The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
CONFLICT in FAR EAST
Most Furious Assault Yet.

as follows:
kilograms Of which the general
staff have as yet no knowledge
reached the emperor at 4 o'clock this|
morning. | can affirm that they con-
Germ Port Arthur. regarding which,
place the greatest anxiety prevails att
court. The Japanese are now engaged
IN a general assault which
Is More Furious
than it's predecessors. attacking the
town on three sides simultaneously
and employing their whole forces, bel
ing determined to finish the business.
Russian mines blew up whole battal-|
ions. Gen. Fock especially distin-|
guished himself, directing the fire
from the wall, which the Japanese
reached after indescribable massacre.
The whole %squadrons of Admiral
Togo and Vice Admiral Kaminura's
squadron are aiding the struggle.
which, it is feared here will be final
The besieged forces are
Fighting as in a Furnace.
A perfect storm of shells is falling on
the town, port and fortress from the
whole hill and roadstead. Gen. Stoes-
sci is going from fort to fort, encour-
aging the defenders in their desperate
efforts. In ST. Petersburg details con
corning the tragic event. which will
perhaps terminate by a glorious fall
of Port Arthur. are entirely unknown.
At court hope has not yet been entire
ly abandoned.
Japs Moving Against Enemy.
ST. Petersburg, Sept. ga detach-
ment under Gen. B~ennenkampf, while
accommodating yesterday, lost two Of
Ulcers and nine men killed and had
three officers and twenty-three men
wounded.
Gen. Kuropatkin telegraphs that the
Japanese continue their attempts to
turn the Russian left. but without
success
According to the latest information
received by the war Office, Field
Marshal Oyama's advance forces are
still thirty miles south and southeast
of Fushun. The war office does not
HPNNN " ~ CT ASIlti bifIlA
a series of rear guard engagements.
ZEN. ku%ropatEin announces that the
Japanese army at BentsiaputZe is be-
ginning to advance northward. The
outposts yesterday tried to capture
Kaoutun pass. commanding the road
to Fushun. The Russians are Offering
a stubborn resistance. which is likely
tn rptard 60ciSiya OporatjopS
Russians Hold Passes.
Kuropatkin has placed strong
forces astride the Mukden and Fushun
roads to Bentsiaputze. The Russians
also are holding all the passes Of The
Da range eastward OF Bentsiaputze.
A dispatch from Hardin announces
that another Japanese regiment is
moving further eastward, but 1t is re-
garded as improbable that the Japan
csc will move in considerable force
from Dziantchan along the roads lead
ing to Mukden, Fushun and Sintzin-
tin. Severe fighting is probable before
the Japanese succeed in reaching the
Hun river.
Japs Advance Slowly.
The Japanese advance toward Muk-
den continues slowly, according to in
formation received by the authorities.
Both official reports and press dis
patches place Marquis Oyama's adj
guard thirty miles south Of
Muhden. while stories printed in the
foreign press that a great battle ata
Mukden already has begun are dis.
proved by the actual development at
the scene of operations.
There is no question in the minds OF
the Russian authorities of the impor.
lance of Mukden to the Japanese as a
winter base. 1t is believed tina the
Japanese will exert every effort to
push out the Russians, but it is
thought a serious struggle for the pos
session of the town is still several
days distant.
Japs Get Forts.
London. Sept. 23.-During the scar
city Of news from Mukden, attention
is again reverted to Port Arthur. Ac-I
cording to the Morning Posts Japan :
csc i~nfornants. two OF "Kuropatkin's
No'N' "hANA thG JdDdIl0SS are SdlQ bG
have occupied in the vicinity Oh
Shulshlying. are Nantsai and Chang
klatun, and their value to the besieg-
ers consists In the former being close
TO the Antsushan forts and the latter
TO the Dragon Hill forts, the
Object Of the Japanese
being to thrust a powerful wodco IN
the gap between the eastern and west.
ern Notifications, through which the
railway passes to Port Arthur from
the north.
Antsushan overlooks this gap. and
though he Japanese failed to nene.
trate it sufficiently in the assault of
three weeks ago. the persistency with
which they returned to the chsrge 4,
held to prove that the taking of thea
gap is as essential to the Jananesa
plan OF campaign as it was a decade
ago..