The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-14
CLEAR VICTORY FOR JAPAN
1oeo,s REPORT OF LAST PORT
 ARTHUR FIGHT.

Russian ships Badly DRmaged-one Foundered After Being captured- Japanese Admit Their Torpedo Flo tiIia suffered but Not Heaviiy-No Loss of Torpedo Boet Mentioned-
 Russians Finally Took Fiisht-U"der Heavy Fire she Mikado's ships Sue ceeded In Laying Special Mines in the
 Harbor Entrance = Bombardment
 Very Effective.
 Tokio, March 1S.-vice Admiral Togos report of the fourth attack on Port Ar thur by the Japanese fleet on March 10 reached Tokio late Saturday afternoon. ; It is as follows:
 Our squadron, as prearranged, at tackled the enemy at Port Arthur on March 10. Our torpedo fiotillas reached the mouth of the harbor at Port Arthur at o'clock on the morning of the 10th. , Finding, no enemy. waited until dawn. one fotilla engaging in sinking special mines in the harbor entrance. Notwith- standing the enemy's fire our fiotilla succeeded in sinking the mines. The i other flotilla met the enemy's torpedo :. fotilla consisting of six boats, in the { Thie-Shan channel south of Port < Arthur at 4:30 o'clock. A hot engage ment occurred at close range for thirty minutes. The enemy then took flight | Our fire greatly damaged the Russian f ships, one of which was badly crippled by a shot through the boilers, and r another was observed to be on fire So II close were the two flotillas to each other that our destroyers. the Asashio, Kasumi and Akatsuki nearly touched the enemy's ships and our crews could even hear the cries of agony of the in | jured 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 sev- en killed and eight wounded. Among the latter is the chief engineer of the Kasumi
 "0ur other f1otilIa while leaving the harbor entrance observed two Russian torpedo boats coming from seaward and immediately engaged them, the battle lasting one hour. After causing them severe damage one of them effected it's escape but our destroyer, the Sasanarni, captured the other boat, which proved to be the Stereguschtchi Notwith- standing the land batteries pouring a: heavy fire on our fotilla the captured vessel was taken in tow. Owing to the high sea the tow line soon parted and the Sasani found it necessary to take the crew from the Russian boat and abandon the Stereguichtchi, which sank at o'clock.
 'wThe enemy s cruisers, the Novik 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 f1otilla suffered some damage, \ but not heavy. The Sasanami and the Akatsuki had two sailors killed and a sub-lieutenant of the Akatsuki and three sailors were wounded.
 E OuI iitdill dill Sl uioC1 oQudQIOHS dF- lrived off Port Arthur at o'clock and the cruisers immediately advanced to- ward the harbor entrance to protect the Torpedo fotilla. The main squadron ad- vanced near -Thie-Shan and opened an indirect cannonade against the inner harbor from 10 o'clock to 1:40 Accord Hing to the observations made by one of our cruisers facing the entrance, the bombardment was remarkably effective During our cannonade the eneny's land batteries fired, but none of our ships suffered any damage. Another cruiser squadron went to Ta-Lien-Wan and bombarded the enemy's fortress on Samshantao, damaging the buildings thereon.
 The cruisers Takasago and Shiaya accommodated the west coast of the Port Arthur peninsular, but did not find the enemy The Russian torpedo boat destroyer damaged in the third at tack on Port Arthur was found to be the Wnushiterinuy, which had been completely sunk, the mast only being visible above the water
 Our squadron stopped fighting at 2 o'clock and returned to the rendezvous. ,, UNOFFICIAL STORY OF FIGHT. The Bombardment Deliberate and Care