The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-06-01
CASTLE TAKEN
AFTER DESPERATE FIGHT
ING, AND AN ARTILLERY
ENGAGEMENT.

Japanese Loss Said to bs Heavy
Toxic Wild With JOY
Other News.
Toxic, May 27.-After two days
of desperate fighting, the invest
ment of Kinchou has become a fact.
The preparatory engagement of
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday led
to the final effort on Wednesday to
take the height of Kinchou, inclu-
ding the fortress known as the cas-
tie. An artillery engagement,
beginning at dawn on Wednesday
morning lasted five hours afterwhich
period General Oku, commanding
all the army divisions, sent Lieu
tenent- General Baron Kawamura,
of the Tenth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty
ninth and Fortieth Regiments, to
storm the heights. This was the
beginning of the great battle, which;
ended at 7 o'clock on Thurday
night, when the Japanese in.
fantry. in hand-to-hand conflict,
drove the Russian defenders from
the Nan Shan hill, said by military
autho rites to be practically impre-
enable. From this hill, Dalny is
absolutely at the mercy of the Jap
anese from the west, as are the hills
leading directly to the Port Arthur
Notifications.
While General Oku, through Ad-
miral Togo, telegraphs that the
Japanese loss was heavy in the
two days of fighting. Toxic is
wild with Joy, and the streets are
filled with men, women and chill.
dren marching in line behind bands
and all carrying lanterns.
The great triumph north of Port
Arthur has confirmed the always
strong belief with the Japanese
that their soldiers are more than
match for the Muscovite enemy.
As all dispatches show that the
Russians fought with desperate
valor, there is no doubt also that
their losses were heavy.
The Russians had made elabor-
ate preparations to check the Jap
anese march south on the Liza Tung
Peninsula toward Port Arthur.
They had fortified the high ground
on the south shore of Talienwan
Bay, their works extending to the.
east and west. The extreme Rus.
slams right was at Nan Shan Hill.
This hill was the strongest part OF
the line, series of batteries, strong
emplaced, crowned it's crest while
rifle pits extended around it's sides.
Mines had been placed lower down
on this hill and around the base on
the nc.thern and. eastern sides
were stretched we'll made wire en-
tanglements, extending from Yen.
chiatun, which lies south of Kin
chou. A strong Russian force was
posted at Kinchou. It consisted
of infantry and artillery.
The japanese first occupied the
line of hills to the east of Kinchou.
Their position here formed an al
most perfect right angle, showing
its southern front to Talienwan and
its western front to Kinchour
Chiulichan village was the apex
to this angle; the extreme right of
the japanese line rested at Chen
chatin, which is almost due north
of Chiulichan, while the extreme
left was at Chaitzuho, a village
due east of Chiulichan. Back of
this angle the attacking force assem-
bled in complete scrutiny.
The Russians apparently at
tempted to draw the japanese at
tack last Saturday for their batter
les opened fire slowly on the enemy
on that day. The Japanese how
ever refused to be drawn further on
until the positions of the Russians
their guns and their strength had
been fully developed. To this end
the Japanese began series of care.
full reconnaissance, their way close
enough to the Russian position to
draw the enemy's fire. They thus
secured fragments of shell for the
purpose of ascertaining the ca1iber
of the Russian guns.
They discovered that the batter
les on Nan Shan Hill included four
Howitzers, of about Is centimeters
caliber; ten old style cannon of be-
tween 9 and IS centimeters caliber.
and two quick-f firing guns of II CEN
timers. The japanese discovered