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mon.-Artillery :-two Companies East Siberian Battalion, 600 men; one regiment Port Arthur garrison artillery, 2.40) men. Pioneers: -two battalions East Siberian Pioneer Regiment, 1,000 men. Torpedo Corps: one company Torpedo Corps, 200 mau,
At Dalny, 2,000 men, consisting of the 14th Regiment East Siberian Sharpshooters.
At Talienwan. 4,400 men. Infantry: 13th Regiment East Siberian Sharpshooters, 2,000 men; four Companies 15th Regiment, ditto, 1,000 men. Cavalry: four Companies Baikal Cossacks, 600 men, Artillery: one Company, East Siberian Battalion, 30 men, and one Company, Field Artillery Transbaikal regi. ment, 300 men. Torpedo Corps: one Company, Torpedo Corps, 200 men.
At Pitzewo, 400 men, composed of one Com- pany, 12th Regiment East Siberian Sharp- shooters, 250 men, and one Company, Baikal Cossacks, 150 men.
At Autung, 550 men, consisting of one Com- pany, 15th Regiment East Siberian Sharp. shooters, 250 mea; one Company, Baikal Cossacks, 150 men, and half Company, East Siberian Battalion with four guns, 15€ men.
At Fenghuangcheng, (Yalu), 75) men- three Companies, Baikal Cos-acks, 450 men, and one Company. Transbaikal Field Artillery, with eight guns, 300 men.
At Chinchou, (near Port Arthur) 750 men- three Companies East Siberiau Sharpshooters,
750 men.
At Yinkou (ewchwang) 1,200 men five Cos. E. 8. Sharpshooters, 1,050 men, and half Co., East Siberian Battalion, with four guas,
150 men.
At Haicheng, 1,150 men-four Cus. 28th Re- giment F. S. Sharpshooters, 1,000 men, and half Co., East Siberiau Battalion, with four guns,
150 men.
At Liaoyang, 1,900 mea-three Cos, 15th Regiment E. S. Sharpshooters 75 men; four Cos. 28th Regiment, ditto 1,000 men, and half Co. Transbaikal Field Artillery, with four guns, 150 men.
At Moukden, 550 men-One Co., 15th Rogi- ment E. 8. Sharpshooters, 250 mon; half Co., Transbaikal Field Artillery, 15 men, and one Co. Transbaikal Cossacks, 150 men,
At Tiehlin, 2,750 men-16th Regiment E S. Sharpshooters 2,000 men; 7th Co., First Brigade East Siberian Artillery, with eight guns, 300 men, two Cos. Transbaikal Field Artillery, with twelve guns, 300 men, and one Co. Amur Cos- sacks, 150 men.
At Ninguta, 1,250 men-two Cos. 18th Regi- ment E. S. Sharpshooters, 500 men; three Cos. Amur Cossacks 450 men, and one Co., east Siberian Artillery Battalion, 300 men.
At Harbin, 4,550 men-17th Regiment E. S. Sharpshooters, 2,000 men; six Cos. 18th Regi ment ditto, 1,500 men; one Amur Cossacks, 150 men, and one battalion east Siberian Artillery, with twenty-four guns, 900 men.
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men,
At Tsitsihar, 1,950 men - -Six Regiment E. 8. Sharpshooter: 1,500 second Co., of the Second Brigade of the East Siberian Artillery, with eight guns, 300 men, and one Co. Amur Cosscks, 150 men.
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At Hailar, 1,000 men, belonging to the Third Bat alion Nelchinsk Reserves. In addition to the above there are fifty-five Companies Railway Guards consisting of 24,000 men, mostly quartered at Harbin, Liaoyang. Kungchulin, Hêngtaoholze and Ta bine iao, There is also another Railway Corps consisting of some four battalions stationed at Harbin, Hêngtaohotze, Kungchulin, and Liaoyang.
