Williston graphic., 1904-06-16
BOTH !, SpfS
H.: t0HSnlPS
aSVo RUSSIAN, AND FOUR Jap
VESSELS SUNK OFF PORT
f: ARTHUR.
e."
luMeR or GREAT NAVAL BATTLE
BORT ARTHUR HAS BEEN eoM-
BARDEp INcEssANTLY FOR
T. SEVEN DAYS.
JAPANESE SUfttR HEAVY loss
RUSSIANS CLAIM THAT TWO
JAP eArrALIoNs WERE AN.
+ INFLATED.
JAPANESE sufttR HEAVY LOSS

0. Petersburg, June "a. - Rumors
are in circulation here that . great
laval battle has taken place Oh Port
Arthur IN which two Russian and four
1apenese battleships were sunk. No
confirmation of the rumor can be OBJ
tained
Climax Near at Port Arthur.
London, June 14-According to the
Rome Tribunals Chefu correspondent,
Port Arthur has been bombarded In
eessantly for the last seven days.
All the western portions Of the
town, It IL stated, have been de-
stroyed. Several Russian warshtps
have been damaged, the Japanese
squadron backing up tho land as
saults. but keeping out OF range OF the
fort guns. People arriving At Chefu
from Port Arthur are convinced that
to-Aeg
VIII ee tho Declsive Day.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg, BY
way Of Paris announce that. despite
tAe seni-olReial assurances that moth
Ing Of exceptional gravity has occur"
nd aA Pert Arthur in the last few
days, the widest runors continue to
circulate at the Russian capital
According to these rumors. the Japan
ose already have occupied the advance
daiense warle. The Russians are re-
ported to have blown up the battle
ships Retvisan, Czarevitch and Pal
- ~
japanese lose Heavily.
Hslehsng, Manohuria, June II. - A
Hankfns movement Of the japanese
around the Russian left from Fsng
Wang Cheng June 9 was repulsed
Win 4 loss Of two whole hsttalions.
A large japanese force moved oat
in tho morning along the Geng Wang
Ch,ng and Haicheng road. The Rus
slams had force strongly posted In q
savine thirty niles southeast Of Hal
cAsnx. The Japanese were preceded
By two battalions, who walked into tAe
Russian Ambuscade-
They received q murderous rife and
artillery fire at close range and we're
wiped out, only one or two escaping.
The main Japanese force, which
was greatly superior to the Russian
force. tried to outflank the Russians,
who drew of without losing man.
Tho Japanese, closing in, found the ra'
vine vacant, save for their own dead
There are three battallons in each
japanese infantry regiment, except
the bodyguard regiments, which have
two each. A Japanese regiment ordl-
narilv consists Of seven ofIlcers, 1b4
suhcincers and LAO privates-1.e6%
men in all. Therefore it Is probable
that LIN the two battalions reported
vtned out there were At least 100
men.
: ekrydIoff Near Port Arthur.
London, June IA. - The Standards
oorrespondent at St. Petersburg tele-
xraphs that dispatches have been re-
ceivsd from Admiral Skrydlon, stating
that en- Tuesday last he moved with
the Vladivostok squadron toward
Port Arthur and arrived within thirty
milan Of that place. There he ran
into fog and found several japanese
tornado boats and two battleshlps
confronting him. The Japanese at
tackled nercely, intlicting some DAM
Age. The Russians returned the jap
anese fire, but rs none Of the Port Ar
thur ships appeared as Skrydloh ex-
pectsd, they returned to Vladivastok,
which they reached a s o'clock yester-
day morning.
Military Train sombarded.
TOXIC, June 14-Rear Admiral Togo
reports that on Tuesday part OF the
fleet bombarded tho west coast OF the
Liaotung peninsula near Kaichou and
drove back a military train that was
approaching southwark No trains
have been seen since.
The enemy was driving in troops
and throwing up works. evidently ex-
pectlng 4 landing Of the japanese on
that point and making all prepara-
tons to prevent it.
Small gunboats sent close In by
Rear Admiral Togo bombarded the
Russians at work, and it is believed
caused considerable damage.
Russians Fight Bandits.
Haicheng. June fi.-Ter Cossacks
alone the railway south y hare ~