WAR APPENDIX
11. | British steamships Menelaus and Crewe Hall stopped south of Jiddah by Russian volunteer cruiser St. Petersburg. |
13. | Japanese occupy Yin Kow, and move towards New Chwang; Nodzu's army occupied Simuchen, 20 miles east of Hai-Cheng. |
British steamer Malacca stopped by St. Petersburg in Red Sea and taken back to Suez. | |
14. | Announcement that the Baltic fleet will sail for the Far East. |
15. | Steamship Priz Heinrich stopped by Smolensk and mails seized. |
16. | British steamship Hipsang sunk by Russian destroyer in Gulf of Pechili. |
17. | Attack by General Count Keller on the Motien position fails. |
18. | Germany protests against the Russian seizure of mails from the Heinrich. |
Japanese cruiser Haiyen sunk by mine in Pigeon Bay; 250 drowned. | |
19. | Steamship Scandia stopped in Red Sea and taken back to Suez. |
Preliminary Japanese attack on Liao-Yang repulsed. | |
20. | Vladivostock squadron passes Tsugaru Straits into the Pacific, pursued by Japanese torpedo flotilla. |
British ambassador in St. Petersburg makes formal protest against the seizure of the Malacca, and requests her immediate release. | |
21. | Russia says she will release the Malacca if wrongfully seized. |
24. | Order issued recalling the Russian volunteer cruisers Smolensk and St. Petersburg, their war status being questioned. |
Russians begin evacuation of New Chwang. | |
Japanese pushing Russians out of their positions south of Liao-Yang. | |
British steamer Knight Commander sunk by Vladivostock squadron off Idzu. | |
British steamer Formosa seized in the Red Sea and taken back to Suez. |
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