Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-20
JAP LOSSES GREATLY FXAGERATED.
Pulling -laekS- ofss--Eurther.- News. 4.
ST. Petersburs-Tokio's Silence Con,
sidered Significant.

81 Petersburg, BY Cable.-The lac
OF further official news regarding til
engagement at Port Arthur ON thi
night OF July 10th is-very. prizzling
Ihat the japanese. were heavily defeat,
&ed IS not. doubted here; but in the alb.
sence Of further information, the EEK.
tent OF the disaster that befelI them is
beginning to be seriously questioned.
Definite news has been received from
viceroy:s Alexieffs headquarters at
Mukden that week before the en-
sagement at Port Arthur, Major Cen
z eral Fock administered a severe defeat
Iortne Japanese On JulKz4 -anG-July 5.
oElYlngSenem from -Athe ; heights com
naag mandlng Lunsantan Pass with loss Of
I,ouo. This;isr srcensidered, d,here- as proof
snat there Ehas-been heavy Nsfghtingsbe-
lore the fortress Of Port Arthur, and as
ak,Sg !. the silence of Toxic regarding
II all the more significant
Other Reports of losses.
{, -: Ta Tche Kiao, BY ,Cable.-The latest
reports regarding the storming of Port
Arthur, July 10,Tplace the JAPANESE
losses in killed and wounded at 25;ooO |
and those Of the Russians at $500, The +
Japanese retired and the Russians: oc.
cupled the position. The japanese have.
now changed their frontal position and |,
q Dig battle Is expected at the eastern
.poEtion pe OF the defenses. owing to the-t
japanese turning movement, ~ /:
I as. Must Not Mention Ships.
st. Petersburg, BY Csble.-It is posi-
Ole that the fourth ship of the Viadiyo-
stock squadron, now off the japanese .
coast, is the cruiser Rogatry, as the re- !
pairs to that vessel were known some /
ume ago to have been nearly COM
pletea. s IN view Of the approaching de- :
parture OF the Baltic Squadron for the u
!ar East, extra precautions are being t,
taken TO prevent the publication of v
news OF the movements co5nditiong6f tti
tae EtssianSships Theme eWspaperss are Ii
strlctit forbidden to- meation their q
a9iaamnes, ram and even; foreign news dis al
2atcnes referring to the Russian yes So
'eis ess are: not passed by the censor. 81
Hrtne r hting -lmminent.---s 81 81
Liao.sYang, BY Gable Fighting is nc
imminent az che Kiao and Hal II
hens; The 5E apanese are entrenehed g
isesSsonth q chez sKiao. Much ES,, =,
sssI ~
Ihdie waekssE thegmops shasssss CO
5faerred sass high sas SO degrees seehtrl fr,
rafe. 1t is ssrnmored that al apahese Y;
oIumns has appeared on the MuAeen !s';.l ~
"a a: Troops are constantly arriving in
ere. l'sS y 2 ( 49, ~: tr
81 roops shifted. re
Ta Tehe Kiao, BY Cable Japa- il
,eee have withdrawn from the west +
,ide Of the railroad and are masslns b;
,bei armies on the Russian LETT. tie bl
,onraissances in force carried out Dy "
Russian cavalry and artillery YESTERDAY Fl
and TODAY almost as far south as hal
cytou failed to disclose the japanese. a
diversion is expected from Ia na.a russ.
ts possible that some OF the >Japanese
forces have been. drawn on TO ,Fort Az s
thur to> replace the terrible - losses s u e
July 10s& 3. >>',ss,>S >',-2,,,s :
Renort of Losses Confirmed. {
London, By Cable.-A dispatch 10 i
news agency from st. Petersburg says :
the war office announces the receipt
Of a dispatch from Port Arthur COL coz
Srming the report that the japanese
sustained considerable losses on july
II the exact particulars of which nave
not vet been ascertained. According 70
the dispatch, the Russians recaptuIsa
aIi the positions lately, taken .bY tne r
Japanese.