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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1904
Page
12
Survivors recount the Hitachi sinking after heavy shelling by Russian ships. The transport was halted at dawn, then tried to flee and was sunk by 6 PM with many dead and missing. The Sado escaped after signaling and boats deployment. both vessels involved near Shiro island.
June 17 dispatches report General Stakelberg’s force resting at Vantsialin with casualties not yet confirmed while General Nodzu’s army halts at Varangon and is not expected to advance soon. A strong Russian detachment is said to guard retreat between Kaichou and Haicheng. In Vladivostok civilians are being moved inland as preparations for Rear Admiral Withoft’s squadron near Port Arthur loom.
General Kuropatkin heads south to command forces aimed at easing Japanese pressure on Port Arthur. The move could shift Japanese operations in the Liaotung peninsula while Stakelberg’s division fights at Warangon and crews recover. British attaché Colonel Waters was said to be present.
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