Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-15
NEWS OF Russo.JAPAN WAR.

teen Russian warships outside the
harbor. The information had scarce.
ly been disseminated when another
Che Foo message came saying that
three Japanese boat destroyers were
| hovering in the roadstead waiting for
The Russian boats inside One or the
other of these dispatches is thought
to be untrue
| Che Foo further reported the Jap
anese cruiser Kasuma sunk yesterday.
Dispatches from Toxic to a local
news agency here state that Admiral
ioso has frustrated the attempts OF
| the Port Arthur squadron to escape.
and adds that the forts at the mort
participated in the engagement. indi.
eating that the lighting occurred close
TO the port
| CHEFOO, Aug. lit is rumored
that the Japanese protected cruiser
| kasagi was sunk of Round island In n
recent engagement and the torpedo
boat destroyer Rieshutelni has been
dismantled by the removal of the
breeches of her guns.
| TOXIC. Aug IA correspondent
of the Central News wires that Ad-
mral Togo is chasing three of the
warships that left Port Arthur
LONDON. Aug. l1-From numer-
GUS reports. both official and from cor
| respondents, II is clear this morning
that the Russian fleet sailed from
Port Arthur yesterday =, mere or in
what condition It is In now is not ap-
parent this morning The Japanese
| legation was advised that an all day
| naval battle was followed by Japanese
| torpedo attacks last night, with two
Russian battleships endeavoring to re
| turn to the harbor this morning. Press
| dispatches are not given the outcome
OF the engagement Some assert that
| me fleet escaped. The captain of the
| Russian gunboat Rechitelni which
reached Chez Foo says the sail was
made deliberately by all the large
vessels of the fleet for the purpose of
joining the Vladivostok squadron and
| that the voyage was not undertaken
| because the Japanese seige drove the
vessels from the harbor
Passengers aboard the Russian hos
pitai ship Monomolia, which reached
| en- and children, says japanese shells
are falling Inside the town. The Rus
sian captain says the Japanese are
suffering fearfully by their reckless
| ness in attacking forts Positions are
gained, lost or taken with horrible
loss of lire
TOXIC. Aug lit is Officially an
nounced that the war has cost the
Japanese a hundred million dollars UP
to the end of July and tnat seventy
millions OF this amounl gave been
spent in Japan.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The attempt of
the Russian squadron to escape from
Port Arthur and join the Vladivostok
squadron proved a signal failure, al
though so far as can be learned no
Russian vessels were actually SUM.
The result OF the attempt. however.
was an irreparable weakening of the
squadron. The Japanese feet sue
ceeded in driving the greater part oil
the squadron back to the port with no
damage to themselves Although the
battieship Czarewitz and the cruiser
Nevil succeeded in getting into Kiao
Choux, that is a German concession
f. and they must depart within twenty
four hours. The vessels are closely
watched by the Japanese squadron,
| and will be doubtless put to rout ne
only course open now for the squad
ron is its destruction by dynamite
when the Japanese army shall sue
| ceed In taking the fortress. This will
Lana
lion dollars. the value of the ships
now locked up in the harbor.
| TOXIC, Aug. 12.-Admiral Togo re-
ports the Russian battleship Care
witch probably sunk during Wednes-
days engagement on Port Arthur 1t
Is persistently rumored that the ma
| jority of the Russian vessels were un.
able to fight their way through the
| Japanese feet and returned to the
harbor.
| LONDON, August 12.-Dispatches
received today fail to clear the mys-
terry surrounding the Russian feet
since its departure from Port Arthur
Russia had about seventy ships flying
the naval flag In the harbor when the
war started This includes torpedo
boats. supply ships. colliers. torpedo
transports. machine ships and nine
heavy armored vessels OF the squad
ron which sailed forth. so far but Ave
have been located. namely: three al
Lao Chow, one seized by the Japan
ese at Chez Foo and one at Shanghai
The Japanese have now about eighty
eight warships OF all classes in ac
ton, fifteen being armored. How
many OF these are under Togo's i'm
mediate command is not known. as
part Of the fleet Is probably watching
for the Vladivostok fleet and Others
engaged In miscellaneous duties.
LONDON. Aug l2-Great Britain
is still distinctly dissatisfied with the
attitude Of Russia In regard to the
sinking OF the British steamer Knight
| Commander by the Vladivostok squad
ron, and continues to press Russia Ia
make notifications of the list of arti-
cles regarded as contraband. Premier
Balfour In the house OF commons saIu
that he was confident that no other
neutral ship would be sunk by the