The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-08-19
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

huIlh was Suuh anu liz
Rossia and Gromoboi fled to the north
ward after having sustained serious
damage.
Vice Admiral Kamimura cables the
navy department that the injuries in
f1icted upon his vessels were slight.
The fate of the crew of the Rurik is
not known. 1t is presumed that many
of them we're killed or drowned. The
strength of the fleet under Vice Ad-
miral Kamimura is not known, but 1t
is presumed that he had the Adsuma,
ldsumo, Iwato, T~akashihO n other
light cruisers.
Toxic is joyous over the news, as 1t
gives Japan mastery of the sea and
restores commerce..
Back to Port Arthur.
London, Aug. 16.-The Post cores
pendent at Shanghai says that five
Russian ironclads n two cruisers
have returned to Port Arthur.
Czarevitch a Complete Wreck.
Chefu, Aug. 16. - Officers of the
steamship Dagmar, which arrived here
from Tsingtao, say that the battle
ship Czarevitch is a fearful wreck.
She has -four holes a foot and a half
square, each of which are covered by
wooden patches. Her masts are shat
tered and part of he bridge has been
carried away. Her tunnels are
twisted into all sorts of shapes and
her deck covered with debris. Her
guns are denied by shells and her
light gear has been swept into the sea.
She presents a s%ickening sight. All
her officers were killed. and many of
the men were wounded. The groans of
the dying were fearful to hear.
General Attack on Port Arthur.
Chefu, Aug. ia telegram just re-
ceived here from a reliable source
| states that a general attack on Port
Arthur began at 4 o'clock this morn
ing.
Take Port Arthur at Any Cost.
A dispatch from Mukden states that
the Japanese Port Arthur Army has
been largely reinforced and has taken
up position in two large bodies, n on
the heights between Lungwungtao n
L LAY ohh lin lin va An AAAAo
near Louisa bay. Guns a also
been placed on the heights east OF
Wolf hills. re
The Bourse Gazette has received
the following from it's Liao-yang cor
respondent:
Twelve Japanese regiments have
left in the direction of Port Arthur. 1t
ic ctntol IN fhxy a,,f1orifu
that the mikado has ordered that Port
Arthur must be taken at any cost,
even if it necssitates the suspension of
operations in Manchuria, and it is
quite POSSIBLE that the main Japanese
force will proceed to Port Arthur
within a few days. Rain has stopped
all operations"
A dispatch from Hardin says that
Viceroy Alexieff has passed through
that place on his way to Vladivostok.
Big Battle Expected.
Liao-yang, Aug. IA Russian cor
respondent OF the Associated Press
who has arrived here says:
1--WE are daily expecting a big bat
tie in the direction of A~nshanshan. 1t
has probably been delayed by the
rains.
"The Japanese were checked at
Benitzu, twenty-eight miles east of
Liao-yang, while advancing on the
Yantao coal mines. 1t is reported
that there was a panic among the
troops, resulting in great loss of life,
but this cannot be confirmed"
Port Arthur Fleet Escapes.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 13. Public
anxiety regarding the fate of the Port
Arthur squadron which has reached
the highest pitch remained unrelieved
when the people of st. Petersburg re.
tired last night.
The reports from Toxic and Chefu
of a sea fight which followed the de-
parture of the squadron are SO con-
.ficting and inconclusive that a strong
hope exists that the Russian ships
succeeded in breaking through the
Japanese fleet. Indeed, it is rumored
that the admiralty had received infor-
".ation that the squadron has passed
0cyond the Shantung promontory,
which would bring the squadron at
| least lou ulll6S u int SOulucdSL VI
Port Arthur and into the Yellow sea.
Japs Take Disarmed Ship.
Chefu, Aug. ia boarding party
from two Japanese torpedo destroy.
ers which had entered the harbor last
night, boarded the dismantled Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitelni
this morning at $3.50 o'clock. The Jap.
anese discharged their small arms,
and during the firing a Russian was
wounded in n of his legs. Day.
break showed a third Japanese de.
stroyer towing the Ryeshitelni out OF
the harbor and all disappeared. The
Japanese consul claims that the Jap.
anese ships were ignorant of the dis.
mantling of the R~yeshitelni. An As-s
ISOLATED Press representative, how.
ever, informed the Japanese naval Of
ficers OF the fact when he visited the
two Japanese destroyers at 1880
o'clock this morning.