The Archive · 1904

The End of the Port Arthur Squadron

Tokio, 11th May.

Admiral Togo reports that explosions are being continually heard from Port Arthur, apropos of which may be mentioned that it is private ly understood that the Russians are destroying the remnants of their men-of-war.—Our own correspondent.

The Port Arthur squadron under Adminal Stark when the war broke out, com-Brised seven battleships, the Peresviet, Petropavlovsk, Pobieda, Pol-tea, Retvizan, and Sevastopol; two fintclass cruisers, the Askold and Bayan; four second-class cruisers, the Boyarin, Diana, Novik, and Pallada; and a large number of maller vessels; and all these, including the first-dosa cruiser Varyag and the gunboat

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