The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-27

ing transports. was sighted. At quar- ter past eleven this squadron came nearer, and an engagement which last ed forty minutes ensued. There was no damage. Few shells fell in Port Ar thur.
 Tt is expected here that the Japan ese will attempt a landing soon.
 '.An inspection of the Japanese fire ships sent into this harbor February 24 shows they were loaded with coal and kerosene. and that electrical internal machines had been placed in the midst of this cargo"
 London. Feb 26.-A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg says the official report of Major General Pf1ug, chief of staff of viceroy Alexieff, on the details of the attack on Port Ar thur during the morning of February 25 is as follows:
 ''The enemy's squadron of sixteen warshiDs approached from the Dalny side toward the harbor of Port Arthur shortly after midnight on the 18th inst, and at once opened fife on three cruisers standing outside in the roadstead, namely. the Askold, Bayan and Novik, and also against the land Sorts. The bombardment lasted half an hour. At it's conclusion our cruisers retired into the harbor. The enemy then bombarded one land battery for some minutes. Then the enemy also retreated, remain- ing out of the range of our guns.
 Tn the meanwhile four Japanese cruisers separated from the enemy's S main squadron and went into Colubins- ia bay, where they opened a heavy fire upon one of our torpedo boats stationed in the bay and also upon the coast bat teries. Consequently the commander of the fort sent troops to this point but no landing took place. The bombardment there lasted twenty-two minutes, at the expiration of which time the Japanese cruisers retreated. The loss on our side .his day was one man wounded in one of the land batteries.
 The officer commanding at vladivos- tok reports that on February 24 early in the morning, ten of the enemy's ships disappeared on the horizon in the even- ing"
 St. Petersburg, Feb. 26.--The follow illg telegram from Viceroy Alexieff to the czar is published here. It is dated February 26 and says:
 "On February "A seventeen of the en- emy's warships, with twelve torpedo boats and steamers, were cruising out side Port Arthur, but keeping out of range. The same day the Russian cruisers Bayan, Askold and Novik left the roadstead. Two Japanese cruisers advanced towards the Novik, which re- turned to Port Arthur, accompanied by our torpedo boats from Pigeon Bay. The enemys cruisers were left far be- hind. In the evening our cruisers re- turned to the roadstead.
 Ion the night of February 25 our tor pedo boats proceeded seawards. The same night the Japanese torpedo boats again appeared in the roads and the battleship Retvizan and the fort bat teries opened fire on them. Battery No. IS reported having sunk one of the ene- my's torpedo boats.
 ''At g o'clock in the morning a squad- ron of fourteen vessels was sighted in the distance.
 Maps of Port Arthur and Port Ad- ans and a shart of the Yellow Sea were discovered aboard the enemy's vessels which were sunk in the night attack of February A. Conducting wires and electric batteries were found on the ves- sel which caught fire. The wires were cut by port miners The fire has been extinguished.' ,