The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-31
lAPs, PLANS
HAVE FAILED AGAIN
Wake Another Desperate At
& tempt to Bottle Up the
Russians.
HE RUSSIANS REJOICE

g&E i IL t H
Nm Attack Torpedo Boat of Russian
Fleet Bore Blunt of Battle and
Lost Seven Men-Japanese
@ Loss Greater.
Cover of this morning Vice
SsAdmiral Togo made another desperate
to pottle up the Russian fleet
@an Port Arthur, but he failed again,
when after daylight Vice Admiral
sHMakaroff steamed out to give battle
%She Japanese mmand refused the
ashallenge and sailed away.
A@ The Japanese practically repeated the
Atactics of February "A by sending in
@3our treships, preceded by IA torpedo
Hflotilla, with the exception that the fire
Ships this time were armed with Hotch-
kiss guns for the purpos of keeping off
Russian torpedoboat d~estroyers.
asH The eneTny's attempt was discovered
ssby means. OF the shore searchlights, and
Ia heavy fire was opened from the bat
Mteries and from two ~gunboats which
s@Sere guarding the entrance to the har-
The Russian ~torpedoboat destroy
Ser SLIM was outside on scouting duty
to the dash and nerve of her com
Lieutenant Kriniski. is chiefly
the complete defeat of the plans Of
SSthe Japanese.
g A Heavy Bombardment.
He at once made straight for the on
ships under a hail of fire from
8tile oHtchlSiss guns and torpedoed the
ship, which sheered off, fol-
s1C wed by the others, three of them be-
a14 % ni1aI lltnpl. the Shnfa under Golden
and one under the lighthouse. The
@Silni then engaged the entire six tor
Apedo boats of the enemy, coming cut
sfrom the terrific fight with seven killed
her commander and twelve of her
complement wounded, but on the jap
side only one boats crew was
In addition, according to I'M
Moflicial reports, it is believed hat the
8Japanase lost two torpedo boats.
#s The Japanese cruisers which support
led the attack exchanged shots with the
BATTERIES, and then drew off, after
Vice Admiral Makaroff took a
steam launch and examined the fire.
ships. An hour later the Japanese tor
@Spedo ~iotilla, followed by Vice Admiral
#Togo's fleet, came up from a souther-
s#ly direction. Just at daybreak Vice
Makaroff with his fleet sailed
ITO engage the enemy, but after the
and batteries a fired a few long
e1i Y y ~ "a oSp W.
sMeided to decline the issue, and disap-
Mpeared to the southwark.
Russians Rejoice.
Sssa@ The news OF the repulse to Vice Adj
Fniral Togo's second attempt to block
Arthur created much rejoicing in
Russian capital, and among all
GLASSES the %gallantrY of the SLIM and
s@her commander is the subject of high
but above all the moral effect Of
Admiral Makaroff's willingness to
engage the enemy, showing that he
saconsiderS himself strong enough to
flight, produced a splendid impression.
% In high official circles this new effort
bottle UP the Russian fleet is ooked
as meaning n thing, namely,
the Japanese, as stated by the AS
Aaociated Press on March "a, are prepar-
Sing for a heavy landing Of troops in the
gulf Of Liao-tung, either at New Chang
or on the west coast of the Manchurian
%Nneutral zone, to effect which in safety
immobility Of Vice Admira Max
aroff's fleet is absolutely essential while
Me transports are being conveyed
around the southern end Of the PENN
aula. If the attempt had succeeded it
would nave required several days at
least to blow UP the steamers n clear
away the wreckage, during which time
ha Japanese would be assured Of non
n Interference in the carrying out of their
purposes.
May Seriously Hamper Plans.
The failure of the Japanese his
8fnorning may seriously hamper their
plans, as the ice on the Liao river Is
going out, and when the river is free
zzAgsaan ice its mouth can be easily mined.
1.-THE conviction continues to grow here
tha the Japanese have concluded that
@it$would be inadvisable to make a 'front.'
al attack on Manchuria from Korea
against the whole Russian army, and
thai it will be necessary to land a
thanking column in the gulf of Lao
Thing to divide the attention Of the Rus
aians, and il possible to seize the rail-
read and cut off Port Arthur. The
ground above New ChWang is perfectly
Familiar to the Japanese, who occupied.
III for a year during the Chino-Japanese
war.
Some experts even go so far as to
express the belief hat Vice Admiral
S$STogo was covering he movement Of
transports in the gulf Of Lao Tung,
sand therefore he was compelled to ex-
areise great caution and to decline the
Russian offer of an engagement. An
view of the Japanese admiral's
purpose, which is less entertained, is
that he believes that bombardnents
from Pigeon bay would be disastrous
Mto the Russian fleet If 1t We're compelled
Ito remain in the harbOr, he having as
from observations that the
Russian ships always pass out during
high angle bombardments, n that
sa big shell dropped on a battleship
easily pierce the deck ana, ex-
ploding, might completely destroy it.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT.
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l|~sesuits Of the Naval Skirmish Well
Received in ST. Petersburg.
M st. Petersburg, March 29.-An official re-
from Port Arthur to the emperor
that at l o'clock yesterday morning
Russian searehlights disclosed four
merchant steamers making for the