Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-30
ANOTHER
 VICTORY
Japs Keep On Tow
 ard Port Arthur
Nankwanling is the Latest Place Captured by Them
 Russians in Desperation Burned the Railroad Sta- tion-The Losses.

t1U41- kAG AUSSGS.
 LONDON, May 30. Late adyices from Tokyo say Nankwanling has been occupied by force of Japanese in fantry, artillery and engineers, under the command of General Nakamura The main Japanese force spent the previous night in the villages around Nanshan. The soldiers were greatly fatigued as a result of the constant fighting at Kinchau and Nanshan heights, but they entered with much. spirit upon the new operations.
 A force of Russians held Sanchilipao station, which is northwest of Dalny, but the Japanese drove them out. The Russians abandoned and burned the station and retired in the direction of Port Arthur.
 The estimates of the number of Rus sians engaged in the defense of Kin chau, Nanshan and the south shore of Talienwan bay vary, but it is evident that the Russians drew men from the forces at Port Arthur and offered all the resistance possible. It is under stood here that Lieutenant General Stoessel, commander of the military forces at Port Arthur, was in personal command of the operations.
 The Japanese troops have rested and are pressing on to, the south.
 The assault on Nanshan hill was one of the fiercest and bloodiest affairs in modern warfare. Tn the earlier rushes of the engagement every man who charged was shot down before he reached the first line of Russian trenches.
 k, It was found necessary to stop these infantry charges and renew the artil- lery fire from the rear before the suc- cessfuI assault on the Russian position could be made. The success of this charge was brought about by one de tachment of Japanese troops, more in trepid than their comrades, who suc- ceeded in piercing the Russian line.
 A splendid stroke of fortune was the discovery and destruction by the Japa- nese of the electric wires leading to the mines at the eastern foot of the hill This prevented the Russians from exploding these mines when the Jap- anese infantry crossed the ground where they had been placed. It is pos sible that the fortune of the day hing ed upon these mines. If the Russians had been able to explode them at the right time, the losses among the Japa- nese troops would have been tremen- dous, and it is possible that the Rus sians would have been able to hold them back.
 Three thousand Japanese fell in the attack on the positions near Kinchau, and the retreating Russians left 400 dead on the field Their total losses are stimated at 2,O0O. Fifty guns were taken.
 A .Chefu report says that Dalny has been practically evacuated, according to the statements of Sikh and Russian refugees arriving there by junks. All valuables, ammunition and most of the troops have been taken to Port Arthur. The only civilians remaining are the electrical engineers in charge of the mines laid in the harbor and also those set to destroy docks and piers
 The United States gunboat Frolic, now at Chefu, will go to Newchwang at once in case that town is evacuated by the Russians.
 
 who arrived from Dalny, having left there on Saturday, says that Japa- nese scouting party was seen by viii lagers in the vicinity of Dalny and that battle has taken place at Yingchong- tse, point on the railroad about ten miles northwest of Dalny.
 A Tientsin report says that Uchida, the Japanese minister at Picking, has demanded an immediate reply to the | inquiry previously sent to the waiwu- pu as to whether China is prepared to hold and administer the territory the l Japanese have conquered. Otherwise l Japan must appeal to other powers to undertake the responsibility at the ex- tpense of China
 A dispatch from Shanghai says that | Minister Uchidas has notified the Chi nese government at Picking that Port Arthur will soon be captured and has asked whether China is ready to re- sume possession of the district or. shall | Japan hold it.