Sefoo, 10th May.
During a battle off Port Arthur the ironclads Fuji and Shikishima and the armoured cruiser Asama have run upon Russian mines. The " Shikishima is sunk, the two other ships have been towed away in a considerably damaged condition.
Shanghai, 19th Maw.
Major-General Dessino, the Russian Military Agent in China, has kindly placed at our disposal the following telegram Monkilen, 18th May.
According to the latest information the advance of the Japanese Army has come to a standstill, and some of the advance detachments have even been withdrawn rearward. It seems that the main forces of the enemy have taken positions in echelow between Fénglmangehéng and the Yalu Everything is quiet in all other places. No nows from Port Art
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.