The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-16
MAKES GOOD START.
New Russian Commander at Port
Arthur Uses New Tactics.
TIE JAPANESE FLEET

| A41AGhS LIE JA1AN GSG AGG4
And Sinks One Torpedo Boat and
Loses One Torpedo Boat
Destroyer. The Japs
Were Surprised.
The Russian torpedo boat fotilla
left Port Arthur at broad day light
Thurday morning and attacked the
japanese feet. One japanese torpedo
boat was sunk and one Russian tor
pedo boat destroyer, the Bezposht-
chadni, was sunk. Admiral Maka-
rolf inaugurated his assumption of the
command of the Russian fleet at Port
Arthur by complete change Of tac-t
tics. AS soon as he appeared he Or
dered the removal Of the battleship
Retvizan, which was stranded at the
mouth of the harbor and barred the
channel at certain stages CT the tide,
making the egress of battleships i'm
possible. Thursday morning he di-
rected a sortie Of the torpedo boat
fotilla, supported by part Of the Rus
sian squadron, against the japanese.
WHAT ALExIEFF SAYS.
Viceroy Alexieff has sent the follow
ing message to the>emperor:
In the fight between our torpedo
boats and the japanese cruisers on
March 10 Capt. Mattoussevich, Ensign
Alexandrof and Mechanical Engineer
Blinof received slight wounds, and
Ensign Zaef was severely wounded in
the head, losing his right eye. The
commandant at Port Arthur report
the following details OF the Dombard-.
ment Of the fortress on March 10: AS
soon as the enemy opened fire our bat
teries replied. Six of the enemy's
ships remained behind the Lao Tishin
promontory and opened fire on the
fortress over that shelter. They
ceased bombarding at Ills p. M. The
enemy fred about 200 projectiles.
One shell from battery No. Is, on
Electric Cliff, damaged a Japanese
cruiser seriously. The results Of the s
bombardment were Insignificant; six
soldiers were wounded. Three inhab-
itants of the town were killed and
one was seriously wounded. Accord
ing to Gen. -Stoessel's report the off,
GERS and soldiers in the shore batteries
displayed exemplary courage and, fred
their guns in perfect order"
A MORE DELAILED REPORT.
Admiral Makaroff, commanding
the feet, reports from Port Arthur, q
under date Of March 10, as follows: &;
Six torpedo boats which went OUT.
to sea the night Of March 10, feur OF
them being under the egeneral COM
mand Of Capt. MaJtousevitch, en-
countered tie enemy's torpedo boats
followed by cruisers. a hot action
ensued in which the torpedo boat
destroyer Vlastini discharged a white
head torpedo and sunk one Of the
enemy's torpedo boats. Ol the. way:
back the torpedo boat destroyer
Stereguschtchi. commanded by Lieut.. {
Sergueief,. sustained damages; her.
engine was distilled and she began to
founder. By s o'clock in the morning
five Of our torpedo boat destroyeIs
had returned. When the critical
position Of the Stereguschtchi became
evident, I hoisted my flag on the
cruiser Novik and sent the cruiser
Boyarin to the rescue. But as i've
of the enemy's cruisers surrounded our
destroyer and as their battleship>
squadron was approaching, I did not
succeed in saving the Stereguschtchi,
which foundered. Part of the crew
was made prisoners and part was
drowned.
ION the ships which participated
in the night attack, one officer was
seriously and three others were Slight
ly wounded: two soldiers we're killed
and Is we're wounded. At o'clock "A :
of the enemy'S ships assembled before
Port Arthur and bombardment was
begun with the heavy guns Of their
battleship squadron at long range.
This Ulasted until ! o'clock in the,
afternoon. 1t is estimated that the
enemy fired I54 12-inch shells. The
damage to our vessels was inSigniti-
cant, and they are again ready for
battle. Oar losses were one officer
slightly wounded and one soldier kill
ed and four soldiers wounded. The
illumination Of the sea at night by
the searchlishts mounted at our ba5-
terieS was most satisfactory and Se7-
eral times isolated shots from our
batteries forced the enemy's torpeco
boats to retire With the announce
ment Of the bonbardment at dawn
the guns of the fortress replied to the
enemy's fire. THE crew on board all
the ships engaged gave proof of re-
markable coolneS in action. Below
decks the work Of the day followed it's
ordinary course in spite Of the shells
falling between the vessels and cover
ing them with fragments. "a bonn
bardment at such distance must be
considered Ineffective, but The Japan
ese cruisers Takasjgo is reported to
have been seen to suffer serious dam
age, the extent Of which, however, it
was impossible to ascertain at dis
tance O. five miles. Many shells were
fred at a range Of l-2 miles,
Section Hands Killed.
At Harrisburg, Pa, four unidenti-
fed men were burned to death in
box car containing gasoline, which
caught fire near Harrisburg Wednes-
day. Two others barely escaped with
their lives. The men were employed
as section hands. One nan lighted
his pipe near the caSk Of gasoline