Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-26
TOday's Telegraphic News
JAPANESE REPULsED.

rosnondent of the Reuter- Telegram Com
naaw wires that after four days bonn
bardment the japanese made general
osaanlt ON Port Arthur on Friday and
we're repulsed with heavy loss.
ST. Petersburg, Sept. 26.-General
Kuropatkiu reports to the Car that the
japanese are increasing their force at
Beniapudzi, to the eastward of Mukden.
He adds: ''Skirmishes have occurred in
the valley of the Hun-Ho river and at
Inpu, between Benispudzi and the rail-
way. Large bodies of the enemy are
advancing at Tsian-Chan, in the valley
of the 1aitsike."
st. Petersburg, Sept. 26.-General
Sakarof wires that during the last two
or three days the japanese vanguard has
attempted to occupy Kaoutowlin Pass,
to the southeast of Mukden, but the
Russians were successful in repulsing
the attacks. On the south front all is
quiet with the exception of skirmishes
between outposts.
Toxic, Sept. ga growing feeling
of seriousness now marks the popular
attitude toward war events. The battle
of Liaoyang, and the stubborn resistance
by the Russians at Port Arthur, have
caused full appreciation of the task
Field Marshal Oyama and his generals
have before them. That it is one of the
greatest magnitude is not for moment
doubted, but the feeling of confidence OF
eventual victory has not been shaken in
the least. The drain which has been
made on the country's resources has not
vet been telt appreciably. The nation
has made up its mind that it will pay to
the uttermost cheerfully to obtain ulti-
mate success. A popular demand has
developed for the extension of the Seoul
railway from AntuDg to Liaoyang, so as
to expedite the movement OF reinforce
ments and supplies to the front.
Rome, Sept. pa message from
Chefoo states that the Japanese are
again bombarding Port Arthur today.
The losses of the attacking forces are in
significant, owing to the fact that the
japanese foriiiy all their positions and
are not employing infantry until the
forts they are assaulting have been al
most dismantled by artillery fire and
can be taken by assault.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 26.-Ofiicial
dispatches received today indicate that
the japanese under Field Marshal OYama
are preparing to make an extensive turn
ing movement to the east OF Mukden.
A large force from Liaoyang is advanc-
ing across the Taitse river and marching
north to join the main force.
London, Sept. 26.-'rhe battle Of
Mukden will not occur in the city itself,
but to the east and northeast OF the
stronghold. The japanese commanders,
according to well authenticated informa-
ton, have entered into an agreement
with the Chinese that the Holy City u
Mukden, where the bones of the emper-
ors lie. will not be desecrated by the
splitting of blood. Official dispatches
received in St. Petersburg from Gene
rails Kuropatkin and Sakharoh tend to
confirm this belief They state that the
Japanese on the southern front are rest
ing on their arms, with the exception of
small outpOsts affairs.
The indications are that Field Marshal
Oyama has plans to advance toward the
north of Mukden, probably on the
shores of the Lao river, there to make
a stand and if possible cut off General
Kuropatkin's line of retreat. The abb
sence of fighting indicates that affairs
about Mukden are still in a state of
preparation for the great battle which
will of necessity occur within a short
time. Otherwise the winter season will
be upon the armies, and such thing as
leaving Kuropatkin in Mukden for the
winter does not enter the japanese plans.
The situation at Port Arthur appears
to become more critical daily, According
to a dispatch received in Rome from
Chefoo this morning, the japanese are
again bombarding the stronghold today.
The Mikado's men are conducting the
Commandment with more system and
more deliberately than heretofore, and
are doing their utmost to conserve their
forces. The artillery, which includes a
number of II inch guns taken from
ships of Admiral Togo fleet, are being
trained on the fortress and when these
are about dismantled the infantry is
sent forward for an assault Such
tactics, it is believed, will mean the
early subjugation of General 5toessel
and his band of brave defenders.
London, Sept. 26.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent Of the Exchange
Telegraph Company wires that it is
stated in the Russian capital that Adj
miral Alexiefi will retain his post as
Viceroy of the far East, and will thus
remain of higher rank than Kuropatkiu.
General Grippenberg, he says, was
chosen to command the second Manchu-
rian army on account of his intrepidity
of character as compared with General
Kuropatkin's irrcsolutenes and slowness
of execution.