Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-20
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| over the ldnu though out Ut Sed IL "'A'
| fairly clear. South of Port Arthur it
| was quite clear. but it was thick in the
! direction of Talien-Wan.
| Admiral Makaroff at a. m. seeing
only weak squadron menacing the
port. put to sea with the following
| fore: The battleship Petropavlovsk.
Poltava and Pobieda. and the cruiscrs
Diana. Askold. and Nevik. These Were
joined outside by the cruiser Bayan
" hich had been engaged with the
destroyers in the night.
The cruiser squadron. seeing that
The Russians had cleared the mines
steamed out to sea, with the Russians
at full steam after them. The Rus
slams opened fire at long range. the
Japanese replying at intervals.
When the Japanese had drawn the
Russians out some - miles. they COM
municated the situation to Admiral
Togo by wireless biography. Admiral
Togo was unfortunately 80 miles away.
lurking under cover of the mist ana
rain squalls. Immediately on receipt
of the message he signalled to the M
suga and Nisshin to join the battleship
squadron, and went forward at full
team.
BY a piece of bad luck the wind
freShened at that moment. dISpcillilS
the mist, and the Russian admiral,
ldescryinE smoke, guessed the ruse anu
put about at full steam for Port Ar
thur, all the Japanese ships pursuing
| This pursuit. the Japanese ships go
ing at their utmost speed. was Il mag
lniiiccnt spectacle but the Russians had
not been enticed far enough ana had
steamed under the protection OF the
forts before Admiral Togo arrived
within effective range.
Then Il most extraordinary contrc-
temps happened. The Russian leading
ship, believed to be the PetropaNlovsk,
because she was covered with signal
flags. listed heavily. and, i'll an incrcdi-
bly, short time. sank.
Admiral Togo's design had been sue
cessful. The Russian ship had struck
one of the Korio Maru's mines.
In Il moment this fearful catastrophe
threw the whole Russian line into con
fusion. and the vessels could be seen
firing unfortunately into the water
in their Immediate front in order to
destroy others of these terrible engines
OF war. This was ut just about 1890
A. NJ.
TIL" Russian vessels. having cleared
I heir front. steamed Independently into
, the harbor. covered by the fire of the
. forts on Golden Hill. They We're favored
by the mist which still hung about the
approaches to the port. and gained the
inside by noon.
Now return to the night attack. The
second division OF destroyers covering
the mining enterprise lay off Swanson
Point, and toward morning discovered
: Il Russian destroyer. evidently making
! for Port Arthur from Dalny. AS soor
as they discovered her the japanese
, went in pursuit. cut the Russian YES
. sci off, and destroyed her in 10 minutes
with their siX-pOunders.
While they We're attempting to saw,
the unfortunate crew they made out il
the dim light the great shadow of 4
. fOur-funnelcd cruiser, the Bayan. bear
ing down on them, and also anothc,
Russian destroyer. This destroyer es-
caped, rs it is now light and it was i'm
possible to tackle the Bayan'S quick.
fires.
The Bayan then proceeded in the di-
rection Of Port Arthur and was the first
; to encounter the Japanese cruiser
; squadron, which she engaged single
handed until she was able to join Ad-
miral Makaroff's line of battle as Il,
emerged into the open sea.
| The only casualties reported on the
Japanese heeet are two men wounded
by n splinter on board of Il destroyer.
shortly after noon. Admiral Togo
withdrew his whole forces, which re-
tired in different directions. and con-
centrating in the evening. anchored "a,
sea. within striking distance Of Port
Arthur
The following morning Il torpedo 40
tilla and the Sccond-claSS cruisers were
again off Port Arthur. and further at
temptS were made to draw the Russian
fleet out. but all was silent. and Admit
raj ToCO's vessels We're not even mo-
Tested by the shore batteries.
On the 18th inst. therefore. Admiral
Togo again took his battle fleet IN tc
The pert and made Il demonstration
This time he sent the KasuEa and the
Nisshin round to Pigeon bay to direct
high-anGle fire against the inner har-
Dor. This resulted in drawing return
fire from both forts and ships. but il
WAS ineffective. The two new ships
however, demonstrated their fighting
quality AS soon os they rejoined the
tle"et the whole force returned to the
main rendezvous
| Thus ended three days engagement
which in the opinion Of most people
has destroyed any faint hope which
may have existed that the Russians
would y" able again t" cqIIaliZe the bal
ance of naval power i'm these seas.
ON WAY EAST.