The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-15
RUSS0=JAPANESE WAR

LOCO killed. Seven hundred wounded
are said to have arrived at Port Ar.
thur July s, and it was said more
were to come in.
Japs Intrench Near Port Arthur.
A fair wind brought a feet of junks
from Port Arthur, carrying both
Chinese and Europeans. Reports
which they bring of conditions at Port
Arthur are contradictory, but they all
say that a Japanese division from the
northward is intrenching seven miles
from h marine camp, while another
division from the eastward is fighting
continuously, and with the aid of the
feet is e~ndeavoring to gain a position
commanding the town and naval basin.
Attack Russian Warship.
Toxic, July -. - On Friday night
during a storm a f1otilla of torpedo
boats from Admiral Togo's fleet ap-
preached Port Arthur. On the fol-
lowing morning one of the torpedo
boats found and attacked the Russian
cruiser Askold, but the result of the
attack is unknown. The askold fired
on the torpedo boat, two petty officers
being severely wounded.
Japs Occupy kaichou.
st. Petersburg, July 12.-Lieut. Gen.
Sakharoff, in a dispatch to the gen
eral staff, confirms the report of the
Japanese occupation of Kaichou. He
says that the Russian loss did not ex-
e $50 killed or wounded. He adds
that the Japanese are on the Yin Kow
road.
Japanese Take kai Pima.
Toxic, July 10-After severe fighting
Gen. Oku occupied Kai Ping yester-
day.
At Russ Stronghold.
Chicago. July 10. - A special cable
from Stanley Washburn, a Chicago
Daily News staff correspondent, says:
On Board the Daily News Dispatch
Boat Fawan, Chefu, July S.-Leaving
this port on Tuesday morning at 2
o'clock, the Fawan was obliged, owing
to a heavy fog, to anchor at Big BAN
boo island till noon. There it re-
manned till night. The islanders stated
that they had heard heavy firing in
the direction OF Port Arthur which
lasted Two hours. Large numbers of
junks are leaving port Arthur, carry
ing Chinese passengers, who say that
the Russians inform them that they
are likely to suffer violence from the
Japanese in the event of the fortress
capture.
Firing Is Heard.
Driving rains and drifting mists
have obscured the peninsula during
the last few days, making it difficult
to see anything. Intermittent firing
was heard all Wednesday. In the af-
ternoon an extremely heavy re was be-
gun. The weather cleared sufficiently
to permit the Fawan to run near
enough to the forts to ascertain that
no Japanese ships were attacking or
in sight.
Gordon Around Port Arthur.
Chefu, July 8. - Chinese who ar
here last night from o Ar
thur say the Japanese forces have
formed a complete Gordon around the
land side of the town n that they
are occupying all the commanding
hills, including Wolf mountain. within
a radius of seven miles of the fortifi-
cations. The Chinese say also that
two large warships are missing from
the squadron which went out from
Port Arthur on June %, and that the
battleship ~Sevastopol was
damaged on that day.
In the fighting which occurred on
July 4 for the possession of one Of the
hills northeast of Port Arthur
The Russians Lost,
according to the Chinese, 100 men
killed and SO wounded. Fifty Chinese
were sent out to bring in the Russian
dead and wounded.
The Japanese having occupied the
thur, are now massing men to march
upon the Russian marine camp that
commands the principal pass through
the hills, which is directly back of
Port Arthur. This camp is considered
vital to the safety of the fortress, and
1t is guarded, according to the Chi
nese, by 10000 marines and sailors.
III Jig opdASoC "dS IL Jap
anese occupied this camp for seven
days before they took possession of
Port Arthur.
the Takusjan mountain, the top of
Within Three Miles of the City.
A trustworthy %Chinaman, just ar
rived here from a point on the east
coast of L%iaotung peninsula, near Port
brings the information that
IN July 5 one division Of the Japanese
reached the northeast slope of
which is less than three miles from
Port Arthur.
Big Battle Is In Progress.
Liao-yang, July S.-A battle is pro-
ceeding twenty-five miles from here.
Large numbers of wounded are being
brought in from the mountains, slung
between mules or lying on mattresses
in carts. Evidently the engagement
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