Tokio, 11th July.
The ironclad Poltava, and the cruisers Bayan, Diana, Novik, and Pallada, with two gunboats and seven destroyers, led by a number of clearing ships, emerged from Port Arthur on the morning of the 9th as far as Lungwangtang.
The Japanese destroyers exchanged fire with them for the purpose of obstructing the clearing operations.
A portion of the third fighting division engaged the enemy off Siao-Pingtao.
four p.m. the Russians retired into the harbour.—own cor-mi fe have to thank the Consul-General for Japan for the following telegram Tokio, 11th July.
Admiral Togo reports: On the Oth inst, from 7 am., the Bayan, "Diana, Pallada, Poltava, Novik, two gunboats, and seven destroyers, emerged one after another from the harbour, led by many steamers for clearing purposes, and in the afternoon they came out near to Swain-son Promontory and Lungwangtang. A portion of our destroyer flotillas attacked them repeatedly to impede their clearing operations, while a portion of our Third Fleet, which was engaging the enemy near Siao-ingtao, exchanged fire with the yan at about 2 p.m, but at 4 p.m. the enemy re-entered the harbour.
Our casualties were the cabin-boy of the destroyer Asashio slightly wounded, Tokio, 11th July.
The sortie of the Russian squadron from Port Arthur as far as Lung-wan; was not without a purpose, but it did nob interfere with the Japanese operations on land.—Our own correspondent.
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