The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17
TOGO LAID THE
DEADLY MINES
Details of the Blowing Up of
The Russian WarSbip.
ST. PETERSBURG DENIES IT
--S-
EXPLANATION OFFERED ARE
NOT SATISFACTORY.
ST. PETERSBURG DENIES 1T

TOKIO, April 16. $50 p. m.-The long
awaited report of Vice Admiral
Togo. describing the seventh
/ japanese attack OF Port Arthur.
reached the navy department tonight
| The report is as follows:
The attack opened April H. Two
/ destroyer divisions Of our torpedo
| tlOtilla and one ste;1ner reached the
mouth of the harbur at miduiShJ.
/ April y. Despite the enemy's search
/ lights, they succeeded in sinking mines
/ quickly in several places. Another
/ destroyer hotilla, with the special
/ mission OF drawing out the enemy.
| While accommodating April j.. south
/ east Of the Lao T.shan promontOVy
/ outside the harbOr encountered a
/ four-masted destroyer Of the enemy.
which they attacked and sunk in ten
! minutes. About the same time they
! observed another destroyer coming
J from the direction of Lao Tishan.
/ They attacked it. bat owing To the
/ long range did not succeed in sinking
[ IT, It He'd and took refuge i'm the
/ harbOr. Our casualties We're only two
| sailors slightly wounded. We had no
/ time 10 pick up the enemy'S drowning
! owing 10 the approach Of the enemy $
! cruiser Bayan-
Attacked By the Bayan.
The third squadron reaching out
/ side the harbor at 3 o'clock in the
/ morning. protected the second
/ destroyer hoUlIa and reconnOitered at
/ the same time. At 9 a. IN. the cruiser
! Bayan attacked us at long range, but
/ was soon Tepulsed. The enemy's
/ cruisers NOvik. Askold and Diana. TO-
! gether with the batueships Petro-
] pavlovsk. Pobieda. POltava and other
I vessels Joined the Bayan and at
} tackled us. The third squadron gave
( battle and gradually drew the enemy
10 the southeast for about fifteen
miles.
! Warship Blown Up.
AT this time the first squadron.
which was hidden IN a fog thirty
miles distant. received a wireless mos
sage, quickly advanced and attacked
the enemy. who reueated- We chased
( them TO the harbor entrance where q
| ship Of the PetropavIOvsk type was
seen blown up by d mine. sunk by Us
1 the night before al 1880.
Two other Of the enemy's ships
/ seeing this showed utter confusion
Another ship was seen also blown az
by mines, but she could not be ideni-
fed. owing 20 the confusion which
/ prevailed for about an hour.
The remaining Of the enemy's ships
shooting water from both sides
I gradually went into the harbOr and
4 by noon none OF the enemy = ships
Z was seen outside the harbOr.
/ There were no casualties in tht
third squadron Tho enemy's loss
likely was slight. Our first squadron
had not reached the gun range at
O'Clock in the afternoon Of the same
J 4 ,rrr- errrrIrDr7 left the U1D-Ir /
of the harbor for our temporary
rendezvous.
Laid the Trap.
Again after preparation at ( p m.
| April "a we went towards Port
I Arthur with the second, fourth and
fifth destroyer fotiIIa. The EintT
Z torpedo dotiIa reached the mouth OF
the harbor at 3 o'clock in the morning
} April j., and succeeded in JffecinS us
mission.
At a. m. the third squadron up.
peared before the harbor. but was
! not observed by the enemy. The
squadron found the inner harbor quiet
The first squadron reached Port
Arthur at O'Clock the same morn
ing. Observing three floating mines
laid by the enemy the squadron sno
and sank them.
AT 10 a. ~. the cruisers Niassnir
and kaSug3 were detached To -
,under the Lao THE shan prom'n
tory and open an indirect canuonad'
on the inner haTbor. which was KEEP
up for about two hours.
The cnemyS forts and ships i'm
side replied but without damage
These two ships iu their first tria
against the enemy must have had
Eood effect, as the new fortress YES
Of Lao Tishan was silenCcd by them
Had No Losses.
AT 1850 in tho afternoon the,
ceased firing and returned to ID
fleet.
The fact that not a single man wa
injured I'm these successive attack
must b. attributed To- his majesty
glorious virtue. The officers and mel
proved gallant and did their uimos
in the discharge Cf their duties
. despite many things that seemed Doe
yOud human control.
The ships freely moving over tn
/ rneuy's ground without suffering an
damage must Pc attributed (;
heavenly assistance.
DENIED BY THE RUSSIANS.