Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-23
.wSTCESSEL'S FIGHT.
Besiegers at Port Arthur Driv-
en- Back With Loss.
4 THOUSAND JAPS HORS De COMBAT
Russian B~nttleship Orel Had harrow
Escape-BOgatyr Wrecked at VIad-
MISUNDERSTANDING Train teach
es Port Arthur.

~Ahl - - "A pap
anese soldiers were killed or wounded
in a sortie made by General Stoessel's
forces at Port Arthur, according to adj.
vices received by the officials at st.
Petersburg.
The battleship Orel, it was reported
from the Russian capital, was badly
damaged on her way to Cr0nstadt and
narrowly escaped sinking. The story
Of the Bogatyr's wreck finds credence
in st. Petersburg despite official de.
malls, and it was reported from Kobe
that she had been destroyed.
Skirmishes tool place north of Taku-
shan, Il Russian troop of cavalry sus
tanning heavy loss south of Fengwang-
cheng and north of Wonsan. The
movements of General Kuroki's army
remain a puzzle TO the Russians.
a st. Petersburg dispatch says Gen
eral Stoessel has made Il successful
sortie from Port Arthur, resulting in
the defeat of the Japanese, with the
loss of over Il thousand killed or
wounded. The news has been received
by the government. Details of the at
tack are conflicting, and the following
serve:
THE movement was carried out in
combination with a train bringing in
war munitions and supplies and Cen
eral Stoessel's force, communications
being maintained by wireless telegra-
nhN TIn InranTNnCn 1np.n1 f1a ~
between the train and General Stoes-
sells force. w%hereupon the Russians at
tackled and routed the Japanese. After
the engagement General Stoessel's
force. with the train, returned to Port
Arthur"
General Stoessel, it is said, made a
new distribution of his guns before
hand in order to cover the force taking
part in the sortie. The Russian troops
fought with the greatest bravery,
breaking the Japanese line and driving
back the troops for a considerable dis
lance.
The Russians at Port Arthur are in
n desperate frame of mind, and they
have made their desperation an excuse
to SOW the whole strait of Pechili with
floating blockade mines.
Not only have these diabolical ma
chimes been placed off their own
shores and in their own waters, but
it is reported that launches and iunks
have been sent out to drop mines at
night or in fogs in waters likely to be
used by the japanese warships and
transports.
These mines have drifted into the
high seas and Chinese waters, where
they constitute the gravest danger to
neutral ships. Several of them have
been seen near Weihaiwci.
In spite of the continued denials
from the Russian admiralty reports
from Russian sources persistently re-
peat that the Russian protected cruiser
Bogatyr Is on the rocks near Vladivos7
tok. Her exact position Is not reported,
but Rear Admiral lessen is making
determined efforts to save her, with
good chances of success
A V~ladlvostok report says Vice Ad-
miral S%krydlofr arrived there at 4:30
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. He was
met at the Okeanski station. thirteen
miles outside Vladivostok, by Major
General Voronetz and Populations of
the military, naval and municipal au-
thorlties and was presented with bread
and salt. Entering the town, the adj
miral drove TO the pier, escorted by
Cossacks, and boarded the cruiser Ros-
STA. on which a short service was held.
The chaplain s~prinkled and blessed the
admiral's flag before it was run up to
with n salute from all the cruisers In
the harbor. The admiral addressed
the officers and crew of the Rossla, say
ing:
The emperor orders me to convey
his greeting and loyal thanks for your
gallant services, in consideration of
which he reduces your tour of sea duty
to three years"
y st. Petersburg report says that
Viceroy AleXeieff rendered his resigna-
ton to the emperor, giving i'll health as
the reason for his desire to be relieved,
but that the emperor persuaded him in
n gracious telegram to remain Mt his
post.
During a reconnaissance of Port Ar
thur made by Admiral Togo Il shell hit
the torpedo boat destroyer Akatsuki,
II officer and twenty-four men.
st. Petersburg reports say General
Kuropatkin has sent the following tel
egram to Emperor Nicholas:
''From reports received l have o n
cluded that the first Japanese army
is concentrated as follows: Two divi-
sions at Fengwangcheng and its en-
virons and one divisions at Habalin,
halfway between Siuyen and Feng-
w~angcheng. 1t is stated that Feng-
wangcheng is being fortified"