Hong Kong Telegraph 1904-03-22

Hong Kong Telegraph 1904-03-22

Year: 1904

THE PERIL OF PORT ARTHUR. LONG RANGE BOMBARDMENT. THE TERRORS OF INVISIBLE WAR. WHAT JAPAN CAN DO. WHAT HAPPENED AT SANTIAGO. THE WRECKAGE OF THREE HOURS. THE LATE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL. GENERAL ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR. JAPANESE BRIGADES LANDED. SIXTEEN HOURS' FIGHTING. ENORMOUS LOSSES. THE FLEET CO-OPERATES. TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT. THE ATTACK FROM THE REAR. ALL THE BRIGADES ENGAGED. SEVERE ARTILLERY AND INFANTRY FIRE. MAIN ATTACK LAST SIX HOURS. CAPTURE OF PORT ARTHUR. IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT ON THE YALU. STUBBORN FIGHTING. COMBAT LASTS THIRTY MINUTES. SIX HUNDRED RUSSIANS KILLED OR WOUNDED. RIVER OPENS TO-DAY. RUSSIANS PREPARING AGAINST ATIACK. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SENT AWAY. FORTS BEING CONSTRUCTED. AND GUNS MOUNTED. CHINESE LEAVING. SPECIE SENT AWAY. German West Africa. Issue of Government Bonds. The War. The Sunken Submarine. Japanese in Siberia. CONTRABAND OF WAR. THE FLEET. THE END OF IT. A FORECAST. RUSSIA'S WANT OF COAL. THE DEAD WEIGHT OF RUSSIA. EUROPE AND THE WAR. THE COALING STATION, SABANG.