The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-06-30
Russian Battleships and Cruisers
Attempted to Emerge From
HarbOrat Port Arthur.
ATTACKED BY JAPANESE VESSELS,
One Russian Man.Of-War Was Sunk
and a Battleship and o Cruis-
er Was Disabled.
,t is Thought Great Events Are I'm.
pending and the Next Few Days
viii Have Great Bearing
on the War.

London, June 27.-The Central
News has received the following dis.
patch from its Toxic correspondent,
dated June 26:
"A detailed account of the naval bat
tie at Port Arthur has just been pub.
lished here.
"The Russian battleships Peresviet,
Poltava and Sevastopol and the cruis.
ers Bayan, Askold and Novik attempt
ed to emerge from the harbor at dawn
on June %. led by steamers used for
clearing the mines. At II a. m. the
battleships Czarevitch. Revizan ami
Pobieda Joined the others. All the
ships then advanced endeavoring to
dispose of the mines laid by the Jap
anese but they were hindered by two
Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
which had been guarding the mouth OF
the harbor.
AT 3 p. m. the Japanese torpedo
boats exchanged shots with seven Rus
sian destroyers which were covering
the clearing operations. One of the
Russian destroyers was set on fire and
retired inside the harbor. Subsequent.
ly the Japanese decoyed the Russians
out to sea and awaited an opportunity
to begin general action, but between
s and D. m the Russian ships made
for the harbor. The Japanese torpedo
boat destroyers and torpedo boats
chased the Russians and at 8: 80 deliv.
cred the first attack in consequence Of
which the enemy was thrown into dis.
order. During the night eight sepa-
rate attacks were delivered, lasting
until dawn of Friday
In one of these assaults the Chira-
TAXA twice torpedoed a battleship OF
the Peresviet type and sank her. A
battleship of the Sevastopol type and
cruiser OF the Diana type were dis.
abled and towed away. The Russian
vessels re.entered- the harbor during
Friday"
While the special dispatches to the
morning newspapers add nothing to
the details contained in the press in.
formation concerning the Port Arthur
engagement and the situation on the
Lao Tung peninsula the editorials by
war experts devote much space to the
situation.
The general view is that the Rus.
slams at Port Arthur lost their oppor.
tunity through their timidity and that
Togo has again asserted his rights to
be considered one Of the worlds great
admirals
II is concedad IN ovorv hand that
while the details are not yet fully
known. when both sides tell the whole
story, the calamity to Russia will only
be increased. 1t Is pointed out, how.
ever, that Port Arthur is open and
that the vladivostok feet may make
another diversion. In which case the
remnants Of the Port Arthur squadron
may at any time make forlorn hope
dash for q 'tuncture. The editorials.
special dispatches and articles by war
experts join In expressing the belief
that great events are impending and
that the next few days may have great
bearing on the final result of the war
IAao Yang. June 27.-Reports Of
fighting between the advance guard
regiments are continually coming in.
The battles are indecisive, but they
show that the Japanese are moving
forward regularly on each front. This
Is corroborated by official dispatches.
Members of the Red Cross. together
with non.combatants who are desirous
OF witnessing the fighting, are leaving
daily.