▁She ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Port ▁Arthur ▁on ▁ 9 ▁February ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁when ▁Vice ▁Admir al ▁T ō g ō ▁He ih ach ir ō ▁led ▁the ▁Com b ined ▁Fle et ▁in ▁an ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁Russian ▁ships ▁of ▁the ▁Pacific ▁Squadron ▁anch ored ▁just ▁outside ▁Port ▁Arthur . ▁T ō g ō ▁had ▁expected ▁the ▁surprise ▁night ▁attack ▁by ▁his ▁destroy ers ▁to ▁be ▁much ▁more ▁successful ▁than ▁it ▁was , ▁anticip ating ▁that ▁the ▁Rus si ans ▁would ▁be ▁badly ▁dis organ ized ▁and ▁weak ened , ▁but ▁they ▁had ▁recovered ▁from ▁their ▁surprise ▁and ▁were ▁ready ▁for ▁his ▁attack . ▁The ▁Japanese ▁ships ▁were ▁sp otted ▁by ▁the ▁protected ▁cru iser ▁, ▁which ▁was ▁pat rolling ▁off sh ore ▁and ▁alert ed ▁the ▁Rus si ans . ▁T ō g ō ▁chose ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁Russian ▁coast al ▁def enses ▁with ▁his ▁main ▁arm ament ▁and ▁eng age ▁the ▁ships ▁with ▁his ▁secondary ▁guns . ▁S pl itting ▁his ▁fire ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁poor ▁decision ▁as ▁the ▁Japanese ▁eight - ▁and ▁six - inch ▁guns ▁inf lic ted ▁little ▁damage ▁on ▁the ▁Russian ▁ships , ▁which ▁concentr ated ▁all ▁their ▁fire ▁on ▁the ▁Japanese ▁ships ▁with ▁some ▁effect . ▁Although ▁many ▁ships ▁on ▁both ▁sides ▁were ▁hit , ▁Russian ▁cas ual ties ▁number ed ▁some ▁ 1 5 0 , ▁while ▁the ▁Japanese ▁suffered ▁roughly ▁ 9 0 ▁killed ▁and ▁wounded ▁before ▁T ō g ō ▁dis eng aged . ▁I w