Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-04

tloNhia ailachtu me RUSSIAN SlipS OF
Port N,ltI, and damaged he Gsai.
evitch, Retyizan and Pallada.
Feb. Acknowledgement by the Jap
anese, during which the Poltava, Ask.
old. Dana and Novik were hit.
Feb. l2.-Russian mining ship Yen.
isei sunk by accident, ninety.six of.
ficers ad men lost.
Feb. 14,--Torpedo boats attacked
Port Arthur at 3 a m. in a snow storm
and succeeded in sinking the Boyarin.
Feb. 24.-Attempt to block harbor
entrance by sinking steamers, only
partially successful.
March Fourth bombardment.
Russian destroyer sunk.
March 22.-Fifth bombardment.
The destroyer SLIM engaged six Jap
anese boats.
March 26-27.-Another attempt to
block harbor entrance fails, the load.
ed merchantmen sinking, bur not in
the desired positions.
April 13.--Battle off Port Arthur.
Battleship Petropaviovsk sinks with
Admiral Makaroff, the artist Verest.
chagin, the chief OF staff and $50 Of
ficers and men. The Pobieda dis
abled and one Russian destroyer sunk.
May 5.-Japanese transports, con-
voyed by torpedo boat, disembark
troops at Pitzewo for siege of Port
Arthur.
May 7.-Another attempt to block
the harbor entrance, which it was
reported, was successful.
May 1~5.-Japanese bat,leship Hat
suse and cruser Yoshino of Admiral
Togo's fleet sunk, the Yoshino owing
to a collision with the Kasuga and the
Hatsuse through accidentally striking
a mine.
May 26-27.-Battle of Kinchow and
Nanshan hill. Gen. Stoessel returns
to the fortress, being forced back
from the neck of the Kwangtung pen.
insula.
May 30.-Japanese capture Port
q Dalny.
N June 14-16.-Gen. St~ackelberg, ad-
# vancing to the relief of Port Arthur,
81 driven back by Gen. Oku,. at the bat
q tie of Vafangkow aid Telissu.
IN June ~23-24.-Sortie of Russian
squadron fails.
IA July 10~.-Japanese torpedo boat at.
Vi tack repulsed, Japanese occupy Kin.
IL san heights.
M July 22.-Fourth Japanese army
landed at Port Dalny.
July 26-29.-Gen. Stoessel reports
repulse of all Japanese attacks.
July 3~0.-Japanese capture Wolf
hills. six miles north of Port Arthur.
M. Aug. 1.-Sortie of Russian torpedo
@ boats.
NJ Aug. 5.-Japanese capture defenses
@ of Wolf, Green and Christ hills, north
U and east of the city,
Aug. ~7.--Japanese land troops In
M Louisa bay. west of Port Arthur.
M Aug. 10.-Sortie and dispersal Of
~ Russian squadron by Japanese fleet
NJ under Gen. Togo.
# Aug. 14.--Defeat Of Vladivostol
M squadron. attempting to form a juno
# tura with vessels OF Port Arthur
squadron.
III Aug. 14.16.-Terrific bombardmen'
by the Japanese. Capture OF tn
Pigeon bay positions.
Aug. 16.-The Japanese emperor
offer for the removal Of the non-eom
I'd barants with the demand for surrend
er delivered to Gen. Stoessel.
Aug. 17.-Refusal by Gen. Stoesse
of the mikado's offer. Terrific figh'
ing resumed.
W Aug. 1s.-The Japanese captu'e'
several pigeon bay positions.
Aug. 19.-Russian %gunboat sun
off Port Arthur.
Aug. 26.-The japanese in uli COZ
troll of Pigeon bay positions. Captur
of one of the inner defenses.
~ Aug. 2s.-Japanese captured parao
grounds and Etbeshan, one OF the III
portant Notifications of Port A''hu'
Aug. s0.-Emperor issues an ukas
abont reducing terms of service Q
tho bravo defenders of Port Arthur.
Sept. 1 10 10, 81 and 22.-Contin'
Gus bombardment by the JapaheS
During the last three days Japanes
captured Fort Kuropatkin.
Sept. 27.-Russian water supply ct
off by the Japanese. Russians mau
a sortie, but were driven back VIII
M loss.
Sent. 29.-Russians partly assum
tho offensive and try to recaptufe ~
positions and the water supply u
successfully.
Oct. 3.-Gen. Stoessel issued a pro
lamation.
Oct. "a team with ammuni'ic