Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-10-27
Japs Pour Shells Into Port Arthur for
Four Days Without Interruption
Losses to Mikado's Troops Said to
Have Been $4,000.

says the Japanese did not reply, indi-
eating a possible shortage OF ammunl-
tios or desire to conceal the location
of their guns. -..~> -. r~~
The war Office had no fresh news Fri
day morning, except list of the losses
of Gen. Ekk's Seventy-first division OF
the Fifth Siberian corps and Gen. Nora
goff's First division of Lieut. Gen. DEM
bowski's corps. Each lost half dozen
officers. The official lists of officers
killed and wounded between October l
snd October 10 totals 172. including Maj.
Gen. Rabinski and II field officers killed.
The wounded are in the proportion Of
one to six. The list for the heaviest
days fighting is still unreported, and
doubtless will exceed the losses at Lao
yang, when 500 officers were killed or
wounded The losses among the men
are not yet reported, but they are
thought to approximate not much over
100000
Still Smelling Port Arthur.
News from Port Arthur brought to
Chefoo by junk which left there Oc-
tober 10 says fierce bombardment
which began October 16 was still pro-
crossing without Interruption. Many
buildings had been damaged and ships
in the harbor had also been hit by the
shells, hut the character and extent OF
the damages are not stated. The Jap
anese main forces are now posted, At
Liudziatung. They have placed guns of
large caliber on Iunjida mountain. The
Russians continue making sorties sue
cessfully and inflicting heavy losses on
the besiegers, whose losses since the
commencement of the siege are said TO
have been $4,000.
No End to Slaughter in Sight.
Berlin, Oct. ~. - COL Gaodke, war
correspondent of the Tageblatt, tele-
graphed to his paper Friday from Muk-
den as follows:
Have been unable to telegraph for
two days owing to the absence of the
censor on the 18th and goth. Both ar
mics are much fatigued. They occupy
positions in close contact Only an oc-
casional shot breaks the Stiffness. A
general Russian attack appeared to have
been planned for the night of October
20, but freshet in the Shakhe river pre-
vented f. Tie roads and fields are dry
ing slowly 1t rained again the HI stat Of
the Goth. The Russian losses were
frightful. Single regiments have as few
as 800 men left. The Viborg regiment.
of which Emperor William is honorary
colonel, had 20 officers and 800 men
killed The feeling is accordingly grave.
No end is visible of the CHASTITY slaugh-
ter
A dispatch to the LocaLAnzeiger
from Mukden says the Eighth Russian
army corps has arrived there and that
Gen. Kuropatkin viii make new plans
Immediately.
Kuropatkin Confident.
l. St. Petersburg, Oct. p - kilograms
have been received from Gen. Kuropat-
kin OF such reassuring nature that the
most confident optimism reigns in the
highest CIRCLES here. The impression
is given in these dispatches that the
Japanese are suffering from such ex-
haustion that they must retreat quickly.
while on the other hand Kuropatkin is
in condition to assume a strong offen-
sive as soon as the rain stops. Kuro-
patkin is confident that he can throw
of the japanese to the westward. thus
leaving the way open to Port Arthur,
which, it is calculated, he could reach
in three weeks. Such is a summary of
the ideas entertained here and which
are causing great elation. Should suc-
cess not meet Kuropatkin's plans in the
Immediate future, the disappointment
here will be more intense than ever be-
tor -
Disaster Averted.
= A correspondent of the Russky Lis
tok sends to that paper a graphic &C.
count of the fighting by Gen. Bilder-
ling's corps on October II, when the
Russian right flank was broken. It
now develops that disaster was avert
ed solely by the timely arrival of Gen.
Sobeleff's Sixth Siberian corps, COM
posed almost entirely of reservists,
and many regiments of which were ex-
periencing their first taste of actual
war. The correspondent telegraphs
that Gen. Oku's desperate onslaught
forced back Gen. Bilderling and drove
in Stakhevich's cavalry, which was
guarding Bilderling's right. The stu
alton was most critical, but the Sixth
corps, which had been held in reserve.
promptly came up and supported Bill
derling, and things assumed brighter
aspect The fighting was exceedingly
furious. Two reserve corps regiments
which had never before been under fire
bore the brunt of the Japanese advance,
and obstinately held their ground. The
following day the battle WAS resumed
with the fullest intensity. The Japa-
nese threw themselves beadlong