The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-08
IN A
NAVAL BATTLE
RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOATS IN CON-
FLICT WITH JAPANESE
TRANSPORTS.
JAPANESE LAND MEN AT DAlNY
WILL BRING MATTERS TO FINAL
ISSUE AT PORT ARTHUR
IN FEW DAYS.
JAPANESE LAND MEN At DAlNY

Ia Tche Kaio, July GA fight be-
tween Russian torpedo boats and jana
nese transports was reported off the
coast yesterday afternoon. Heavy
cannonading was heard here from the
seward.
An officer who came in declares that
from a hilltop near the coast he saw
vessels engaged in a fight, but they
were too far off to distinguish them.
Final Attack on Port Arthur.
London, July 5. - The Standards
Tien-tsin correspondent under date OF
July 4 says that since June q the
Japanese main squadron has been en-
gagged in landing men at Dalny pre-
paratory to a final attack on Port
Arthur. He adds that the Japanese
land operations in the rear of Port
Arthur will probably bring matters to
a final issue within the next few days.
The Morning Post this morning
prints a dispatch from st. Petersburg
signed "Whigham," in which the cor
respondent says: 81 arrived at the
Russian capital on July 4 after a seven
teen days journey from Mukden. The
railway
Is Working ~SplendidIy,
the Trans-Baikal section now carrying
an average of eight trains a dya.
when | left Mukden Gen. Kuropat-
kin had fewer than 12O. 900 men of all
arms, but steady re~inforcements by
rail make his position at Lao Yang
secure. He is considerably hampered
by the presence of Viceroy AleXieff,
who was responsible for the Russian
disaster at ~Vafangow."
Japanese Fall Back.
st. Petersburg, July 6.-The general
staff has received the following dis
patch dated July 3 from Lieut.. Gen.
Sakharoff:
"On July 2 the enemy's advance
guard in the Kai Chau district retreat
ed southwark and occupied a line nine
miles northeast of Senuchen.
"Senuchen is occupied by an infan-
try detachment.
According to our information the
enemy has at least $4,000 troops con
centrated around Siuyen.
1.-THE Japanese are now occupying
their original positions at Dalin pass.
mo movement beyond Dalin pass
toward Hal Cheng is observable"
Look to Port Arthur.
ST. Petersburg, July 6.-Military ex-
perts believe that the center of gravity
has again shifted to Port Arthur where
siege operations are expected to en-
gage most of the attention of the Japa-
nese util the conclusion of the rainy
season permits the resumption of the
campaign in Southern Manchuria. The
war Office believes hat a further ad-
vance on Ia Tche Kiao is impossible
in view of the powerful resistance that
can be offered by the Russians com
bined with the great difficulties of
transportation over rain sodden roads.
DcSullOIy ASHeiAS, AO"O'SA Il IlhCiJ
to continue for the
Possession Of the Passes,
which are particularly valuable to
either belligerent for the purpose of
obtaining information regarding the
others movements.
The Japanese still hold Dalin Pass,
while the Russians have captured
Oudalin Pass. The similarity of names
led to the premature announcement of
a Japanese retreat from Dalin Pass.
Mai. Gen. Mistchenko is harrassing
and driving back the Japanese be-
tween Stu Yen and Kai Chou, already
inficting a loss of about 600 in killed
or wounded. The Japanese are dis
playing the greatest wariness at this
point owing to their distance from
supplies and to the prevalence of
dysentery.
Is Trapped by kamimura.
Toxic, July 3.-Vice Admiral Kami-
mura last night evidently trapped and
attacked the Russian Vladivostok
squadron of, the islands of ITsu, in the
southern entrance to the Sea of Japan.
The result of the encounter is un-
known.
Don't Know or Won't Tell.
st. Petersburg, July 8. - There is