Our main fleet left for Port Arthur on the printed in another column, contains a One is that her guns are to be landed and morning of the 25th inst., and bombarded Imuch more probable story than any} loposited with the Customs authorities 5 the Russian squadron and the forts from {involving a general fleet action with the Qnother that she will not dismantle but Hess of important warships by the Japan-ive her parole to take no part in any distant point. A little after noon we es", It is confirmed by the detailed; Eghting; the third that the arrival of the saw the Novik, Askold, and Bayan Inter telegram sent by Reuter. Accord-/ three Japanese cruisers at Woosung has escaping to the inside of the harbour and it seemed that the blocking of the ing to these telegrams the attack! some connection with the Mandjour's was again made by torpedo boats.
Stay here. Against the last thing is the harbour was little successful. On this, our fleet bombarded the inner side of the supporting several fire ships, though they announcement that the Idzumo and harbour and saw the smoke and fires are said to have been really loaded were expected to leave during last with stone and cement, with which it night or early this morning. furiously jetting from the harbour.
Inter a bombardment of fifteen minutes was hoped to block the entrance to Port letter received by an important local Arthur. The attempt appears to have frm from an agent at Port Arthur states wwe have withdrawn. In the meanwhile Deen foiled and the fire ships at any rate our feet of cruisers destroyed one des-positively that at the time the letter left, were left behind, as they would have been Bioven Russian men-of-war had been put troger of the enemy near Liaotishan point. in any case. Whether they succeeded in out of action.
Our squadron was entirely safe from any doing any damage among the oppo: ug injury and there were neither wounded 27th February. fleet has not yet appeared but the Russian hor Killed, Admiral Togo is still at the account is that the harbour entrance is The several accounts which reached us front andiparticulars will be reported by still free though two at least of the so-ast night from our own correspondents him later on. at Tokio and Kobe, and through the Ths following additional official report called fire ships got close up.
News from Port Arthur to the 21st Japanese Consulate-General at Shanghai, was communicated later {instant is that the battleship Retvizan, of the renewed attack on Port Arthur on The five steamers sent for blocking stranded at the mouth of the harbour, is the night of the 24th, tell in their, simple Port Arthur proceeded to their destination from the south of Liaotishan point. doing dismantled as rapidly as possible, sentences a story of almost incredible the Russians working night and day daring, which seems to have been nearly The steamer "Tenshin Mara" which was
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