik attempted to
emerge from the harbor at dawn on
June 23d, led by steamers used for
clearing the mines. At II a. m. the
battleships Czarevitch, Retvizan and
Pobieda joined the others.
AL the ships then advanced, endeav-
orihg to dispose of the mines laid by
the japanese, but they were hindered
by two Japanese torpedo-boat destroy
ers which had been guarding the mouth
of the harbor.
''At D. m. the Japanese torpedo
boats exchanged shots with seven Rus
sian destroyers, which were covering
the clearing operations. One of the
Russian destroyers was set on fire and
retired inside the harbor.
subsequently the Japanese decoyed
the Russians out to sea and awaited
an opportunity to begin a general ac-
ton, but between and 8 p. m. the Rus
sian ships made for the harbor. The
Japanese torpedo-boat destroyers and
torpedo-b boats chased the Russians, and
at $50 delivered the first attack. in con-
sequence of which the enemy was
thrown into disorder.
During the night eight separate at
tacks were delivered, lasting until dawn
Friday. In one of these assaults the
Chirataka twice torpedoed a battleship
of the Peresviet type and sank her.
A battIeship of the SeVastopOl type and
a cruiser of the Diana type We're dis
abIed and towed away. The Russian
vessels re-entered the harbor during
Friday.
1.-The newspapers publish eulogistic
articles upon Vice-Admiral Togo S
prompt action"
PRINCE UCHTOMPSKY DROWNED.
ROME, June ga dispatch from To-
kfo to the Giornale dItalia says that
the Russian Admiral Prince Uchtomsky
and $50 men were drowned when the
battleship Peresviet was torpedoed and
sunk. The Japanese lost six killed.
Four of the Japanese torpedo beats
were damaged. A dispatch from Che
foo to the Agenzia Liberal says Gen
eral Stoessel made a sortie from Port
Arthur on Friday with 1000 men, but
was repuIsed. General Oku, the Jap
anese commander, seat an envoy to the
Russian commander. The envoy advis-.
ed the Russian commander to capitu-
late with the honors of war. The sit
uation at Port Arthur is grave There
is little to eat besides some rice and
some bread.
RUSSIAN DISCORD
TIEN-TSIN, June PA cores
pendent has seen a translation of a
private letter from an officer high in
command under General Kuropatkin
to a brother officer, giving a gloomy
view of the situation for Russia and
making disclosures. The writer said:
1T is a shame to see officers con-
stantly quarreling. divided into
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