DIARY OF THE WAR
April 14.-Japanese fleet appears again off Port Arthur, but Russians remain silent.
Imperial Palace at Seoul destroyed by fire.
Russian Government threatens cor- respondents using wireless tele- graphy.
April 15-Kasuga and Nisshin bombard port Arthur by high-angle fire from Pi- geon Bay.
April 23.-Japanese advanced guard crosses
the Ya-lu.
April 25.-Vladivostock squadron appears suddenly off Gensan and sinks Japanese merchant steamer Goyo Maru
April -Japanese transport Kinshiu Maru sunk by two Russian torpedo-boats. April 27.--Japanese attempt to block the channel at Port Arthur. Fighting on the Ya-lu begins.
April 29-30 and May 1.-BATTLE OF THE YA- LU.-The First Japanese army, under Kuroki, forces the crossing of the Ya-lu near Wi-ju, defeats Russians under Sassulitch with great slaughter, and captures 28 guns. Kiu-lien-cheng captured by the Japanese. May 1-Japanese renew their attempts to block Port Arthur by means of fire- ships.
May 1-PORT Arthur Blocked for battle-
ships and cruisers.
May 4 (morning).-Second Japanese army
sails from Chinampo. (Evening).- Admiral Hosoya with first fleet of transports appears off Pi-tsze-wo. May 5-Admiral Hosoya lands naval brig-
ade and a division at Pi-tsze-wo. May 6-Japanese occupy Feng-hwang-chewn. May &-General Oku cuts the railway at
Pu-lan-tien
May 10.-Cossacks unsuccessfully attack
An-ju.
May 12-Japanese fleet, under Admiral Kataoka, bombards Ta-lien-wan. Japanese torpedo bost sunk by a mine in Kerr Bay.
May 14-Japanese despatch boat sunk by a mine in Kerr Bay. Japanese occupy Pu-lan-tien.
May 15.--Japanese cruiser Yoshino sunk in collision with cruiser Kasuga. Japan- ese battleship Hatsuse sunk by a mine near Port Arthur.
May 16--Japanese Second Army moves on
Kin-chau.
May 17.-General Count Keller appointed to succeed General Sassulitch in the command of the 2nd Siberian army division.
May 19.-Japanese Third Army land at
Takushan.
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May 20. ussian cruiser Bogatyr runs on the rocks near Vladivostock. May 24.-Japanese bombard Port Arthur. May 27.—Admiral Togo establishes blockade of south end of Liau-tung Peninsula. BATTLE of KINCHAU¦ Japanese STORM NANSHAN AND CAPTURE 78
GUNS.
May 30.--Japanese occupy Dalny.-Stackel- berg's corps, despatched to relieve Port Arthur, in touch with Japanese at Wa-fang-kau.
June
June
4.--Russian gunboat sunk by a mine
near Port Arthur.
7-Port Arthur daily bombarded by the Japanese. Kuroki begins his advance.
June 8.-Japanese occupy Siu-yen and Sai-
matse.
June 11.-Japanese blockade Newchwang. June 14.-The Rus ian destroyer flotilla makes a sortie from Port Arthur, but is driven back by Togo. June 14-15.-BATTLE of TELISSU.
Japanese
storin Russian position at Wa-fang- kau. Russians retire on Kai-ping with a loss of 7,000 men and 16 guns June 15.-Vladivostock squadron, at sea; sinks Japanese transport, Hitachi Maru and badly injures the Sado Maru. June 16.-Vladivostock squadron, under Ad- miral Skrydloff, captures the Allanton bound from Muroran to Singapore. June 20.-General Kuropatkin arrives at Kai-ping and inspects Gen. Stackel- berg's troops.
June 21.-Oku's army occupies Hsiung-yao- cheng, 30 miles N. of Telissu. June 23.-THE RUSSIAN FLEET MAKES A SOB-
TIE from Port Arthur, but is driven back again with loss by Togo. Kuropatkin takes command of the Russian army in person.
June 20.-The two armies face to face, Russians holding the line Kai-ping Ta-shih-chiao, Liao-yang. Japanese -S. of Kai-ping, Lien-shan-kuan, Saimatse. Japanese attack Port Arthur from the land side, and cap- ture some of the eastern defences. June 27.-Japanese capture three important passes giving access to the Liao val- ley, Fen-shui-ling, Mo-tien-ling and Ta-ling.-Japanese sink two ships in Port Arthur by a torpedo attack. 28.—Japanese 6th Division lands at
Kerr Bay.
June
July 1-Vladivostock squadron eludes Ad-
miral Kamimura near Tsushima. July 3, 4, 5.-Severe fighting at Port Arthur by land and sea. Japanese cruiser Kaimon sunk by a mine in a fog off Ta-lien-wan.
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