The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-03-04
JAPANESE WIN
A Bic VICTORY
Fifteen Warships Again Attach
Port Arthur lnflicting
Much Damage.
RUSSIAN BOATS INJURED
RUSSIAN BOATS INJURED
a Cruiser, the Novik, Is Badly
Crippled and a Torpedo
Boat Sunk.
JAPS LEST IN GOOD ORDER
Did Not Remain Long Enough Off the
Harbor to Enable the Gunners
at the Shore Batteries to
Get Range.

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Daily Telegraph from Yin kow, dated
February 20, says:
Fifteen Japanese warships furiously
bombarded Port Arthur from 10 o'clock
until IL o'clock this morning. The RUS
sian cruisers Novik, Askold and Bayan,
accompanied by four t~orpedoboats,,
steamed out to meet the attack. They
We're, however, forced to retire. The
Askold was in a sinking condition. The
Novik was badly damaged and a tor
pedoboat was nj The Russian bat
tleship Retvizan was again ~damaged.l
The japanese withdrew in good order"
The pause in the war operations I'M
the far east has been broken by an
other Japanese attack On Port Arthur,
after which only the foregoing brief ac1
count Is yet to hand. This report, how1
ever, shows a repetition Of the now
familiar tactics Of Japan, and 1t Is pre-
sumed that this attack was made I'M
bad weather, previous Geographic ad,
vices having reported a severe gale rag
ing at Port Arthur. AS usual, the
Japanese did not remain long enough in
the harbor to enable the gunners at the
forts to get their range. Again, also,i
the same three cruisers. the Bayan, the,
Askold and the Novlk, came out to-
meet the attack, and this suggests that
either they were the only effective
ships there, or that the larger battle.
ships were unable to get out.
No news is published here today ot
operations or movements other than
at Port Arthur.
The Shanghai correspondent of the,
Daily Express says it has been off,.
cially announced that the japanese
mail boat service between Shanghai
and Japan will be resumed Saturday
under naval escort.
Many alleged dispositions Of the OPP
n0Slnp ~ forces q Ca n1ShliChn1
this morning, but they differ too much
in detail to be Of any great value.
A dispatch from Shanghai to the
Daily Chronicle says the Russians are
transferring the gun from the dis
abled ships at Port Arthur to the forts
there.
A dispatch from Chefoo to the
Standard, dated, February 20, says a
Japanese cruiser and torpedo boat en-
tered that harbor without lights at 1
o'clock on the morning of the 29th, and
1t is believed they embarked the Japa-
nese who took refuge there after the
attempt to bottle up Port Arthur.
A correspondent Of the Times at
Wei-Hai-NNei, cabling under date of
February 20, says:
"a Japanese fleet was seen off the
Shan Tung coast his morning."
A Toxic correspondent Of the Times
cables that the steamers SUM by the
Japanese on either side Of the Russian
battleship Retvizan at Port Arthur
partially obstruct the entrance to the
harbor.
Port Arthur, Feb. 29.-General Stoes.
sci, commander of the garrison here,
has issued a general order directing the
attention of the troops and Inhabitants
to the fact that the Japanese intend
to land and seize the fortress. The
general declares the japanese consider
the seizure of Port Arthur to be a
question of national honor, and from
their obstinate attacks and lombard
ments he can only conclude that the
enemy will make every effort to cap,
ture the fortress, failing in which the
japanese will destroy the railroad and
withdraw. The general calls upon ALI
to fight to the death, and says there,
is no other means Of escape.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 29.-The Novoe.
Vremya today publishes a remarkable,
editorial on the parallel between Port
Arthur and SehastoDol, pointing out
that the ports are ldenticallly situated
The paper, however, warns Russians
to abjure fatalistic beliefs.
Although written without knowledge
Of General Stoessels' remarkable gem
eral order issued at Port Arthur yes
terday, the Ncvoe Vremya's editorial
comes as a strong r~einformecent Of its
purport that Port Arthur must In no
case be surrendered. Both seem to-
foreshadow the siege Of Port Arthur
n It's bombardment, which a dispatch
from Iaio Yang say it is rumored at
New Chwang will occur Tomorrow. !!