THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12934, 29 March 1904, Page 5

THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

ANOTHER ATTEMPT OS POIT ABTHUfi,

JAPANESE PLANS FBUSTIvAIEJ).

THE KUS.SIAN LOSSES.

THE KIVAL FORCES IS , . KOIIEA.

P.re»3 Ass.ociaiion.-Ey , Tel'grapH—Copyrifilit.

ATTEMPT TO ISLOCk POUT Al'.Tlll'H.

A BECOXN.WSANCE BY HUSSIANS

LttNfiOX, 3.l;ircii 2.7. !. (lleceitct! March 28, ni- 3.3:-! a.m.) The Japanese .'igaiii niteiiipiod lo block- tho enti-iirit'e to Pert Artiinr with four .r.icrcliauinioii. Tho.vp iv'oi'f, lio«'evei', sunk by iii'ij toni llic fi.n'l and tho channel rniiaiiis nnii'ldckod. .Admiral MaWolf' rnptivrs tlial. lji l . Jpft Port ArHair on tlic 2.6 th wit.li Ivk iwiMi , - sliifis, cruisers, ml tflvpoclocrs for A rticoiiiiaisi'aiico of tlm adjiippnt islands. FIGHTING OFF PORT ARTIIt'R, : A. RUSSIAN ACCOt'ST, M'STRATrNa JAPANESE PLANS, .L0X.1?04 .Mareli 28. : (Receiv.ed JTarfclj iB, at 10.IQ p.m.) _ liussian accounts .st.itc feii.nl? six Japanese torpedo destroyers, ncenmpiinied by 10 iviiisliips, ■.conveyed four 2()U0ton intefidocl to bf> i'.sed. as fii'cship's, to tto pntriince of Port • Arthur at 2 .o'clock in thp mnrning, Tlio Kitssinn gnprdsliips imdsJiorobattpiv ies opaiicd fire upon the t}wt.lipii!.barcl-iiig' ; the forts.. Lienfiniant Krinitzlvi, I'Omniiillding tho torpedper Sllyn., torpedoed tlio foremost lnerc.lwntniaii iit. Lite liow. Xlio mfircliantman turned ttt tlio I'ijiht, and; with. t\yo other steamwis, whicli ■liaci been struck from tlio torts, stranded besjdp t-iie fainvay. The fturtli sank lie.af the foriner wroc!;. Sevnn of ttic .'.Siiyn's scameii w.Wi Lillod in a iklti with. »■ destroyer'; Kriuitzlvi. and 12 seamen were winded. 'I'he i;ii('rciiar..tiiicii's crews oscriped in baah. A shell damped tiici Silj'n's ensiues. iiiid. '■lie •was sirantlecl.,; hul rcfldatcil- 'i'iio Jitp;mosp conypy retired .it i o'clock. 'J.'lifi JapaiiCso fleet reappeared at 5.30, and the ljussiahs advnnned to Hicct it, : bitt -fclie Japaiinse wiOidrpw. Adininil Jfekaroff found » lin Hafclikiss. .sruii aboard t!ie wlfieii was used ag.iiiiffc tlic Russinn torpedop.rs. Admind MakaroFf repoi-ts that Liei.iteiwnt' Kedroff aii.d ]fii.sign Pil!niid-,.ky i).on.rde.d one of tho stfnmgrs tho momentshe. siopiifid, cut the cl&otric w-irop, and esting;iis!]cd ; tlio fire jntevsde;] to illnrnin.TiP, the fintr"."o:ce to- tlio harbour. A ii.oatin;; mine was xtftcrwards found bearing an ijifornfli, niaeliine. TOE RUSSIANS QX THE YALU-. ; ;. THE ADVANCE. : iOXDON, Jlarch 27. (Ueceiwd March 28, jit 8.53 a.m.). : Gmiprnl. Iximrapatkin has intived at: H.ar.Jiin,.

A St. Petersburg telegram states that ill ■ronßC'f|(iCiice Pi: tljo ath'aiw* of 40,GG0 Japanese the JC-it.sHrtii-.-i retired, upon their cii.tueiiciijiio.nt.fi liiiynud the Yal.ii. Tiro Jfipjmese li.dvanuo ytai'ds Olid artillery are '10 nu!<:> auifli of the river. Tho let , is breakup oil tlio ¥;iln> mid t.lio .lap;.rny>e nre r-xyc-fted to attempt a- crosshii; vrii-li (lift assistance qf Ik' gunboats,' which haro already arrived ■ there. THE JAPAXUSH tfIMY IN KOREA, Et'SSIAS MIKE 3 ON THE LIA.O ju:viii?LOXDON, Mnreh 28. (Received March g<), at 0.2,1 :i..m.)_ The landing of .j;:p;'.!to>e troops Vi'ith 180 gnus at 'Cliinatiipo, ill Komi, lifis ben.n coiiipletal, iliMitcr's Agency that tlm-siaii mines are pl'.jn*iiil at the piitriinee Jo tho Liao River,, wh.kh is now iee-fiee and open for tT-afik , . A RUSSIAN TORPBHOEU IUMAGJiII). LOXDftt, March. 2S. (Recoivod March % at 10.12 p.m.) Tile ■RuKiii.n (oqiodo destroyer Uiiini struck a rock entering tlio liu-rhcur of Aigiorsj And \v;-.s (-xteuMvcly damaged. : VllsffS Of A I3UITIBM MEflCimT. J,EAXS TO Jtl'fSTA'S SIDE, I.ONDOW March. 27. (Received M.uveii L-8, ;it ii.&i JUlk) A ISritisli iiii'i'cltant vcho has been resilient in Port Arthur for tliiw yoars lias arrived in Simmihau lie ridicules •Iho i-eporls tiiof the deft-ndevs ore in an uutivou-ra!)l.t> posiUqn, and alleges that tlio. uoinbnrtUnc'.ite iiavo doiie littjc liarm. S.iipplics. are ositeri'iig freely., and tlio fleet is rapidly making ready to regaiil tomnvand of Hie SeaiiUgSlAtv LOANS NOT IN FAVOUR, LONDON, Mwcli 27. (Receiycd March 28, -,it B.SS! a.m.) The city cor-restjondeni cf tlii> JJiiily Chroiiielq l'onorh iluit li.u.s.sian ageiits vaiiily tried i , .! l''r;'nee, Germany, and Eiijihind to j-aisj «. loan.- Ho adds that ■ Jlnssjii hiis no altosnatjve but a forced paper eiu-rency. I ■PBOnt'CK FOR JAPAN. I SYDNEY, Man* 28.' (R?eeeHTcd ! Mflrulj 29, at l..'i it.m.) A company with its capital partly subscribed in. Singapore and partly in Aμ?tralia, has been {oi-lned to erect cold storage at Si.ng;vpin-e. Sewral steamers have been chartered to load breadstuff's, fodder, and other produce- for Ja-Mil.