The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-24
OUTWITS
TIE JAPANESE
VLADlVOSTOK SQUADRON SAID
TO HAVE ENTERED PORT
ARTHUR.
SLIPPED IN DURING A HEAVY fCJ
RUSSIANS DESTROYED TEN JAP
ANEsE TRANSPORTS DURING
THE TRIP.

Shanghai, June 22.-German advices
by wireless telegraph to Tien-tsin say
that the Russian Vladivostok feet OF
four cruisers entered Port Arthur in "A
fog last night, completely Outwlttlng
the Japanese. The Russians destroyed
ten transports during the trips, one OF
which was loaded with guns and NUM-
tons for the siege of VladivOstok.
Back to vIadivostok.
st. Petersburg, June 22.-Under date
Of June 20 Vice Admiral Skrydloff sent
the following message to the emperor:
1.-The cruiser division has returned
to Vladivostok without losing any men
or sustaining any damage"
Rumor Of Naval Fight.
Toxic, June 22.-It is reported that
Vice Admiral Kamimura is engaging
the Russian Vladivostok squadron OF
Oshima. The naval department has
no confirmation of the report, but
hopes that it may be true.
General Engagement Is On.
Liao-yang, June PA general en-
gagement is proceeding neal Kiachou.
The first train bearing wounded men
has passed through here, going north
ward.
Oku After Stakelberg.
st. Petersburg, June %. - The war
Office expects news of a fight with Gen.
Kuroki. 1t is believed that Gen. Oku
Is pursuing Gen. Stakelberg.
Siege Operations Not Begun.
A dispatch from Lieut.. Gen. Stoes-
| sci, commander of the Russian mill
tary forces at Port Arthur, dated June
II, just received here, reports that no
| serious fighting has occurred around
Port Arthur. Only a few skirmishes
have taken place, the siege operations
having not yet begun.
Hasty Retreat by Russians.
Pekin, June %. - UNSIGNED and
probably forwarded by United States
legation from Sinmintun June 49, -
There are indications that the Rus
SLAMS have been routed and are fleeing
in panic toward Mukden.
Emerson, the war correspondent, Is
reported to have been shot. The re-
treating Russians believed him to be a
spy.
To Attack Port Arthur.
Washington, June 22.-An explana
ton of the Japanese campaign on the
Liaotung peninsula, especially with
reference to Port Arthur, is contained
in an advice that has reached this
city from a source believed to he alb
solutely reliable.
The Japanese tactics, which have sc
puzzled the Russians, are intended to
isolate Port Arthur, but they do not
contemplate an attack on the place by
Gen. Oku's army. The actual work OF
reducing Port Arthur will be confided
to another Japanese army under com
mand of Gen. Nogi, which will be land
ed on the peninsula, and, indeed, 1t
| even now may be landed at a point
| south of Gen. Oku's position and con
| siderably nearer Port Arthur. The
| first of June no less that twenty-six
transports had been gathered at n OF
| the Japanese ports to embark this
army.
SktTInI6IlCS uCdI 0t0yCus
Toxic. June 22.-AJapanese infan'
try and cavalry patrol which was sent
ont from Takushan on June IS reports
having encountered a force Of Rus,
| slams at Pin Hing, thirty-six miles
west of Siuyen, and at other points,
| and the fighting of a series of skirm-
ishes. The Russians had fifty men
| killed and three men and many arms
captured. The Japanese sustained six
casualties.
Russians East Of Japanese.
Chicago, June 22.-John F. Bass. a
| staff correspondent of the Daily News,
telegraphs his paper as follows:
Gen. Kuroki's Headquarters, Man
| churia (via Fusan, Korea), June 90
| Six thousand Russians have occupied
| Saimaki. This is the first indication
| of serious activity to the east of the
| Japanese position. The concentration
of Russian troops at Haicheng has
weakened Liao-yang, which is now de-
Tended by a small force. Interest now
centers in the west of the peninsula,
although the works thrown up around
Liao-yang show that Kuropatkin has
provided a defensive position in the
event of retirement.
Russians Concentrating.
Feng Wang Cheng, June %. = The
Russians continue to move south OF