The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-07-09
dAPS SUNK RUSSIAN BlATS
ADMIRAL TOGO REPORTS THAT
1T SENT TWO DOWN.
a ouardshlp and Torpedo BOA. %.
ssroysr eons--Japa Surround Them
activity Near Port Arshur-tisavy
Rains Cause ManehufIs 10 ne Flood.
Army Can Move.

Toxic. July "a belated report from
Admiral Togo records q successful At,
tack al the entrance Of Port Arthur
last Monday night. June ~. Ia which a
Russian guardship and Russian tor
pedO boat destroyer were sunk.
The guAFdship Is described 40 hav-
ing two masts and three tunnels. She
was either a battieship or q frst class
cruiser and she was torpedoed and de-
stroyed. The torpedo boat destroyer
was struck and then blew up and sank
Admiral Togo reports the loss OF one
ofiieer and rs men killed. and one Of,
licer and two men wounded. He makes
no mention OF damage 20 his feet.
The Twelfth torpedo boat iotilla. un-
der command OF Commander Yamada.
delivered the attack. The Japanese
vessels were revealed BY the Russian
seaEehlight and the shore foFta opened
heavy fusllade upon them. The Rus
sian guard ship was surrounded and
attacked BY the japanese. who saw the
vessel sink amid the huge volume Of
water thrown up BY the heavy exptO-
sion, Following this. the Russian tor
pedo deatroyeFa AZ once attacked the
Japanese vessels. which responded 10
the onslaught. A Russian destroyer.
Whiel within the area lie BY the search
lights. was seen 70 explode. rise. fail
back into the water sideways and sink
The guAFdship sank near the bass u
Golden hill
The cause for the delay by AdniFal
Togo 10 forwarding this report Il not
known. but II Il presumed that he VAS
busy and did not have time TO c0mmu'
aicate With Toxic,
Activity Near Pert Arthur.
Recent reports from Russian sources.
chsesoO and elsewhere. mention COO.
tlnued activity and several engage
meats BY land and by sra near Port
Arthur from June "a to June 30, A
Russian otlclal report said that GA the
Night u June zt.25. Japanese torpedo
boats approached the fortress At Port
Arthur and that on June 20 Japanese
land attack was supported By q can
nonade from the warnhips During the
evening ot June 20 the forts and bat.
tories ~ Port Arthur opened are on
japanese torpedo boats. 4 dispatch
from Chesfoo said a big battle war
fought on land near Port Arthur on
June IS and -. No mention. however.
has been made Of Russian losses 20
icurreapond With those reported BY Al.
miTal Togo. The Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Lieutenant Bugukom left
Port Arthur the night % Tuesday. June
Is. and reached Nswchwang the aext
day She IL beiisved 70 have come cut
with dispatches for 81. PetsFabuFE The
foreign once has given out dispatch
dated June 20 announcing that the
Russian wArshipa safely rcsntcrcd Port
Arthur after the Hght ~ Iuae % ami
that not ono Of them was damaged
Refugees from Port Arthur who have
arrived at Chefoo report that four HuB.
sian battleahips. with gunboatn and
torpedo boats. are kept In the hafboF
while two battisahfpu. Eve cruisers and
a flotilla OF torpedo boats make excur.
siona to aea
Foreigners who left Port Arthur Tho
sveninE Of July reached Chefoo July
IL Their reports made no mention Of
the sinking Of two Russian warahlps.
Recent Russian dentaiH 81 naval
losses have been particularly directed
20 the statement contained In a pre-.
viOus report from Admiral Togo tina,
on June 20 the Japanese inflicted asri
Gus LOSSES on the Russian aeat on Port
Arthur
Manchuria = Vast Marsh.
Llanyong. July s-Tho whole OF
Manchuria seems to have turned into
a marsh and the weather almost pre-.
eludes movement by either side.
Il Is reported that the japanese are
near Liaoyang and battle IL expected
when the weather permits. The euuu.
TRY Is such that few days Of sunshine
will dry the roads.
II IL reported that 10000 Japanese
lars working around toward Mukden,
but this IL scarcely credited