The Manager of the Hongkong branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank informed us on the 18th inst. that he had received a telegram from the Bank's head office at Yokohama, dated 17th February, 2 p.m., to the following effect :-
"On the 14th inst., at dawn, our torpedo flotilla badly damaged the Russian fleet in the outer roads of Port Arthur."
Later in the day we received from the Japanese Consul the two following telegrams:
Tokyo, 17th February. 4.50 p.m.-On the 13th inst., during a heavy gale and driving
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our destroyer flotilla was despatched against Port Arthur. On the 14th at 3 5.m. the destroyer Asagiri, notwithstanding a violent fire from the Russian ships, succeeded in approa ching one of their men-of-war and torpedoed her. With the aid of her own guns she drove
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back the Russian torpedo boats sent to attack her and got away in safety. At 5 a.m. on the sime day, the destroyer Havatori crept up to the entrance of the port, was met by a violent fire from two Russian vessels, one of which she torpedoed, and after seeing the explosion take place under that ship, she with. drew in safety."
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a larg quantity of arms and about 2,009 Russian officers and men. The vessel proved to Nonni, which was en route from Vladivo took to be the Chinese Eastern Railway Co's steamer
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The Mukden arrived at Fasan on Friday from Vladivostock, and was to leave at 5 p.m. on Saturday for Port Arthur. She was prevented [The Asagiri and Hayatori mentio ed above re both 31-knot boats only just turned out by boat Chikushi and other Japanese warships. from leaving by the cruiser Fuso and the gun- the Japanese themselves at Yokosuka. They The Japanes, officers immediately boarded the have two torpedo-tubes each and carry one 12-pr. and five 6-pr gans. Their displacement found she was fully loaded with munitions of vessel, and upon a search being made it was is 320 fons and their i.h.p. 6,0 0 —ED D.P.] war. She was also capturel, and the tro "Tokyo, 17th February, 9.25 p.m.-Japa-steamers left for Sasaho at 7 p.m. under the nese refugees coming to Chefoo from escort of two Japanese warships and several Port Arthur by the British stauer Winchow torped--bulz. The inhabitants of Fusan, whọ give the following information:-On the night witnessed from the shor. the cupsure of the of the 17th inst, the Russian authorities in Russian steamers, signified their approval by Port Arthur informed the Japanese residents clering vociferously. who were preparing to leave that they would not be allowed to embark on the British steamer Rasber, and at midnight they were served with notices forbidding them to the port, this by order of Admiral Alexieff, leave
Numerous others who were already ou board the 88. Wenchow, reidy to leave for Chefoo, were placed under the guard of 8 Russian soldiers. They were not allowed to land, and the steamer was forbidden to leave by the Russian authorities. More than two hundred Japanese had tken refuge on board this boat, and they were practically starving. Applica- tion was made, on several occasions, to Admiral Alexioff to allow these unforates to procure food. At last, on the night of the 10th inst., 10 bags of rice and half a dozen biscuits (P each) were allowed to be taken on board. On the 11th, as tuere was no more drinking water on board, a signal was hoisted asking for some to be sent. but no answer wa- received to this reques. On the 13th, the suffering passengers, having been nearly 48 bours without water, sont an appeal to the authorities, requesting that food and water should at least be sent out for the children and pregnant woman who were on board. On the same day 103 Japanese arrived from Harbin, having been robbed of all their money and baggage on their way down. More than 300 refugees were now on board the Wenchow, all in the most pitiable condition, starving and without water. On the 14th at 4 p.m the ship was allowed to proceed, and she arrived in Cheloo on the morning of the 15th. passengers state that a completa state of confusion and anarchy exists at Port Arthur. The cit is overrun by thieves and the Russian soldiers are themselves plundering the houses and shops; their own countryman being among the victims. The Russian civilians are arming themselves to protect their property against the soldiery."
