<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngokushesha amaRussia afunda, futhi ngokushesha asebenzisa, iqhinga lamaJapane lokubeka amabhomu agqitshwayo. Ngo - May 15, 1904, imikhumbi yempi emibili yaseJapane, i - S.S. and the S.S., yakhangwa endaweni yaseRussia okwakusanda kubekwa kuyo amabhomu agqitshwayo ePort Arthur, ngayinye yashaya okungenani amabhomu amabili. I-Hatsuse yacwila kungakapheli nemizuzu emingaki, ithatha amatilosi angu-450 nayo, kuyilapho i-Yashima yacwila ngenkathi idonswa iqondiswa eKorea ukuze ilungiswe. Ngo-June 23, 1904, kwenziwa umzamo wokuphunyuka  <response>: ibutho laseRussia, manje elaliholwa uNdunankulu uWilgelm Vitgeft, lehluleka. Ngasekupheleni kwenyanga, izibhamu zaseJapane zase zidubula echwebeni. 