February 16.—Russian attacks at Waitao Mountain are repulsed, and the cavalry force, which moved against the Japanese left, is forced to retreat.
February 17.—General Grippenberg, who was removed from his command in the Russian army after the battle of Heikontai, is given an audience by the Czar, and says that General Kuropatkin refused to support him when victory was within reach.
February 18.—The Russian strike closes a number of Government factories and interferes with manufacturing and shipping of war supplies.
February 20.—Russian cavalry passes Japanese left flank near Hun River. Movement of no special importance, and losses insignificant.
Russia’s third Pacific naval squadron passes through the Great Belt off Denmark on its way to join the Baltic squadron.
Tokio gives out semi-official statement that Japanese casualties at the battle of Heikontai were near 10,000.
February 21.—Lieutenant-General Stoessel, former commandant at Port Arthur, lands at Kaffa, Russia, on his return from the Far East, and is received by a cheering crowd.
February 22.—A Cossack raid reaches nearly to the Yalu River, and destroys a Japanese depot of supplies.
February 24.—The Japanese move northward along the eastern coast of Korea, fortify Port Lazareff and threaten Vladivostok.
The Japanese move forward in the Tsinkhetchin district, and after desperate fighting force the Russians to abandon their base at Beresneff Hill.