The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-05-03

losses are admitted, but they are not
and some guns. According to the lat
est information General Zassalitch
lis recovering in good order along the
main road. and the Japanese are no.
following. There is no confirmation
of the report of General Zassalitch OF
Gen. Kashtalinsky being wounded
St Petersburg( 1904 p. m.) May
3.-It is reported here that Vice Ad-
miral Togo made another desperate
attempt to block the entrance to
Port Arthur last night and failed
yiceroy Alexieff sent out a section
of the fieet to meet the attack and
sank eight fre-ships and two Japan
ese torpedo boats. The channel is re-
ported to be clear.
st. Petersburg t4:0O p m.) May
Slater the report that Vice Admi-
raj Togo had made an attempt to
block Port Arthur was confirmed.
viceroy Alexieff reported officially
that the Japanese sent eight fire.
ships last night to block the entrance
to the harbor, but all were sunk by
Russian torpedo boats and the fire
from the land batteries, leaving the
channel clear. The Viceroy also re-
ported that the Russians sank two
Japanese torpedo boats.
The fire ships were discovered by
the searchlights of the batteries and
by the guardships shortly after mid
night The torpedo boats and torpe-
do boat destroyers were ordered out,
but none of the larger war ships
Admiral Alexieff himself went on
board tho coast defense vessel DIVA
shat. The guard boats at the entrance
of the harbor and the forts opened
fire on the fire-boats which lasted till
five o'clock in the morning, when the
largest fire boat went down. The Rus
slams succeeded in saving but few
members of the crews of the fire.
ships, including two officers.
Rosae, May S.-According to dis
patches received here, General Kuro-
patkin is on the march from Lao
Yang to Feng Wang Cheng with
twenty thousand troops.
London, May 3.-Little additional
Information concerning the battle on
the Yalu had been received up to
noon today, and the Japanese lega-
ton had no further dispatches.
Commenting on the Shanghai re-
port that U. S. Consul Davidson is
proceeding to his post at Antung. the
London Globe says: 'The triumph
of the open door policy has begun.
and the United States has given once
more a sign of clear appreciation of
the real issues at stake in the far
east" The Globe then invites the
British foreign Office to show similar
activity.
London, (4'p. m.)>May 3.-The Jap
anese legation this afternoon gave
General Kuroki's report dated the
afternoon of May 1st, as follows:
"The enemy offered stubborn resist
ance to our pursuit. adding 800 to
our casualties Finally two companies
of artillery. after losing a majority
of their men and horses. surrendered
raising a white flag. The officers were
made prisoners. They assert that Gen.
Kashtalinsky and the commander of
artillery were killed. Many of the SUI
perior officers were killed or wound
ed. The prisoners include thirty Off
GERS and three hundred non-commis-
stoned officers and men,"
Seoul (1:O2 p. m) May 3.-It has
been learned here that after the
fighting Sunday on the Yalu river
the Japanese started Monday morn
ing to pursue the enemy through the
mountains. The Russian forces are
said to number 10000 men. They sus
tanned heavy loss.
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