Evening journal., 1904-03-14
REPORT OF PORT
ARTHUR'S DOWNFALL
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Tokyo. March 1s.-Admiral Togo's
report of the fourth attack on Port
Arthur by the Japanese fleet on March
10 reached Tokyo late Saturday atter-
noon. it is as follows:
our squadron, as prearranged' at
tackled the enemy at Port Arthur on
March TO- Our two torpedo hotillas
reached the mouth of the harbor at
Port Arthur at ! o'clock on the morn
ing of the 10th. Finding no enemy, and
waiting until dawn, one hotilla en-
gagged in sinking special mines in the
barbor entrance. Notwithstanding the
enemy's fire. our flotilla succeeded in
sinking the mines. The other fiotilla
met the enemys hotilla, consisting of
six boats. in the Laotieshan channel
south of Port Arthur, at 4.30 o'clock.
( A hot engagement occurred at close
{ range for 80 minutes. The enemy then
took flight.
Heard Cried Of Russian Wounded.
i our IRE greatly damaged the Rus
SIAN ships, one of which was badly
crippled by n shot through the boilers
and another was observed to be on
Hfa So close were the two fotillas to
eaeh other that our destroyers, the
hsashio. Kasumi and Al<atsuki, nearly
rouched The enemy's ships, and ON
rows could even hear the cries OF
sony of the injured men on them. We
sustained some damage and loss. The
axatsuki had a steam pipe broken and
four stokers We're killed thereby. OuI
loss was seven killed and eight wound
ed. Among the latter is Chief Engineer
Mnamisawa, Of the Kasumi.
"Our other hotilia, while leaving the
harbor entrance, observed two Russian
torpedo boats coming from seaward
and Immediately engaged them, the
battle lasting one hour. After causing
them severe damage, one Of them ef-
fected It's escape; but our destroyer the
I Sasanami, captured the other boat
which proved to be the Stereguschtchi
Notwithstanding the land batteries
pouring a heavy fire on our fotilla, th'
captured vessel was taken in tow. Ow.
ing to the high sea, the tow-line sooI
parted and the Sasamami found /
necessary TO take the crew from tn
Russian boat and abandoned thl
stereguschtchi. which finally sank a
1890 o'clock.
1.-The enemy's cruisers, the Novik an
the Bayan, steamed out OF the entranc
Of the harbor toward US, but observing
the approach OF our cruiser squadron, re
tired to the harbor. Our fotiila suffere
some damage. but not heavy. The Sasau
ami and the Akatsuld had two sailor
killed and sub-Ldeutenant Shami, Of IN
Akatasuki and two sailors were wounded
"Our main and cruiser squadrons ar
rived off Port Arthur at s o'clock, an
the cruisers immediately advanced 10
y ward the harbor entrance 10 protect tn
torpedo hotlla. The main squadron ad
vanced near Laotleshan and opend' al
indirect cannonade against the inner har
Dor from 10 o'clock to 1.40.
According to the observations mad
by one of our cruisers facing the en-
& trance. the bombardment was remark
ably effective. During our cannonade tn
enemys land batteries fired. but non
OF our ships suffered any damage. An
81 other cruiser squadron went to Talien
wan and bombarded the enemy's fortres
d on samshantao. damaging the building
thereon.
The cruisers Takasago and Chihay
reconnoitered the west coast Of the Por
ARTHUR peninsula, but did not find n
Is enemy. The Russian torpedo boar dc
stroyer damaged in the third attack O
al Port Arthur was found TO be the Wnu
shiterinuy which had been completed
sunk, the mast only being visible abot
he water.
our squadron stopped fighting at
)'clock and returned to the rendezvous