London vii Bombay, 30th July.
Tokio, 1st August.
While the mine-clearing flotilla under Commander Hirose was engaged in disposing of the enemy's mines off Lungwantung, Port Arthur, on the 26th inst., the clearing rope got foul of the screw of a gunboat, so that the gunboat was unable to move. She was fired at by the enemy's shore batteries and gunboats, and torpedoed by his destroyers, but she managed to retreat to Siaopingtao after an hour's exertions.
Commander Hirose and ten others were wounded.—QOur own. correspondent.
Reuter's correspondent at Weibaiwei wires that the British fleet is returning there, which is regarded as indicating that Port Arthur has fallen—Reuter.
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