Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-23
FOR THEIR MIKADO
Japanese Squadron Has An
other Shy at Port Arthur.
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Eleven ~BnttLeshfps and lie
~strOyers Pour In Their Fire-Rus-
SLAMS Made "a sOrtie-Five Rus
slams Killed, Nine wounded.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.-The
emperor has received the following
telegram from Viceroy A~leXeieff:
Lieutenant General Stoessel reports
that early on Tuesday morning Japa'
nese torpedo boats were discovered
outside of Port Arthur by our search
lights. The guard ships and fort bat
teries opened fire upon them, the firing
lasting for twenty minutes. AT a
o'clock in the morning the attack was
renewed.
cat daylight four of the enemy's
battleships appeared from the south,
followed by the whole squadron of
eleven ships and eight torpedo boats.
Our squadron left the roadstead to
meet and engage them.
cat 8 o'clock the enemy's battleships
opened fire on Liaotishin, after which
they took up a position behind the
rocky eminence of Liaotishin and bonn
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According TO Lieutenant General
Stoessel the enemy's feet consisted of
six battleships and twelve cruisers.
During the attack the japanese fleet
divided, the battleships and torpedo
boats taking up a position between
bay, while the cruisers formed up in
two divisions to the south and south
east of Port Arthur.
THE battleship RetviZan opened fire
oyer the crest of Liaotishin against the
enemy's battleships, which replied by
firing on the town. Meanwhile our
deet formed up in line in the outer
roadsteau.
AT { o'clock our squadron left the
inner harbor, the cruisers leading, with
the Askold flying Admiral Makaroff's
flag at their head, and the battleships
following.
'The enemy's battleships approach
ed Liaotichin and fired 100 shells from
their twelve inch guns at Port Arthur
and 10S shells at the envirOns of the
town.
"Our shells, fired at a range of eighty
cables, were well placed. About 10
O'Clock a Japanese battleship was
struck by a shell and retired.
''About IL O'Clock in the morning the
cannonade slackened, and the Japanese
fleet reuniting drew off slowly to the
southeast and at 1890 had disappear
ed.
During the bombardment five sol
diers were killed and nine were wound
ed"
Viceroy Alexeieff further reports
under date of March %:
General Mistchenkow reports that
our scouts approached ANU and OBJ
served IN the left bank of the Cheng-
cheng river, opposite ANU, intrench-
ments made by the enemy. Up to that
date the enemy had not appeared at
%Yongpyon, fifteen miles northeast of
Anju. 1t is supposed that there is
one Japanese division at ANU and that
the remainder of the First army corps
is close to Pingyang.
HIn consequence of the report that
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had arrived at Pakchon, fifteen miles
northwest of Anju, 200 of our caval-
ry were dispatched for the purpose of
preventing the enemy from crossing
the Pakchon river. Our cavalry found
three Japanese squadrons on the left
bank of the river, but they withdrew
ANU on the arrival Of our de-
tachment without fighting.
General Mistchenkow reports that
the Japanese have taken the precau-
ton to erect earthworks neal ANU,
which are being held by a division I'M
til the remainder of the First army
corps m up from Pingyang, about
forty miles away. The advance of the
Japanese shows that they are losing
no time and that they are more rapid
than the Russians expected. Never
theless the fertilization of Auju shows
the Japanese operations are accom-
panied by all proper military precau-
lions.
The Russian government has, since
the outbreak of the war, sent exactly
100000 troops to the far east by the
Siberian railway.