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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.
June
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.
Russians Beaten at Vafango
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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