Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
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Japanese DEARLY
LOSSES AT PORT ARTHUR DUR
ING LAST THREE MONTHS
ARE ABOUT 10000.
FIVE RUSSIAN SHIPS
SUNK IN THE HARBOR
Mikado's Troops Take Last Fort De-
Tending the. City-Gen. stoessel Re-
ported Wounded ~ British Artil-
lery Duel.

Chefoo, Nov 5.-Chinese, who left
Port Dalny Thursday evening report
that patches of wounded were passing
through Dalny. They report, also, that
during the recent battle fresh Japan
csc troops were constantly going to the
front. 1t is reported that the Japan
csc killed or wounded in front of
Port Arthur during the last three
months approximate 10000.
There are persistent rumors that the
Japanese have occupied the forts of
Rihlung mountain and certain forts of
the Kekwan mountain group, but we'll
informed Japanese here consider these
rumors as premature. These Japanese,
however, are confident that the end of
the Russian occupation of Port Ar
thur is fast approaching. They admit
that they have been disappointed here
tofore, but say that their previous
hopes never had such a fact-based
entertain.
The TACT that Gen. Nogi, commander
of the Third Japanese army before
Port Arthur, has allowed press dis
patches to leave the front of the base of
dis operations, is looked upon as strong
ly indicating the confident spirit of the
besiegers. Further tidings of events
at Port Arthur are awaited here with
an intensity of interest greater than
displayed since the beginning of the
war.
Five Ships Sunk.
London, Nov. 5.-A dispatch to the
Express, from Toxic, states that five
Russian vessels have been sunk in the
harbor.
The last fort on the eastern side of
Pert Arthur has been captured BY the
Japanese.
Stoessel Reported Wounded.
A dispatch to a news agency from
st. Petersburg says Lieut.. Gen. Stoes-
sci, commander of the Russian troops
at Port Arthur, is reported to be
wounded in the leg. The supreme eff
fort of the Japanese to carry Port
Arthur by storm on the mikado's
birthday failed, but the battle contin-
ues with unabated fury, and the end is
not far away. Only one line of forts
remains between the Japanese and the
town. The Japanese Tuesday are said
to have captured the trenches outside
these forts.
Japs Hold All Main Forts.
Shanghai, Nov. 5.-British steamer
Victoria, which succeeded in running
the Port Arthur blockade with a full
cargo of beef, and has returned here,
confirms the reports that the Japan
csc have captured all the main north
eastern positions Of the fortress.
Artillery Duel.
Mukden, Nov. 5.-There was a brisk
exchange of artillery fire here Thurs
day. extending from the village of
Linchintoun eastward on both sides Of
the railroad, but the firing ceased at
noon. The Japanese are continuing
their concentration opposite the Rus
sian center. The Japanese positions
along their whole line are strongly
fortified, and they are now entrenching
along the Hun river to the westward.
On Monday, on the Russian extreme
right, squadron of Don Cossacks
charged battery of Japanese artillery
near Lldantoun. The Cossacks went
forward at a gallop through field of
uncut millet> against the fire of the
battery, and had almost reached the
guns, when couple of companies of
Japanese infantry rose up and poured
in several volleys, compelling the cav
a(rynaen TO ride out of the field at an
even faster pace than they went in it.
The Cossacks lost about Is men.
Details Not Yet Settled.
London, Nov. 5.-Regarding the re-
ports of the completion of the Anglo
Russian convention, the foreign Of
flee Friday afternoon reiterated that
while an agreement in principle ap-
pears to have been reached regarding
the form and scope of the interna-
t1onal commission, nothing has vet
been settled anent the venue and per-
sonnet, and nothing can be definitely
settled until the authorities at St,
Petersburg have an opportunity to ex-
anime the text of the draft of the con-
vention, which was expected to arrive
there Friday night.
Trainmen Injured in Wreck.
Cresson, Pa, Nov. 5.-Train No. 10.
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