The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-01
A FURIOUS BOMBARDMENT
JAPANESE WARsHIPs AGAIN AT
 TACK PORT ARTHUR.

Engagement Lasts Two Hours Russian
 Cruisers and Torpedo Boats Driven
 Bsck-crniser Askold Reported fin
 sinking Condition, the NOvik ns Bad- Iy Damaged and Torpedo Boat as sunk-Japs Withdraw in Good Order.
 London. March IA despatch to the Daily Telegraph from Yin Row, dated February 2s, says:
 Fifteen Japanese waFships furiously bombarded Port Arthur from 10 until F o'clock this morning. The Russian cruisers Novik, Askold and Bayan, ac- comoanied by four torpedo boats, steamed out to meet the attack. They were. however. forced to retire. The Askold was in sinking condition. The Novik was badly damaged and torpe- do boat was sunk. The Russian battle ship Retvizan was again damaged.
 ''The Japanese withdrew in good order"
 The pause in the war operations in the Far East has been broken by anoth- ed Japanese attack on Port Arthur. of which only the foregoing brief account is yet at hand. This report, however, shows repetition of the now familiar tactics of Japan.
 !. is presumed that this attack. was made in bad weather, previous tele- graphic advices having reported a se- were gale raging at Port Arthur. As usual the Japanese did not remain long enough off the harbor to enable the gunners at the forts to get their range. Again also the same three cruisers, the Bayan, the Askold and the Novik came out to meet the attack, and this sug- gests that either they were the only ef- sective ships there, or that the larger battleships were unable to get out.
 No news is published here to-day of operations or movements other than at Port Arthur. As an indication that the ! Japanese possess full command of the sea the Changhai correspondent of the Daily Express says it has been official ly announced that the Japanese mail boat service between Shanghai and Japan will be resumed Saturday with out naval escort.
 Many alleged dispositions of the op- posing military forces are published this morning. but they differ too much in detail to be of great value. According to report from St. Petersburg body of Cossacks from the south Ussuri province, with quick firing guns, is ad- vancing along the east coast of Corea to prevent the landing of the main Jap anese army. and the comment is made that possibly the reported Japanese landing at Possiet bay may have been made with the intention of attacking this force
 A despatch from Shanghai to the Daily Chronicle says the Russians are transferring the guns from the disabled ships at Port Arthur to the forts there.
 A despatch from Chefoo to the Stand ard dated February says Japanese cruiser and torpedo boat entered that harbor without lights at 1 o'clock on the morning of the 18th, and it is be- Iieved they embarked the Japanese who took refuge there after the attempt to bottle up Port Arthur.
 A correspondent of the Times at Wei Hai-Wei, cabling under date of Febru- ary 20 says: A Japanese fleet was seen off the Shan Tung coast this morning.
 A Tokio correspondent Of the Times cables that the steamers sunk by the Japanese on either side of the Russian battleship Retvizan at Port Arthur par tially obstruct the entrance to the har- bor.