The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-06-30
Russian B~attleships and Cruisers
Attempted TO Emerge From
HarbOrat Port Arthur.
ATTACKED BY JAPANESE VESSELS.
One Russian Man-OfWar was sunk
and a B%attleship and aCruis-
er Was Disabled.
Il Is Thought Great Events Are In
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 IT'S Toxic correspondent.
dated June 26.
a detailed account Of the naval bat
te az Port Arthur has just been pub
lished here.
The Russian hattlcships Pcresvict.
Poltava and Sevastopol and the cruis
ers Bayan. Askoid and Novik attempt.
ed TO emerge from the harbor at dawn
on June %. Ted by steamers used for
clearing che mines At II a. m. the
battlcships Czarovitch. Rcvizan ami
Pobicda Joined the others. All the
ships then advanced endeavorinE %
dispose OF the mines laid by the Jap.
aucse but they were hindorcd by two
Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
which bad been guarding the mouth Of
the harbor.
A 3 D. M. tho japanese torpedo
boats exchanged shots with seven Rus
sian dcstroyors which were covering
the clearing operations. One OF the
Russian d%estroycrs was SCI on Gre aud
retired inside the harbor. Subsequent
by thc Japanese dcc0ycd the Russians
ont 20 sea and awaited an opportunity
90 begin a general action. between
S and o o. M. the Russian ships made
for the narhor. The Japanese torpedo
boat ~dcstroycrs n torpedo boats
chased The Russians and az Q $50 dciiv.
cred The hrst attack In consequence OF
which the enemy was thrown into dis.
order. During tho night eight scpa.
rate attacks were delivered. lasting
until dawn Of Friday.
IN onc OF these assaults the Chlra.
TAXA twice torpedocd a hattlcshlp OF
the P~crcsvict type aud sank her. a
battlcshin Of the Scvastopol type and
a cruiser OF the Diana type we're dis.
ahicd and lowed away Tho Russian
vessels re-entercd the harbor durinF
Friday"
While the special dispatches 10 the
morning newspapers add nothing o.
tho 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 10 M
situation.
The general view is that toe Rus
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tunity through their umidity and tina.
Togo has again asserted his rights @,
hc considered one OF the worlds grca
admirals.
10 is conceded on every hand that
while the details are not yet mlil
known. when both sides tell the who'll
story. the calamity to Russia viii oni,
De Increased 10 IS pointed out. how
ever. that Port Arthur is open am
that the Nladlvostok fleet may maxi
another diversion. Ia which case IN.
remnants OF the Port Arthur squadron
may a. any time make a foriorn hop.
dash for a juncture. The editorials
special dispatches and articles by wa
experts join 10 expressing the belle
that great events are impending an
that the next few days may have grea
bearing on the final result OF the wal
Lao Yang. June 27.-Reports q
fighting between the advance guar
regiments are continually coming ir
The battles are indccisive. but the
show that the Japanese are movin
forward regularly or each front. Thi
Is corroborated by official dispatches
Members OF the Red Cross. tOgethe
{ with non-combatants who are desirou
Of Witnessing the fighting. are leavin
southwark daily.