Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-09-30
.sK|RM|SHES
!. At THE FRONT.
Small Outpost Engagements
Are of Frequent
Occurrence.
MARSHAL Omaha DELIBERATE
Seems to Be in No Hurry to Close
With Kuropatkin -Cossacks Make
Daring Raid About Japanese Flank,
Threatening Line Of Communication

London, Sept. "a dispatch to
news agency from Vladivostok says
that according to reports from Port
Arthur two Japanese torpedo boats
and Japanese steamer have been
sunk by mines near Port Arthur dur
ing the last few days. A Japanese
cruiser of the NytaHa type, it is adoed,
was badly damaged.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 29.-Move-
ments at the front, so far as disclosed
by the meager dispatches received,
are confined almost to the contsiuous
OUTPOST skirmishes by means OF which
General Kuropatlin is keeping III
close touch with the Japanese along
the whole of their front. Field Mar
shall Oyama's advance appears to be
extremely deliberate. There are no
indications as yet that he has begun
to overlap Russian positions. The su-
periority of the Russian cavalry is be-
ginning to be apparent. They have
had the better of it in a number Of
minor encounters.
1t appears that General Rennen-
kampf's movement to the southwark
on September 10, extended beyond
the distance indicated by first reports.
His Cossacks made rapid sweep on
September % and struck Japanese
force at Bensihu, threatening their
communications and causing consid-
cradle excitement.
Reinforcements are rapidly arriving
at Mukden, and many convalescents
are returning to duty.
1t is reported that General Kuropat-
kin has made a requisiton on the ,au-
thorities for officers to make up for
those killed and wounded at the bat
tie Of Lao Yang.
Japanese Losses Heavy.
Che Foo, Sept. 29.-Russians resid-
ing here claim to have received in
formation that the Japanese losses in
the last assault on Port Arthur. which
began September 10. were 1000.
A Chinese who left the fortress on
September 26 says that the Russian
losses were between 500 and 600
This Chinaman says that the jap
| anese were unable to remain in the
three supplementary forts which they
had captured and that they retired at
4 o'clock on the afternoon Of Sertem-
Der 26, after enduring several days
of tremendous firing from the inner
forts.
He adds that the Russians attempt
| ed to bury the dead of both sides at
night, because the decomposing bodies
seriously menace health of the garri-
SON. The Russians allege that it is
the deliberate policy of the Japanese
to undermine the health of the kus-
sian troops by means of the odors
from the decomposing bodies, and
that for this reason they fire on the
burial parties.
One Chinese who was a member of
a burial party says that the Japanese
fired when he and other Chinese at
| tempted to bury the dead. He adds
that when the wind carries the "iors
| toward the Japanese the latter retire.
Chinese say that the most severe at
| tacks were made on the supplement.
airy forts of the Itz and Anshu noun
| tain forts. The Russians had under
| mined the ground and several hundred
| Japanese were blown up September
%. Reports received from the Mia
otao islands mention terrific report
which shook the houses there on that
date.
New York, Sept. 29.-During the
last ten days $500 soldiers have arriv-
cd at Chemulpo and other points, says
a Herald dispatch from Seoul, Korea
forwa rded last Sunday. The Japanese
authorities at Gensan are collecting
1000 pack ponies for the use of the
army to advance northward along the
eastern coast toward Vladivostok.
The advance already has begun, as
1900 Japanese troops with five ma
chine guns, 500 pack ponies and 400
coolies are reported to have arrived
at Hamyeung. The advance guard
was fired upon by the Cossacks Ten
! men were killed and seventeen wounl-
ed. The japanese were completely
surprised and retreated to await the
coming Of the main body. The garri-
son at Gensan is being reinforced from
Seoul and Peyengyan.