Two Japanese torpedo-boats are cruising at Chefoo harbour entrance and waiting for the Russian Reschitjelnij. Tt is said that the latter here will be disarmed.
12th Anqust.
The Russian torpedo-destroyer Reschitjelnij, which was at anchor at the lightship, was disarmed by the Chinese authorities yesterday evening and was sudderly attacked at night by the Japanese. Boatswith about 30 armed Japanese wont alongside her and asked the commander to surrender. He referred them to the Chinese authorities, because his ship had already been disarmed.
Then: the Japanese opened fire with rifles, when the commander ordered the vessel to be blown up. The'powder maga-xina exploded, but the vessel did not sink and was then towed by two Japanese torpedo-boats. The Japanese shot at the swimming Russians, the commander was wounded and nearly all the crew have been saved.
Port Arthur report states The positions on the Wolf mountains were given up, because they were too far away from the fortifications, on advice of the Council of War.
These positions were only entrenchments without heavy guns and were vacated so as to save lives.
The Russian total losses from the 26th of July up till now are estimated at about 3,000, the Japanese about 27,000.
Tu the night from the 8th to the 9th August the Russian fleet expelled Japanese land troops east of Takushan.
Tsingtao, 13th August.
When the Russian torpedo-boats after 24 hours had not loft Tsingtao, the Gor-man mon-of-war i hiv het on She fee cleared for act' if necessary made no attempt to revitch is totally un-nas a big hole below the Lhe German authorities have some portions of the guns to make them useless for action.
The deci-as to whether the repairs to the Czarevitch are to be allowed, will be decided in Berlin, but no answer has arrived up till now. Governor Triippol, who was on leave as a convalescent, at the Laoshan Mountains, arrived hero this morni Admiral von Prittwitz in. H. M. &, First Bismarck also arrived to-day.
14th August.
The Czarevitch now lies at the pier in the larger harbour near to the German cruiser Hertha, and the three torpedo-Doat-destroyers Beschumni, _Bespotchadni and Bestraschni are in the inner harbour together near the German torpedo boat $ 90. The Beschumni has damage to her engines which will take two days to repair, but the other two have sustained no serious injury. Their guns are intact but they have only a small supply of ammunition. The Bespotchadni and Bestraschri attempted to get through to Vladivostock but were pursued by Japanese cruisers into shallow water on the Corean coast where they made good their escape in the fog that prevailed. They steamed straight to Tsingtao- where they arrived on the morning of the thirteenth. They only passed one Japanese torpedo boat on the way which which was travelling at high speed.
Orders have not yet been received from Berlin with regard to the treatment of the Russian warships in harbour.
The torpedo-boat-destroyers report that there are no men-of-war to be seen in Chemulpo harbour, that the Sungari has been beached, but. that the Varyag and Koreetz have not so far been raised.
Later.
Gur editor has obtained the further following particulars of the naval battle in the Gulf of Pechili on the 10th of August. Before the Russian vessels emerged from Port Arthur, several ships were sent out chained together to sweep for mines to prepare the way and the Russian squadron then—_followed in single line. The flagship Gearovitch led with the Retvisan, Peresviet, Poltava, Pobieda, and Novik, and these at some distance were followed by the Sevastopol, Diana, Pallada, and Askold There was a line of torpedo destroyers on both side of the
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