The Japanese Blockade of the Yalu River

Russian vice admiral mkaroff, by far the most talented russian officer at port arthur, led an attempted break out of the navy through the japanese blockade in mid april. But these ships ran into mines, and not only were they adly damaged, but makarof was killed. The crescendo of support for the regime in january, february, march and april now gave way to disillusioned anger. It's safe to say that there's nothing liberal nationalists hate more than a badly run war.