When Baron Komura present d the Note to Baron Roseu at the brief meeting held on the iuformed of the decision to break off diplomatio 6th iust., in which the Russian Minister was relatious with Russia, the Japaneso Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed his deep regret that the Goverom int found itself compelled to take this course, and wen on to siy:-" The proposals, which the Imperial Japanese G vern- mout deemed decidedly moderate and impartial, failed to obtain that reply from the Govern ment of your country which the Imperial Japanese Government is properly entitled to receiva; and the Japanes overnment cannot but regret the duble-dealing that has be-o shown by the Russian Government in this matter. I therefore hereby declare relations between the two countries are now. broken off, an I have issued instructions to Mr. Kurino, our Minister at S. Petersburg, to withdraw. I have the honour to make this statement to your 'xcellency in order to facilitate y ur future move:nents, and I do so with renewed assurances of respect and personal consideration for your Excellency."
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The Russian cruiser Mandjour was still lying under steam at the Chinese Eastern Railway Co.'s Wharf, Shanghai, on the 13th iust We learn from enquiry on board the Empress of Japan that her guns were being landed when the C.P.R. boat left, and that she was rapidly being reduced to the guise of a merchant vessel. There was a Japanese cruiser (the Akitsushima) on the lookout for her, however, not far from Shanghai.
Particulars of the capture of the Chinese Eastern Railway Co.'s vessels Mukden and Nonnı are published in the Kobe Chronicle. Accord- ing to a letter from the special correspondent at Sasebo of the Asahi, the two steamers were convoyed to Saseho at 11 am. on Sunday by four torpedo-boats, and there defained.
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Mr. Masaichi Noma, Japane39 Consul, on Friday morning in ormed us that he had received the following official telegram early ; -
"Tokyo, 18th February, 3,50 p.m. --The Times correspondent in Peking reports that Admiral Alexieff telegraphed on the 14th inst, that the battleshi s Tsarevitch, Retvizan, Petropanlovsk, and Sevastopol, the cruisers Novik Pullada, and Askold have been disabled. Japanese was driven from the railway near A party of Chinchow. The Russians admit of 70 killed on land, and state that 150 Japa iese ware taken prisoners. The Russians have in alt éleven ships out of action and declare that fifteen Japanese meu-of war have been disabled. They acknowledge that the protected cruiser Boyarin has been slightly damaged, and state that n Japanese surveying party that landed in rigeon Bay has been destroyed. The Japanese Govern- ment states that the above information is untrue, since no attempt has been made to laad troops near the railway, luce it is impossible that risoners have been taken. The statement to the effect that some of the Japanese ships have been disabled is also false, as noue of them have suffered.”
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Regarding the special Daily Press telegram from Shanghai stating that the Russians at Port Arthur had fired on the British steamers Haiping and Chingping, and had seriously damaged the German 8.s. Pronto, we note that the Pronto is nader time charter with the Hamburg-Amerika Linie. She is a vessel at
of 719 not tous, having been bailt The O.SK. steamer Shinanogawa-maru, Flensburg in 1891. Mr. H. M. Struve is the which arrived at Kobe on Monday night. owner. The Chingping is a vessel of 1,062 tons reports that she left Izabara, Tsushima. at 4net, built in 190) at Blyth. She is running a.m. on Saturday for Fusan. About 10.30 a,m, for her owners, the Chinese Engineering & on the same day a large stemer was sighted Miuing Co Ld. The Haiping, which after proceeding at full speed from the direction of being fired on was detained at Dalay for four Gensan. She was flying a Japanese naval flag. days, in spite of the captain's repeated protests, In about half-an-hour she was seen to be is also owned by and running. for the Chiness followed by a Japanese war-ship, and at Engineering & Mining Co., Ld Sho is a the entrance to the port of Fusan two vessel of 1,267 tons net, build at Kiel. Japanese torpedo-bonts came .out and in- tercepted her. Th oraiser Saiyen ordered the steamer to stop, which order was immediate- ly obeyed. The vessel was soon boarded by the officers and meu from the Saiyen and torpedo boats, when it was found that she had on board
The Indo-Chinn 8.8. Nam Sang has been specially chartered to take to Colombo the Russian refugees picked up by H.M.S; Talbot - off Chemulpo after they had blown up their ships rather than let them fall into the hands of
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