WAR APPENDIX
| 14. | Vladivostock fleet met forty miles northeast of Tsu Islands and defeated by the Japanese fleet under Kamimura. The Rurik sunk, and the Rossia and Gromoboi escaped badly damaged. The captain and all of the superior officers of the Rurik perished. The Japanese rescued 601 of the crew, of whom 177 were wounded. |
| Russia protests to China against the seizure of the Ryeshitelni by the Japanese. China demanded the restoration of the vessel. | |
| 15. | Japanese attack Ulgolvala Mountain, near Louisa Bay, but are repulsed with great loss. |
| 16. | General Nogi demands the surrender of Port Arthur, offering safe conduct for non-combatants. |
| Russian fleet attempts another sortie from Port Arthur. | |
| 17. | General Stoessel refuses to surrender Port Arthur or to accept safe conduct for non-combatants. |
| American and British ambassadors protest against Russia's ruling that food is contraband of war. | |
| 18. | Japan refuses to give up the Ryeshitelni. |
| Attack on Port Arthur renewed. | |
| Russian gunboat Otvajni sunk by mine off Liao-to-shan. | |
| Japan protests against prolonged stay of Russian ships Askold and Grozsovoi at Shanghai. |
| 19. | First general attack on Port Arthur begun; siege mortars in operation. |
| 20. | Japan issues a statement in defence of her cutting out of the Ryeshitelni. |
| Russian cruiser Novik, which escaped from Port Arthur, August 10, caught off Korsakovsk, Sakhalin, and driven ashore. | |
| Riglung trenches at Port Arthur captured by Japanese and retaken by Russians. | |
| 21. | Japanese driven out of East Keekwan Fort, Port Arthur, by Russian sortie. |
| 22. | East and West Panlungshon forts, Port Arthur, taken by Japanese. |
| Russian battleship Sevastopol damaged by a mine. | |
| Left flank of Kuroki's army closes in on Lao-Yan. |
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