The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-01
WILL FIGHT OUT THE ISSUE
GEAR TAKES STEPS TO CHANGE
THE TIDE OF BATTLE.
Will Organize Second Manchurian
Army-Japs Engaged in Fierce
Assault on Port Arthur.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 26-The d.
vision and reorganization of the Man
churian army, regarding which there
have been rumors ever since the battle
of Liaoyang, was officially announced
Sunday in an imperial rescript APP
pointing Maj. Gen. Grippenberg, COM
mander of the Third army corps in the
province of Wilma, as commander or
the second army now being modified
for immediate dispatch to the far east,
leaving Gen. Kuropatkin in command
of the first army. The emperor is per-
sonally convinced that the political as
well as the military prestige of the
empire is At stake and that every
other consideration must give way be-
fore the exigences of war. The re-
sources of the empire in men and
money must be drained, If necessary,
in order TO turn the scale and vindi-
cate the power of Russia, The reor-
anization amounts to formal notice to
the world, as the emperor frankly ex-
plains in his rescript, that he intends
to vastly increase the number of troops
at the theater of war in order to- force
! the struggle to a successful issue in
the shortest possible time.
Will Fight Out the Issue.
! 1t is intended to silence definitely ali
! talk of foreign Intervention By the an
nouncement that Russia means to
fight out the issue with Japan on the
! field OF battle.
Fighting at Port Arthur.
Chefoo Sept. 26.-As a result of the
! battle before Port Arthur which began
( on September 10 the japanese succeeded
/ in capturing several important positions,
and the Russian tenure of the big forts
guarding the north, northeast and north
west sides of the town is seriously
threatened. Chinese information places
the japanese losses under 5000 for the
three days fighting, and this compare
lively small casualty list is due to the
excessive care used by the japanese in
making their preparations for the adj
vance Russian sources, however, claim
to have information that the Japanese
losses were unusuanyNsevere amount
ing TO fully three times the number
mentioned above. Possibly the most
important capture during the three days
fighting was that of Fort Kuropatkin,
which, while Of minor value with regard
TO preventing the entrance into the town
Of the japanese, had been constructed
for the purpose Of protecting the source
of the garrison's water supply. The con-
troll Of this water supply is now in the
hands of the Japanese.
Military experts here are of the
opinion that If the japanese capture
either Rihlung or Kikwan forts or the
ltz and Anshu forts the doom of Port
Arthur Is sealed. and for this reason
the Importance of the results obtained
by the japanese in their latest assaults
upon the Russian positions is obvious
TIA Pass Captured.
London. Sept. 26.-Ta Pass, the gate
way In the hills south of Mukden
. which is essential to the Japanese fol
their flanking movement on Mukden
from the east. has been captured. Col
Gaedke, the German military expert in
, the far east, telegraphs the Berlin
, Tageblatt that the pass was taken or
September % after a light engagement
Waiting to Destroy Russian Fleet.
. London, Sept. 26.-The Daily Mails
, Chefoo correspondent says that tn,
, Japanese are now devoting their ener
gies to an attempt to drive the Rus
sian fleet from Port Arthur. The Jap
anese assault is directed against tn
forts commanding the harbor, Will