Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-28
JAPANESE ATTACKS REpULSEO.
Numerous Skirmlshes Have 0eeurres
Along Most Parts Of the
Russian Front
LAST ASSAULT ON PORT ARTHUR.
Said to Have Cost Assailauts Seven
Thousand Meu--Iaps, it is Alleged,
Fire on Bayiug Parties.

Moscow, Sept 2S-A great popular
open air prayer service was held here
yesterday In the immense square, front
ing the soukharoft tower, which was
filled with devout crowds on Blended
knees, praying for victory for the Rus
Sian arms. a respondent marquee was
erected at the foot OF the tower, where
clergy IN gorgeous vcstments, cele-
brated a service OF intercesslon, amidst
the singing Of a thousand choristers.
JAP ATTACKS REPULsED.
ST. Petersburg, Sept. PA dispatch
from Gen kuropatkin, dated yesterday
afternoon, announces that numerous
sklrmlshes have occurred along most
parts of the Russian frontier The
japanese have not altered their posi-
lions east Of the railroad and conhne
themselves to outpost attacks to the
north, all OF which so far have been re-
pulsed.
"Reminiscences by the Russian troops
have established the fact that the main
Japanese forces are stll along the
branch railroad 10 the Yen Tai mines.
Both sides are In contant contact. Gen.
samsonoff's troops particularly have
had frequent encounters but have sus-
tained few casualties. The Russians
have captured some Japanese cattle
and horses.
The Japanese have constructed pom.
toon bridges over the Taitse river at
penslhu.
LAST ASSAULT on PORT ARTHUR.
Chefoo. Sept. 2S, 1890 p. m--Russians
residing here claim TO have received in
formation that the Japanese losses IN
the last assault on Port Arthur, which
| began Sept 10, were 1000
A Chinese who left the fortress on
sept Is says that the Russian losses
were between 800 and 500
THIS Chinaman says that the Japa-
nese were unable 10 remain IN the three
| supplementary forts, which they cap
tured, and that they retired at o'clock
CA the afternoon OF Sept. &c after en-
during several days Of tremendous mr.
ing from the inner forts
He adds that the Russians attempted
| 10 bury the dead OF both sides at night
because the decomposing bodies serl-
! ousy menace the health Of the garri-
son The Russians allege that II is
the deliher te policy OF the Japanese TO
undermine the health OF the Russian
troops by means Of the odors from the
decomposing bodies and that Tor this
reason they Gre on the burial parties.
one Chinese who was a member OF a
burial party says that the Japanese
fired when he and other Chinese at
tempted 10 bury the dead. He adds
| that when the wind carries the odors
towards the Japanese the latter retire
Chinese say that the most severe at
tacks We're made on the supplementary
forts OF the IT. and Anshu mountain
forts The Russians here undermined
the ground, and several hundred Japa-
nese were blown up on Sept g. Re
ports received from the Miaotao Islands
mention terrific report which shook
the houses there on that date.
The Russian ships Il is reported, took
| no part In the battle.
From 30 to so shells fell daily into
| the Chinese new town. One shell tore
the rudder from a torpedo boat des-
| trOyer
| The Russians are now building new
| fort on Liaou promontory, bearing on
| the land side. Its construction lndi-
Gates that Ave large guns win form the
| neucles OF the battery.