On Feb. 8, 1904 Japanese ships attacked this country's fleet at Lushun, Manchuria, beginning a war
These capital 
ships and cruisers were accompanied by some 15 destroyers... [DOC] [TLE] Russo-Japanese War - Wikipedia [PAR] The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904  5 September 1905) was fought 
between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial 
ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.