The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-10
JAPAH IHFLGTs
 CRUSHING BLOW Descends Suddenly on the Russian Naval Forces at Port Arthur and at
 ChemuIpo.
VICTORIOUS IN BOTH FIGHTS
FIVE OF CHAIRS WARSHIPS PUT
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FIVE OF CZAR'S WARSHIPS PUT
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 Russia in nn Official Statement Ace kaow:edges Her Losses at Port Arthur Men Killed, Forty-pne Wounded and TWO ships Dlsabied-In the chemuipo Ensagcment One Russian ship Is Re- ported sunk and Ono Hopelessiy Dis abEed.
 St. Petersburg, Feb. 10.-1 a. m.-The following official bulletin has just been issued in the form of telegram from vicerov Alexieff's chief of staff, dated February g:
 By order of the viceroy beg to re port that this day at about il o'clock in the morning, Japanese squadron con- sisting of about fifteen battleships and cruisers approached Port Arthur and opened fire. The enemy was received with a cannonade from the shore bat teries and the guns of our squadron, which also participated in the engage ment.
 At about midday the Japanese squadron ceased it's firing and left, pro- ceeding south.
 Our losses in the fleet were two off, cers wounded, nine men killed and for ty-one men wounded. On the shore bat teries one man was killed and three were wounded. The battleship Poltava and the cruiser Novik each had hole knocked in her side below the water line. The forts were slightly damaged. Signed: Major General Flug" St. Petersburg, Feb 10--6.S0 a. m.-A second telegram has been received from Viceroy Alexieff. It is dated February g, and says:
 A Japanese squadron of fifteen bat tleships and cruisers to-day began to lombard Port Arthur. She fortress re- piled and the squadron weighed anchor < in order to participate in the battle
 A third telegram from the viceroy says that after a bombardment lasting one hour the Japanese equadron ceased its firing and steamed southward. Our losses,'' the viceroy continues, fare two naval officers and f1fty-one men wound ed and nine men killed, and on the coast batteries one man killed and three wounded.
 During the engagement the battle- ship Poltava and the cruisers Diana, Askold and Novik were each damaged on the waterline. The damage to the fortress was not important
 St. Petersburg, Feb. 10-Admiral Alexieff, simplifying his first telegram to the czar on the torpedo boat action, now telegraDhs as follows:
 T most humbly report to your inn perial majesty that the three injured vessels were not sunk. nor were the boilers or engines damaged. The Car evitch received a hole in her steering department and her rudder was dam- aged; the Retvizan was damaged in her pumping apparatus under the waterline and the Pallada was injured amidships not far from her engines.
 After the explosions the cruisers hastened immediately to their assist ance and in spite of the dark night measures were taken to bring the dam- aged vessels to the harbor. We had no loss in officers Two marines were killed, five were drowned and eight were wounded. The enemy's torpedo boats received a heavy fire. Two unex- ploded torpedoes were found after the attack"
 TolSio, Feb. 9.-It is reported here that the Japanese fleet engaged and defeated two Russia warships. whose names have not yet been learned, at Chemulpc to-day. It is said the engagement be. gan at il a. m. and continued until p. m. The smaller Russian vessel is re. aorted to have been sunk, and the larger one fired and hopelessly disabled A part of the crew is reported to have escaped to the shore and to have beer captured The Japanese ships are re. ported to be slightly damaged. Officia confirmation of the report is unobtain. able. It was reported yesterday tha- the Russian cruisers Korietz and vari age were lying at Chemulpo yesterday and it is possible that they were tn, vessels reported to have been engaged London, Feb. 10.-In a dispatch iron Tien Tsin, dated February g. core spondent of the Daily Mail says that i Is reported there that the Russian cruisers Variag and Korietz hauled down their flags without firing a shot and that 5000 Japanese immediatel, landed at Chemulpo and the march t Seoul commenced.
 It appears the correspondent contin ues, that the Russian warships at Via divostok are ice-bound
 Another correspondent of the Dali. Mail telegraphs from Port Arthur, un der date of February g, that the Rus sian advance has commenced. Genera Krastalinsky will leave Liao Yang to morrow for the Yalu river at the heat of the Third Brigade of Artillery, con sisting of twenty-four guns and thre regiments of infantry. The Third Fourth and Fifth infantry brigade ar entrenched along the railroad at a dis