Tokio, 3rd May.
All non-combatants have evacuate ed Dalny, and all official documents and articles of value have been sent away from that city,—Our own correspondent, heavy fire on them. The Japauese|and said fire ships sank before reaching the entrance which remains Two Japanese torpedoats also Were sunk by our fire, and the third was so disabled that she had to be towed away. Probably all the crews of the fire ships perished, as the sea casting up many dead bodies. A few officers and thirty men were taken prisoners, (Signed) Major-General Frouc,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.