Sea. Eights.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7881, 5 July 1904, Page 5

Sea. Eights.

•■ ■ LONDON, July 4. Iho commander of the Yamadas reports /that- the l_2tk torpedo flotilla delivered an attack on ■ tho _/th.

Searchlights . revealing their presence the forts opened a heavy hre. . ■ •

A .two-masted tHree-funnelled guardship, believed to be the Diana (cruiser of 6731 tons) was surrounded and torpedoed. An explosion followed, raising .volumes of water.

The guardship was subsequently seen to founder at the. foot o. Golden iiui. ....."

The Russian torpedoers and the flotilla exchanged fire. One Russian boat which was blown up, rose and fell sideways and sank. > Fourteen, Japanese were killed and three wounded. The Russian casualties are unknown. .

A junk encountered a mine at the mouth of the Laio on Friday and was blown up. Twenty of. the Chinese crew were killed and twelve wounded.

Prior to meeting Admiral Kamimura off Ikishima, Admiral Bezabrazoff sent his torpedo flotilla tc) "Vladivostock. Kamimura, whose force was superior, opened fire, and; the Russians replied and then rc-J tired, pursued to the north-east, when, extinguishing their lights, they disappeared.

Junkmen report that part of the Japanese blockao'ing squadron is midway between Port Arthur and Chifu.

The other part has appeared outside Port Arthur, waiting to intercept .the Russian squadron if it tries to re-enter.

Admiral Bezabrazoff, ■in attacking Gensan, vainly toped that Admiral Kamimura would' quit the vicinity of the Straits of Korea.