Hazell's annual ..a cyclopædic record of men and topics of the day .. . rwards sent north, as will appear), and alanding was effected at Yen-toa Bay, on the eastcoast of the Liau-tung Peninsula (5th). Acolumn was sent across the isthmus to seizePort Adams and cut the railway, while anothermoved up the east coast to Pi-tse-wo. Other ^divisions of the Second Army landed farther \south, and took up positions near Kin-chau. While clearing Kerr Bay, near Ta-lien-wan, ofRussian mines, a Japanese torpedo-boat (12th) Iand despatch-boat (15th) were blown up and |destroyed ; the cruiser Kasuga rammed an
Hazell's annual ..a cyclopædic record of men and topics of the day .. . rwards sent north, as will appear), and alanding was effected at Yen-toa Bay, on the eastcoast of the Liau-tung Peninsula (5th). Acolumn was sent across the isthmus to seizePort Adams and cut the railway, while anothermoved up the east coast to Pi-tse-wo. Other ^divisions of the Second Army landed farther \south, and took up positions near Kin-chau. While clearing Kerr Bay, near Ta-lien-wan, ofRussian mines, a Japanese torpedo-boat (12th) Iand despatch-boat (15th) were blown up and |destroyed ; the cruiser Kasuga rammed andsank the cruiser Yoshino with 235 officers andmen, during a dense fog off Port Arthur (.15th),and the battleship Hatsuse struck a mine 10miles of the harbour entrance and waslost, 61 officers and 378 bluejackets going downwith her. Per contra, the Russian cruiserBogatyr ran aground at Vladivostok and waslost. From MiUChan to Telissir. In the meantime the Japanese had found1Kerr Bay practicable as a landing-place, anda strong force under General Oku had been 622. hazells annual, 1905. [Russo-Jap placed in the peninsula. The Russians heldthe walled town of Kin-chau, and had thrownup field-works across the narrow isthmus, lessthan 2 miles wide, to the south of the town, ona position which was so strong as to be almostimpregnable. General Oku, however, soonconcentrated his force, and captured Kin-chau(May 27th). Aided by the fire of gunboatsand torpedo craft from Kin-chau Bay, he thenassaulted the Russian position at Nan-shan,and, after a days stubborn fighting, drove theRussians back in disorder and captured 68cannon and 10 machine guns. The Japaneselosses were officially put at 739 killed and 3456wounded. This victory enabled Dalny to beused as a sea base. It was occupied by GeneralOkus force (29th), and the railway station,warehouses, and railway carriages were founduninjured, while many of the docks and pierswere left in a usable condition. Fresh troopswere landed fr
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