Around Port Arthur.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 161, 12 July 1904, Page 2

Around Port Arthur.

TORPEDO BOAT ATTAOKS. REPORTED SINKING OF TWO BOATS. A JAPANESE ADVANTAGE. (Received July 11, 11.9 p.m.) LONDON. July XI. • During a storm on Friday night torpedo boats approached Port Arthur and discovered and attacked the cruiser Askold. The result la unknown. Admiral Zollnsky states that low torpedo boats tried to force an en- ' trance, and two were sunk, and «*■ third injured. Tho fourth escaped. . Tho Daily Mail's Toklo corregpond■llt states that the Japanese on the 4th captured Lung-walngHung, tiia first port between D a lny and Port Arthur. Tho Standard states that, it Is an- • nounced «t St. Petersburg Uwt'atet, „ 000 Japanese have occupied taP*** heights ovcrloiblring Port Arthur, eJT abling them to seriously damjsgt the - fortifications unless they are dialodg* ed. The Russians intend making »' sally, RUSSIA'S TERRIBLE DEATH ROLL. (Received July 11, 11.18 p.m.) LONDON, July lb Chinese Junkmen report that go. tie sth over 800 Russian dead, incluoV " ing two officers of high rank, were brought into Port Arthur by Chinese coolies. They assert thai the • Japanese are within six mllea of tha town, and have captured another. • eastern fort. MENACING THE NAVAL I?ARD. REPORTED CAPTURE OF A JAPANESE BATTERY. LONDON, July H. European and Chinese refuge** agree that the Japanese division, aided by the fleet, is making strenuous efforts to secure a position east ■ of Port Arthur commanding 'iha town and the naval basin, A Russian refugee asserts that the Russians on tho Tth surrounded and captured a Japanese battery at Takw shan Mountain. Private houses In Port Arthur are being turned into hospitals, and' wounded soldiers are arriving aU day. ,