Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-12-15
RETREAT WITH
HEAVY LOSSES
AFTER sEvENTY.TWo HoURV
FIGHTING THE RUss'ANs
RETREAT.
MUKDEN IN WILD CONFUSION
CONTINUAL FIGHTING: SAID 70:
De PROCEEDING SOUTH or
MUk0EN.
BATTER PORT ARTHUR FLEET
JAPANESE MAKE SURE ships
WILL NOT BE USED
AGAIN.
BATTER PORT ARTHUR FLEET

London, Dec. l3.-Ine correspond
ent at Shanghai of the Daily Tele"
graph in a dispatch dated Dec. II.
says that according to Pekin reports
the Russians have retreated from the
south bank of the Hun river after sew
enty-two hours fighting, with heavy
losses. On the fourth day of the fight
ing, the correspondent says, the jap
anese assumed the offensive. The
Mukden station is reported to be In
wild state of confusion.
The Daily Telegraph thinks the au-
thenticity of the foregoing. reports
from Chinese sources of heavy fight
ing is very doubtful.
Pound Port Arthur Fleet.
Toxic, Dec. 13.-The Japanese con-
tinue to batter the Port Arthur feet
and there is little ground for expect
ing that it will ever again engage the
japanese: The battleship Sevastopof
continues to anchor outside. but pos
sibly returns to the harbor at night
and anchors inside the outer boom
which protects her from torpedo
boats.
The recent heavy weather has given
added protection to the vessel. Naval
experts are discarding the theory that
the Russians themselves sank any Of
their ships. The fact that the vessels
first showed lists while in exposed po.
sitions and the efforts made to save
the sevastopol are regarded as con.
elusive evidence against the theory Of
their being sunk by the Russians. A
majority Of
The sunken Warships
lie headed northward. They received
the bulk Of the fire across their port
sides, and the fact that at least two
Of them showed lists to starboard,
gives rise to the theory that Japanese
shells exploded inside the ships and
against the starboard armor, driving
the armor outward and causing leaks.
To make sure the destruction of the
Russian warships the Japanese con-
tinue to drop shells into the sunken
hulks. -.
The whereabouts Of the torpedo
boat destroyers continues doubtful,
but it 10 thought they are sheltering
outside the harbor. The weather pre-
vents 4 good observation being made.
but the Japanese are sending .
searching fire into hooks. which are
not observable from 203-Meter hill
and other heights.
Attack eattIeshtp.
London, Dec. 13.--An unofficial re-
port from Port Arthur. according to 4
Toxic dispatch In the Daily Mail, says
that Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
attacked the Russian battleship Sc
vastopol lat the mouth of the harbor
the night Of Dec. 9. with results un.
known. -...
The Daily Tsl@graph's correspond
ent before Port Arthur reports, under
date Of Dec. 9, that there were desper.
ate. encounters last week. The bellig-
erents, the correspondent adds, mutu-
ally recognize the Red Cross and col.
lect the dead and wounded during the
temporary suspension Of fighting. -
The Telegraph's Tien.tsin CORES.
pondent learns from official Japanese
sources that the Japanese casualties
at Forth Arthur the latter part Of Oc:
tober were 1900 killed and 10000
wounded. The losses in more recent
attacks, the correspondent adds. were
much heavier. The same correspond
ent has heard that continual fighting
is proceeding south Of Mukden.