Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-28
PORT ARTHuR's INVESTMENT is
NOW A QUESTION OF
TIME ALONE.
RUSSIANS DEFEATED
AND LOSE MANY MEN
The seizing of Kin Chou Is An lmpor-
tant Achievement on the Part of the
Invaders-Ambush Proves Great and
Awful Surprise to Cars Troops.

= . = 80 ++s*at
London, May 27. - The Japan
= csc legation has received the fol-
I" lowing frcm Toxic: "kin Chou
= and all the heights in the vicin-
v lty have been taken and our troops
are pushing the Russians towards =
Port Arthur"
Washington, D. c., May 27. ~ =
Minister Griscom cables the state y
= department from Toxic that the :"
Japanese have captured Kin Chou
and are marching southward. :
y sa s* sas
Toxic. May -(Noon) The Japan
ese army swept the Russians from Kin
Chou yesterday morning and in a
night attack stormed the almost, i'm
pregnable position of the Russians on
Nanshan hill. west of Talienwan. The
battle ragged in the hills all through the
ulSuI. ICIO6l oAno AAoAA
Japanese headquarters report that the
engagement is still in progress and
that the Japanese are still pursuing
the Russians south from Nanshan and
the head of Talienwan bay. The Rus
SLAMS had made elaborate preparations
to check the Japanese movement south
on Iiao Tung peninsula toward Port
Arthur They had fortified the high
ground on the south shore of Talien-
wan bay.
Russians Strongly Fortified.
e The extreme Russian right was at
Hu Shang Tao and the extreme left at
Nanshan hill. This hill was the strong
est part of the line. A series of batter
les, strongly placed, crawded it's
crest, while rife pits extended around
its sides.
Wire EntangIements Used.
Mines had been placed lower down
the hill, and around the base on the
northern and eastern sides were
stretched well made wire entangle-
ments. Another line of defenses pro-
tected with wire entanglements ex-
tended from Yen CHA Tung near the
head of Talien Wan bay and strong
Russian force of infantry and artillery
was posted at Kin Chou, back of
which the attacking force assembled in
complete security.
Japanese Investigate Carefully
The Russians apparently attempted
to draw the Japanese attack last Satur-
day, for their batteries opened fire on
the enemy that day. The Japanese re-
fused to be drawn until the positions
of the Russians, their guns and their
strength had been fully developed.
Cunning Warfare.
To this end the Japanese began a
series of careful reconnoissances, their
officers working their way close enough
to the Russian position to draw the
enemy's fire. They thus secured frag-
ments Of shells for the purpose of as
certaining the caliber of the Russian
guns.
A Long, Hard Struggle.
Wednesday morning at $50 o'clock
the Japanese attacked Kin Chou, and
for three hours they had an artillery
duel with the batteries on Nanshan hill.
The Russian gunners searched the Jap
anese lines with their fire. but failed
to inflict much damage.
The battle was resumed at dawn
Thursday. Three Japanese gunboats
then entered Kin Chou bay and in CO.
operation with the artillery on shore
shelled the Russian positions on
Nansnan mill.
Russian Gunboat Takes Part.
A Russian gunboat in Talienwan bay
steamed close to the shore and she'll
ed the Japanese on the left. From
dawn the batteries on both sides ham,
mered away at each other.
Enter Kin Chou.
At an early hour the Japanese in
fantry moved forward, and at twenty
minutes past O'Clock Thursday morn
ing they entered Kin Chou, the. Rus
SLAMS retiring to the south. The fight
ing continued into Thursday night, the
Japanese pressing to the south and
storming Nanshan hill. They followed
the retreating Russians through the
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