PORT ARTHUR.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8144, 16 December 1904, Page 2

PORT ARTHUR.

OFFICIAL JAPANESE REPORT.

FDSRCE ATTACKS CONTINUE.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received December 15, 8.60 p.m.) SYDNEY. December 15. The Japanese Consul has received a cable stating that the bombardment on the 13th was principally aimed at the arsenal and torpedo depot on the Tiger's Tail, as well as ships and boats in the vicinity. The torpedo was ablaze in an hoar. Three ships were destroyed, another sunk, and buildings were greatly damaged. The indirect bombardment of the battleship Sevastopol, which was staying outside the harbor, was suspended owing to bad weather, which prevented the taking of observations. Admiral Togo reports that torpedo boat flotillas attacked the Sevastopol twice on the 12th, and taree times on the next night, but the result of the attacks was uncertain. Each time the attack was met by a fierce fire, and one torpedo boat was disabled and towed back, while throe others received one shot each. The Japanese casualties were only three men wounded.