Evening journal., 1904-05-23
RUSSIANS SINK
JAP TORPEDO BOAT
Russian Missile Kills Twenty
FIVE of Togo's Fighters.
SUCCESS BEFORE PORT ARTHUR


Of Large Body Of cossaeks In a splr-
tied asement--Vetoriou Opera
tons North Of Russian Stronghold.
Tokyo, May 2S.-In the course Of the
reconnaissance of Port Arthur made
by Admiral Togo on Friday Of last
week a shell hit the torpedo boat de
stroyer Akatsuki, killing one officer
and twenty-four men.
Official bulletins have been posted
giving news OF success in the opera
tions before Port Arthur and the defeat
OF a fairly big division OF Transbaikal
CossackS on Friday while attempting
TO stop the Japanese advance north
from Takushan. This engagement was
one of the most spirited of the war.
The Twenty-fifth regiment Of the Thir.
| teenth brigade and two companies Of
the Seventh cavalry were west of the
Loku mountains on Friday afternoon
and were preparing TO march on
bridge thrown across the Liaoyang riv.
! er, fifteen miles northwest Of Taku-
shan, when three sQuadrons OF Trans
baikal Cossacks coming from the hills
on the other side, made a determined
assault on the first two companies Of
the Twenty fifth regiment. Major Gen.
eral Ando sent forward the japanese
cavalry. under Captain Fukuharl, two
Of his infantry columns in the mean
time fording the river north and south
OF the bridge.
The Cossacks were Immediately un.
der a cross fire, which became hot as
the infantry advanced yard by yard,
the Japanese cavalry holding the
bridge and forcing the Cossacks to
| spread out on the west bank. The
Cossacks retired only after a brilliant
infantry charge against them, in which
Lieutenant Nehamo and four men were
captured Nine dead Cossacks were
left on the field. and the wounded
must number from forty 10 fifty. The
engagement lasted twenty minutes The
japanese lost two killed. Three Of the
cavalry and seven Of the Twenty-fifth
regiment were wounded. The Cossacks
retired through the mountains toward
Siuyen. The japanese attacked were
the rear division Of the army corps
landed at Takushan on last Tuesday,
and their position west of the Loku
mountains indicates that the main ar
my is on the road to Haichen.
Fighting North Of Port Arthur.
The operations north of Port Arthur,
Il is announced, have been continuous
ly successful, and Major General Ka-
mio has advanced the infantry south
of Jinchau. In the fighting Of Fri
day the Japanese losses were sixty
FIVE killed and ninety wounded, the
heavy death roll having been caused
by a series of assaults on protected
hills, which II was necessary TO take
for the Japanese artillery. Two regi
ments of the Twenty-second brigade
and five batteries Of artillery, support
ed by three squadrons of cavalry, were
in the operations Of Friday, which saw
a general advance Of five miles in the
japanese position toward Port Arthur
Seven guns Of the enemy were put out
of action in the afternoon after a two
hours engagement from east Of the
! Port Arthur railroad.
The enemy's force during the day
> was estimated at 1000 and its loss
e in dead and wounded 800. There is
nothing in the bulletins here to cor
roborate the dispatch from Paris that
the Japanese advance is stopped by a
sortie made from Port Arthur, and
this is doubtless a rumor sent out
from the Russian side. Since last
Monday the Japanese, it is announced
have advanced sixteen miles toward
v Port Arthur and have their main divi
sion Of artillery in the valley west OF
d, Dalny. The total losses in the week:
fighting north Of the fortress on the
$ japanese side are bulletined at 22t
killed, with a loss TO the enemy OF
twice that number
After repeated conferences between
the bankers, the ministers and the
: elder statesmen Of Japan the bankers
have accepted the terms OF the new
popular loan OF S5O,O00,0O0. 1t will b
= issued at %, bear per cent interes
d and run for seven years. The formel
loan was issued at o5 and is to run FOL
J. FIVE years.