Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-14
TOGO TELLS OF THE FIGHT.
japanese Admiral Reports Thursday
Enoaoement to Toxic Government.

r-als.S Ma.c5i IA - Admiral Il go s
report of the fourth attack on Port Ar
thur by the Japanese fleet on March 10
is as follows:
Our squadron, as prearranged. at
tackled the enemy at Port Arthur on
March TO- Our two torpedo f1otillas
reached the mouth of the harbor at
Port Arthur at / o'clock on the morn
ling of the 10th. Finding no enemy
and after waiting until dawn. one lo-
tilla engaged In sinking special mines
in the harbor entrance. Notwithstand-
| ing the enemy's fire our tlotilla sue
ceeded in sinking the mines. The 9TH
er flotilla met the enemy's torpedo flo
tilla, consisting of six boats in the Lao
Thine Shan channel south of Port Ar
thur, at 4:30 o'clock. hot engage
ment occurred at close range for thirty
minutes The enemy then took flight.
"Our fire greatly damaged the Rus
sian ships, one of which was badly
crippled by a shot thru the boilers,
and another was observed to be on fire.
So close were the two flotillas to each
other that our destroyers, the kasumi
and Akatsuki, nearly touched the en-
emy's ships and our crews could even
hear the cries of agony of the injured
men on them. We sustained some
damage and loss. The Akatsuke had a
steam pipe broken and four stokers
were killed thereby. Our loss was
seven killed and eight wounded. Among
| the latter is Chief Engineer Minamis-
ava of the Kasumi.
Second Naval Conflict.
Our other fotilla 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 eff
fected it's escape, but our destroyer, the
Sasanami, captured the other boat,
which proved to be the Stereguschtchi
| Notwithstanding the land batteries
pouring a heavy fire on our flotilla, the
captured vessel was taken in tow. Ow-
ing to the high sea the tow line soon
parted and the Sasanami found 1t nee
essary to take the crew from the Rus
| sian boat and abandon the Stereguschl-
| Chi, which finally sand at 10: SO O'Clock.
! THE enenay's cruisers, the Novik and
| the Bayan. steamed out of the entrance
| If the harbor towards us. but on see
/ ing the approach Of our cruiser squad
ron retired to the harbor. Our flotilla
suffered some damage but not heavy.
| The Sasanami and the Akatuski had
two sailors killed and Sub lieutenant
/ Shima of the Akatsuki and three sail
ors were wounded
"Our main and cruiser squadrons ar
rived off Port Arthur at s o'clock and
| the cruisers Immediately advanced to-
ward the harbor entrance to protect
the torpedo fiotilla. The main squad
ron advanced near Lao THE Shan and
| opened an Indirect cannonade against
| the inner harbor from 10 o'clock 70
1: 40. According to the observations
| by one of our cruisers facing the en-
| trance the bombardment was remark
ably effective During our cannonaie
| the enemys land batteries fired, but
| none of our ships suffered any dam
age. Another cruiser squadron Went
to Taienwan and bombarded the en-.
emy's fortress on Shamshantao, dam
laging the buildings thereon.
| "The cruisers Takasago and Chihaya
reconnoitered the west coast of the
Port Arthur peninsula. but did not find
the enemy. The Russian torpedo boat
destroyer damaged in the third at
| tack en- Port Arthur, was found to be
| the VFnushiterinuy, which had been
completely sunk, the mast only being
visible, above the water
"Our squadron stopped fighting at
II O'Clock and returned to the rendsz-
vous."