Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-14
KURoPATKIN.


taken of our approach, we proceeded
to q place between the first two forts
In line with the sunken Japanese trans
port.
"The second, or thanksgiving, fort; the
Bread hill fort, on the summit of the
mountain IN the western side, about
three-quarters Of a mile distant from
the entrance to Port Arthur, looked to
have suffered from a terrific fire.
"The defenses in parts appeared to
be shattered. The earthworks were
torn up, and no guns were visible.
MANY shells evidently had fallen all
along the line Of the forts on Tigers
Tail peninsula, which protects the
west port from the sea. Little could
be seen of the Notifications on Huang-
| chinshen or Golden mountain owing to
| the drifting smoke.
ION the east Of the harbor entrance
the masts of another foundered ship
were visible behind the R%etvizan. A
number of destroyers lay a few yards
inside, but they did not appear to have
steam up.
""The houses in old Port Arthur, as
far as they could be seen through the
smoke, appeared to be uninjured, yet
nowhere was there a sign of life or
even the fiutter OF a flag in the desert
ed roadstead and the smoke hidden
forts. From the fires and ghost-like
quiet it might have been u city Of
death.
$40 the east of the city lie barracks
Of recent construction, but l was "a
BILE to perceive a single soldier"
Tokyo advices say official and pri-
vate reports both indicate that Admi-
raj Togo's last attack on Port Arthur
vas the most effective since the first
assault of a month ago. One Russian
torpedo boat destroyer was sunk and
several Russian torpedo boat destroy
ers seriously damaged. The fortlica-
tons and city We're subjected to a
heavy bombardment lasting nearly four
| hours.
| The naval bombardments of the land
works have generally been ineffective,
yet the peculiar typographical condi-
tons of Port Arthur make immunity
from serious loss from bombardment
almost impossible. Admiral Togo's
torpedo flotilla opened the action by
boldly steaming in under the batteries
and successfully placing a number of
mechanical mines at the mouth of the
harbor.
Following that there was a desperate
bow to bow encounter between the tor
pedo boat ~destroyers, in which the Jap
ancse appear to have scored a clear
victory. Then followed q long range
duel between the cruisers, ending in
the retirement of the Novik and Bayani
the only Russians engaged.
The closing action was the bombard'
ment of the inner harbor, in which the
| Russians suffered the loss of twenty
| soldiers and two civilians killed and
| three civilians injured. Colonel Yer
| shinin, governor of Port Arthur, was
| slightly wounded. The Japanese used
] three or four hundred Russian shells
which they found on the captured
transport Manchuria.
Only four Japanese cruisers were &C
lively engaged. The forts replied Will
several shots whenever the japanese
left cover of Laothieshan %promontory
Besides the Retvigan the battlesllil
Petropavlovsk received slight damage
from a shot.
The action of Vice Admiral Makarof
of the armored cruiser Novik in tax
ing a portion of the fleet out of the
harbor on Friday morning appealed t.
the patriotism and excited the admi
ration of the garrison.
1t is reported that a Japanese caval
ry patrol engaged a part of the Rus
sian scouts real Kasan, west Of ANU
The Russians numbered thirty.
Marquis Ito, accompanied by a nu
merous suit, has arrived at Chemulpo
Korea. by special steamer, the Hong
kong Maru. Marquis Ito had al audi
J ence with the mikado before leaving