Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-16
ADMIRAL

Itrashni and not the Bezstrashni which
became separated from the rest of the
fleet in the early morning of Wednes-
day last and was sunk by the Japanese
torpedo boat destroyers.
A dispatch from L%iaoyang says that
the Russian intrenchments on the Yalu
river have been completed. The center
of the line of fortified positions is An
tung. The right flank rests on Ia
tungkau and the left flank on Kiulien-
cheng. Tatungkau and Kiuliencheng
are ten miles apart, on the west bank
of the Yalu. 4
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Standard sends a rumor to the eff
feet that Vice Admiral Togo's fleet es-
corted a Japanese landing of troops to
the westward of the Yalu river.
When 10000 men had been landed
the Russian troops, which were lying
concealed, suddenly attacked them,
driving them back to the ships with
heavy losses in men and guns.
The Times prints a dispatch from it's
correspondent at sea off the coast of
Korea which says he believes the en-
trance TO Port Arthur is now sealed.
Advices from st. Petersburg say the
disaster to the Pe%tropavlovsk and the
loss of the two other vessels ends the
hope that the i'll fated Port Arthur
squadron would cable to become an
aggressive factor in the operations be-
fore it is REINFORCED by the arrival of
the Baltic feet. Until then the aim of
the Russians will be to hold Port Ar
thur and conserve the remaining ships
within the protection Of its guns.
Temporarily at least all faith in sue
cesses at sea died with Admiral Maka-
rolf, and the Russian people now look
to the army, in which they have i'm
plicit confidence, to retrieve on land the
reverses and distress suffered on wa
ter.
The prevailing belief here is that the
Japanese will take advantage of the
situation to push matters and make a
renewed attack on Port Arthur with the
object of sealing the entrance to the
port or, considering the Russian fleet
to be practically ~immobiliZed by its in
feriority, proceed with landing troops
at the head of the gulf of Liaotung.
1t would not be surprising if the Japa
nese attempted to invest the fortress of
Port Arthur by land.
The latest reports are to the effect
that the Japanese feet is still in sight
from Golden hill.
General Kuropatkin is concentrating
his second line of defense between
Mukden and ~Liaoyang. He will have
100000 men there.
A telegram from Grand Duke Boris,
at Liaoyang. gives Grand Duke Cyril's
account of his escape from death In
the disaster to the P~etropavlovsk. Ac-
cording to his story, Cyril fell at the
moment of the explosion to the port
side of the bridge, and from there he
lowered himself to the deck. He was
then swept away by an immense wave
and sank to a considerable depth, but
succeeded in regaining the surface.
BY his own efforts he caught a floating
fragment of the Petropavlovsk's steam
launch, to which he chung for about
ten minutes, when he was picked up
by the destroyer Bezshumi.
The telegram adds that CyriIs aid
de-camp. Lieutenant vonkube, per
ished. Aid-de-camp Kedroff. who was
betrothed to Vice Admiral Makaroff's
daughter, is also among the lost.
Besides Grand Duke Cyril, Captain
Jakovleff and Lieutenant Yakovsky,
Midshipmen Sylitte, Jenish and va
komlef were rescued. Reports as to
] the number Of seamen saved are CON