FIGHT IN STREET OF LIN-SHIN-PU, BATTLE OF SHAK-KE RIVER.
FIGHT IN STREET OF LIN-SHIN-PU, BATTLE OF SHAK-KE RIVER.
FIGHT IN STREET OF LIN-SHIN-PU, BATTLE OF SHAK-KE RIVER.
This communication bears out the theory advanced in the first instance that the Russians in the panic had mistaken their own ships for hostile torpedo-boats, and had opened fire on the "two long, dark silhouettes emitting quantities of smoke" without stopping to ascertain what they belonged to.
The Baltic Fleet Proceeds to Madagascar
After leaving Vigo, the Baltic Fleet divided into two squadrons—one proceeding down the West Coast of Africa, and the other through the Suez Canal. By the end of December (two months and a half from leaving Libau) they had completed barely one-half of their voyage; and by that time, not only was Vladivostock frost-bound, but Port Arthur was dominated by Japanese guns, and the remnants of the Pacific Fleet lay shell-riddled on the mud of the harbor. Before the International Commission of Inquiry met for business, all hope of the Baltic Fleet's achieving any serious purpose had been dissipated; for while it was still mustering at Madagascar, the news arrived that the fall of Port Arthur was at last an accomplished fact.