On Feb. 8, 1904 Japanese ships attacked this country's fleet at Lushun, Manchuria, beginning a war
While 
the Japanese asserted the Korean attack was unexpected, certain facts about the 
.... On the night of February 8 1904, the Japanese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro
... [DOC] [TLE] Illustration entitled, "Final naval battle, Japanese torpedo boat attack ... [PAR] "The Loss of the Russian Fleet of War Vessels," print, 1904.