Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
PORT ARTHUR IS
CAPTURED AGAIN
NEWS TO THIS EFFECT RECEIVED
FROM WEIHAIWEI AND.
CHEFOO.
JAPS LOSE HEAVILY
IN RECENT FIGHTING.
Two Russian Generals Wounded
Cars Forces Now Concentrated at
Haicheng-Pessimistic Views En-
tertained at st. Petersburg.

CeAVeu neTe 1TOm WelnalWe1 confirms
other telegrams received here Friday
from ChefOo to the effect that Port
Arthur has been captured. The Wei
haiwei telegram says also that the
British fleet, which has been cruising,
will return there Saturday.
Heavy Japanese Losses.
Liaoyang, July 30.-Further details
Of the fighting below Tatchekiao, July
% and "a, indicate that the Japanese
losses may reach 5000 men. The Rus
sian losses are officially stated to be
about 700. The Russian front was much
extended. The Japanese concentrated
their attack against the Russian left,
but were repeatedly repulsed. The
Russians made several brilliant bayonet
charges, and for the first time the Rus
sian artillery was used in high angle fire
from behind hill, the fire being directed
by a telephone from an eminence and
attaining great precision. The Russians
did not retire until it was established
that the Japanese had seven divisions
The Russian force is concentrated at
Haicheng and probably will not retire
further. 1t is expected that the Japanese
will now advance against the left flank
OF the Russian southern army.
Two Generals Wounded.
Washington, July 30.-The Japanese
minister has received the following ca
blegram from the foreign Office at Toxic,
dated Friday:
Gen. Oku reports further that, &C.
cording to the statements of Russian
officers captured during the recent bat
tie, Gen. Kuropatkin was present on the
battlefield and that Gems. Sakaloff and
Kondratsvitch were wounded. Also
that the Russian casualties were about
1000. The Japanese casualties were
about 1000, and Gen. Oku reports that
investigations are being made regarding
the number of prisoners taken and the
quantity of munitions of war, etc., cap
tured''
Significant News.
St. Petersburg, July 3O-Since the
Russian retreat from Tatchekiao and
the taking of Newchwang by the Jap
anese the feeling here has grown sud-
denly more pessimistic., With the JAP
anese able to get around Gen. Kuropat-
kin's right from Newchwang, with their
forces pressing in upon Haicheng from
the east and Japanese column threat
ening the Russian communications
above Liaoyang, the withdrawal of the
entire Russia army notthward may
be absolutely necessary In this con-
nectton the orders issued to the foreign
war correspondents to go to Harbin, as
well as the report that Viceroy Alexieff
is going to Vladivostok, are highly sig
n1f1cant, as indicating that Gen. Kuro-
patkin may already have decided that
his present position is untenable.
The temper of the soldiers at the front
over these continued retrograde move
ments is shown by the statements OF
two Russian correspondents with Gen.
Herschelmann, who report in identical
language that "the soldiers are tired of
retreating," and the statement of an
other Russian correspondent, who says
''our men retired from Tatchekiao with
heavy hearts, Still another corre-
spondent says:
1--WE are all wonderstruck at the
strategy and genius of Gen. Kuroki
Everything he plans is executed with
clock-work regularity, although he has
no railroad but must march his men
over mountain roads,
There is an unconfirmed rumor that
Vice Admiral Skrydloff is coming back
to St. Petersburg to take out the Ra1tic
squadron.