On Feb. 8, 1904 Japanese ships attacked this country's fleet at Lushun, Manchuria, beginning a war
Relations between the two countries further deteriorated in 1898, when ... 
February 8, 1904 when Admiral Heihachiro Togo launched a surprise attack on 
Port Arthur... [DOC] [TLE] Causes of the War - Russo-Japanese War [PAR] The Russo-Japanese War started on February 8, 1904 and ended on ... Two 
days later, the Japanese issued a surprise attack on Russian ships at Lushun, 
Manchuria.