Qualla: Battle of Port Arthur https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-arthur en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-port-arthur-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Port Arthur https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-arthur Battle of Port Arthur: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-arthur/ Photo credit Angelo Agostini, Public domain. Most of the Russian officer corps was at a party. Admiral Starck was hosting the evening's festivities on 8 February 1904 when ten Japanese destroyers slipped through the darkness toward Port Arthur's outer anchorage. Just after midnight, the attack began. The formal declaration of war between Japan and Russia would not come until two days later. By then, three Russian warships were already crippled, and the twentieth century's first great power conflict was underway.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-port-arthur-wp/wwyh-battle-of-port-arthur-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Port Arthur: Torpedoes in the Dark https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-arthur/ Photo credit Kasai Torajirō, Public domain. Admiral Togo Heihachiro had planned to deliver a crushing blow with his entire Combined Fleet -- six battleships, armored cruisers, fifteen destroyers, and twenty torpedo boats. But false intelligence from spies around Port Arthur convinced him the Russian shore batteries were on...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-port-arthur-wp/wwyh-battle-of-port-arthur-torpedoes-in-the-dark.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Port Arthur: The Admiral's Mistake https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-arthur/ Photo credit Unknown authorUnknown author, Publisher: Kimura Toyokichi (木村豊吉), Public domain. At dawn, Togo sent Vice Admiral Dewa Shigeto with four cruisers on reconnaissance. Through morning mist, Dewa counted twelve Russian battleships and cruisers, several badly listing. The smaller vessels outside the harbor appeared to be in disarray. Convinced the night attack had ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-port-arthur-wp/wwyh-battle-of-port-arthur-the-admirals-mistake.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Port Arthur: A War of Mines and Miscalculation https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-arthur/ Photo credit loki11, Public domain. The weeks that followed were a grinding contest of blockade and counter-blockade. Russia's own minelayer accidentally sank after one of her mines washed against her rudder, killing 120 of 200 crew and taking with her the only chart showing the mine positions. Togo attempted three...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/y/h/battle-of-port-arthur-wp/wwyh-battle-of-port-arthur-a-war-of-mines-and-miscalculation.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Port Arthur: Echoes of 1904 https://qualla.com/battle-of-port-arthur/ Photo credit Andrey Eberhard, Public domain. The Battle of Port Arthur produced no decisive winner. The Russians suffered about 150 casualties to Japan's 90, and no major warship was lost outright on either side. But the strategic implications were immense. Japan had ship repair facilities at Sasebo; the Russian fleet had o...

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