WAR APPENDIX
16. | Japanese Second Army moves on Kin-Chow. |
17. | Japanese torpedo boat destroyer Skalasuki sunk off Port Arthur. Gunboat Oshima sunk in collision while cooperating with Japanese army. |
19. | Japanese Third Army lands at Takushan. |
20. | Russian cruiser Bogatyr ran on the rocks near Vladivostock; afterwards pulled off and docked. |
24. | Japanese bombard Port Arthur. |
26. | Kin-Chow captured by Japanese, and Russians driven from a strong position at Nanshan in all day battle; Japanese lost 4,304 killed and wounded; Russians reported total casualties of 730. |
30. | Japanese occupied Dalny, securing much valuable property; docks blocked by sunken ships. |
Japanese defeat mixed Russian force at Lichaton, nine miles north of Polondien, with losses of 73; Russian loss unknown. |
3. | Russian diversion in favor of Port Arthur; 20,000 troops moving south from Kai-Chow under command of Stalkelberg. |
4. | Russian gunboat sunk while removing mines from Port Arthur roadstead. |
7. | Russians driven from Samaltsa and Sin- Yen after hotly contested battles. |
11. | Japanese blockade New Chawng. |
14. | The Russian destroyer flotilla makes a sortie from Port Arthur, but is driven back by Togo. |
14, | 15, 16.Battle of Vafangow (Telisse) results in decisive victory for Japanese. Total Russian casualties 3,426; Japanese 1,193. |
Russians lose 16 guns and retire on Kaiping. | |
15. | Vladivostock squadron sinks two Japanese transports, the Hitachi and Izuni, and disables the Sado, in Sea of Japan. |
16. | Vladivostock squadron captures the Allanton, bound from Muroran to Singapore. |
18, | 25.Generals Kuroki and Oku advancing to form juncture of armies for joint attack on Russian main army. Constant skirmishes mark movement. |
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