The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-03
CHRONOL TRAIN
OF EVENTS LEADING UP
TOFALL OF PORT ARTHUR

III HE following are in brief the ar
ticles of the siege Of Port Arthur
up to the beginning of the new
year:
February s-Admiral Togos torpedo 40
tilla attacked the Russian ships east OF
Port Arthur and damaged the czarevitch.
Retvizan and Pallada.
February 9-Bombardmnet by the Japa-
nese during which the Poletava, Askold,
Diana and Novik were hit
February 12-Russian mining ship Yeni-
sci sunk by accident, ninety-six officers
and men lost
February 1-Torpedo boats attacked
Port Arthur at a. m. in snow storm
and succeeded in sinking the Boyarin.
entrance by sinking steamers, only par
TALLY successful.
March Fort bombarded. Russian
destroyed sunk.
March 22-Fifth Commandment The de-
stroyer SLIM engaged Port Arthur Japa-
nese boat.
March 26-27-Another attempt to block
harbor entrance fails. the loaded mer-
chantmen sinking. but not in the desired
positions.
April 13-Battle off Port Arthur. Bat
rleship Petropsvlovsk sinks with Admiral
Makaroff, the artist Verestchagin, the
chief of taft and 50 officers and men.
The Pobieda was disabled and one Rus
sian destroyer sunk.
May 5-Jauanese transports, conveyed
h.r -. nd
Pitsewo for siege of Port Arthur.
May 7-Another attempt to block the
harbor entrance, which was without sue
cess.
May 15-Japanese battleship Hatsuse
and cruiser Yoshino of Admiral Togo S
fleet sunk, the Yoshino, owing to a col
lision with the Katsuga and the Hatsuse
through accidentally striking a min.
May 26-27-Battle of Kinchau and Nan
shan Hill. General Stoessel returns tc
the fortress, being forced back from the
neck of the Kwangtung peninsula.
May 30-Jepanese capture Port Dalny.
June 14-16-General Stackelberg. advanc-
ing to the relief of Port -lrthur, driven
back by General Oku at the battles OF
Wafangkau and Telissu.
June 23-24-Sortie of Russian squadron
fails.
July 10-Japanese torpedo boat attack
repulsed. Japanese occupy Kinsan height
July 26-2e-General Stoessel reports re-
pulse of all Japanese.
July 30.-Japanese capture Wolf hill
six miles north of Port Arthur
August 1-Sortie of Russian torpedo
boats.
August 5-Japanese capture defenses OF
Wolf. Green and Christ hills, north an6
east of the city.
August 7-Japanese land troops in Lou
lisa bay, west of Port Arthur.
August 10.-Sortie and dispersal of Rus
sian squadron by Japanese fleet under
Admiral Togo.
August 14-Defeat of Vladvostock squad
ron attempting to form a juncture with
vessels of Port Arthur squadron.
August 14-16-Terriffc bombardment by
the japanese. Capture of Pigeon bay
positions.
August 16-The japanese Emperor's Of
fer for the removal of the non-combat-
ants with the demand for surrender de-
livered to General Stoessel.
August 17-Refusal of General Stoessel
to the Mikados offer. Terrific fighting
resumed.
August 1S-The Japanese captured sew
eral Pigeon bay positions.
August 19-Russian gunboat sunk of
Port Arthur.
August N-The Japanese IN full control
of Pigeon Bay positions Capture of one
Of the inner defences.
August 2S-Japanese captured Parade
grounds and Etshan one of the important
Notifications of Port Arthur.
August 30-Emperor issues an ukase
about reducing terms OF service of the
brave defenders of Port Arthur.
September ! to 10, 20 and 21-Continuous
hombardment by the Japanese. During
the last three days Japanese captured
Fort Kuropatkin
September 27-Russian water supply
cut off by the Japanese. Russians made
sortie but were driven back with loss