The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-06-28

Russian Ships Were Sunk and
Disabled.
1t Is Thought Great Events Are I'M
pending and the Next Few Days
Will Have Great Bearing
on the War.

London, June 27-The Central
News has received the following dis
patch from its Toxic correspondent,
dated June &c:
"A detailed account of the naval bat
tie at Port Arthur has just been pub
lished here.
''The Russian battleships Peresviet,
PoItava and Sevastopol and the cruis-
ers Bayan, Askold and Novik attempt
ed to emerge from the harbor at dawn
on June %, led by steamers used for
clearing the mines. At II a. N. the
battleships Czarevitch, Revizan and
Pobieda joined the others. All the
ships then advanced endeavoring to
dispose of the mines laid by the Jap
aBese but they were hindered by two
Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
which had been guarding the mouth of
the harbor.
AT p. 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. Subsequent
ly the Japanese decoyed the Russians
out to sea and awaited an opportunity
to begin a general action, but between
and 8 p. m. the Russian ships made
for the harbor The Japanese torpedo
boat destroyers and torpedo boats
chased t1e Russians and at $3.50 deliv-
cred the first attack in consequence of
which the enemy was thrown into dis
order During the night eight sepa-
rate attacks were deliveredy lasting
until dawn of Friday.
In one Of these assaults the Chira-
TAXA twice torpedoed battleship of
the Peresviet type and sank her. A
battleship of the Sevastopol type and
a cruiser of the Diana type were dis
sbled and towed away The Russian
vessels re-entered the harbor during
Friday"
While the special dispatches to the
morning, newspapers add nothing to
the details contained in the press in
formation concerning the Port Arthur
engagement and the situation on the
Lao Tung peninsula the editorials by
war experts devote much space to the
situation
The general view is that the Rus
slams at Port Arthur lost their oppor-
tunity through their timidity and that
Togo has again asserted his rights to
be considered one of the worlds grea1
.admirals.
1t is conceded On every hand that,
while the details are not yet fully
known. when bothTsides tell the whole
story, the calamity to Russia will only
be increased. 1t is pointed out, how
ever. that Port Arthur is open and
that the VIadivostok feet may make
another diversion, in which case the
remnants of the Port Arthur squadron
may at any time make forlorn hope
dash for a juncture. The editorials,
special dispatches and articles by war
experts join in expressing the belief
that great events are impending ind
that the next few days may have great
bearing onsthe final result Of the war;
Lao Yang, June 27.-Reports Of
fighting between the advance guard
regiments are continually coming in.
The battles are indecisive, but they
show that the Japanese are moving
forward regularly on each front This
is corroborated by official dispatches.
Members of the Red Cross, together
with non-combatants who are DESTROYS
of witnessing the fighting, are leaving
southwark daily.