THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR
THE RECENT SORTIE. RUSSIAN GARRISON REDUCED TO ' HORSE-FLESH RATIONS. (Reoeived August 18, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. ;. rYesfcerday's sortie by the Retvizan, Pobieda, Perseviefc, Poltava and Diana waa y due to the Japanese occupying an important position on. the land side bf Port Arthur. It was intended to seek refuge in ■ a neutral port, bufc /the commanders shrnnit . -, from facing the large Japanese fleet. Apparently trustworthy reports deolawr that the Russians at Port Arthur are eating horses. . .-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8092, 18 August 1904, Page 2
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