THE INVESTMENT OF PORT ARTHUR.
UNEXPLAINED EXPLOSIONS. A NAVAL BRUSH. THE EVACUATION OF KAIPIN& ( (Received July 13, 9.16 a.m.) . ' . " LONDON, July 12. A junk fciiafc lias jusfc arrived at Oheioo imports tliat there were two terrific explosions at Port Arthur yesterday. Chines^ arriTing afe. Niuchwaiig report that the Russians are everywhere retiring. Admiral Togo- reports tliat at midnight on Monday his torpedo-lx>aits approached the iboom at the entrance to Port Arthur and attacked a guard-ship of the Diana type, but tie result was* not ascertained. The torjJedo-boats returned undamaged. A Russian correspondent says that on Friday night the Russians evacuated) Kaiping,, considering that they had held it as long ,as was advisable in tlte fa<2e of the growing numbers of the enemy.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8061, 13 July 1904, Page 3
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