The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-30

FsWaS received from Inc DeSlegerS at fOrt
aArthur Sunday morning: "A body Of
Sour right wing surprised the enemy at
sKousanytantun and SiaOfantum 1.-THE
i Arthur), at ten o'clock Saturday night.
Halter about 81 miles northwest Of Port
and occupied the villages, and. subse-
quently dislodging the enemy, occupied
I the whole of Taliuchiatun (about five
miles northwest of Port Arthur at 2: IS
o'clock Sunday morning. Our repeated
I attacks during the past few days were
uniformly successful, and now the
whole of the enemy's advanced posi-
tions fronting our. right wing is in our
hands, -... .. -.-.,....->.
More Skirmishing.
# St. Petersburg, Dec: 26.-Gen. Kuro-
patkin reports skirmishing December
"a near Tapinlan. The Russian advance
posts were driven in by the Japanese,
but afterwards advanced again and &C.
! cupied their former position. The Rus
7 sian losses were trihing, while those of
the Japanese were heavy.
Activity at Toxic.
Toxic. Dec. 26.-T0kiO Is again
great military camp, and the scenes of
last spring. when the first armies were
modified and dispatched, are being du-'
plicated. Thousands of recruits and re-
seryists are assembled, drilling and
equiping preparatory to taking thu
field The permanent and temporary
barracks are filled, and it is necessary to
billet the soldiers brought to the city.
Aoyama field is the center of activity,
where infantry, cavalry and artillery are
constantly drilling~ The batteries fire
blank charges for the purpose of break
ing in the new horses. The general mil
1tary preparations are enormous. 1t is
planned to give Field Marshal Oyama a
rough total of half million men, With a
heavily increased artillery arm, besides
providing defense for Formosa and the
southern islands in anticipation of the
Russian second Pacific squadron's at
tempt to seize base. The port of Ke-
lung, in Formosa, has been declared In
a state ef-siege, and other positions II:
Normosa and the Pescadores are pro-
crossing. Winter is not interfering with
the Japanese transport service. The
railway between Dalney and Yentai Is
working well, and the running time be-
tween Toxic and Liaoyang is six days:
Defenses Captured.
r" Toxic: Dec. 26.-A dispatch from
the japanese army before Port Ar
thur says: ION December % the
Russian defense works on the
heights east of Houyangshukou, Sung
ohu mountain, Rihlung mountain and
the "H'' forts were bombarded by the
Japanese with heavy guns, which In
flicted considerable damage. AS aresult
of the bombardmenta detachment of the
Japanese right wing at dawn December
% attacked the enemy on the heights
east of Houyangshukou and captured
the ridge and heights at TAO In the
morning. Afterwards the enemy con-
centrated his fire from several forts at
Taiyangkou and Yahutsui upon our
newly occupied position, following this
with a determined counter attack, dur
ing which hand grenades were thrown,
but our force finally repulsed the enemy.
Later, as the enemy's bombardment
abated. we constructed some defensive
works, so that our occupation became
more assured. As result Of our heavy
guns ,bombardment during and before
the attack the fort west of Taiyangkou
was set on fire. One 15-centineter gun
in each of the forts was destroyed. The
covers were also considerably dam
aged"
Two Generals Killed.
According to the statement Of prison.
ers captured at Kekwan mountain De-
cember Is and of Russians who surren-
dered in the vicinity of Elise mountain
December % during the battle Of 203-
Metre Hill, Gen. Kondratenko, COM
mander of the Seventh East Siberian
rifles division, and Gen. 1rman, command
er of the Fourth artillery brigade, were
killed, and Gen. Fock, commanding the
Fourth East Siberian: division, was
wounded.
Togo withdraws Ships.
~. Toxic. Dec. 26.-Admiral Togo an
! nounces the withdrawal of the majority
of the feet from Port Arthur. Admiral
Togo says: after 203-Metre Hill was
occupied as Luc lcouAI " q 6aAAeAAAI osAu
desperate attack by the besieging army,
the bombardment Of the enemy's squad
ron by siege and other heavy guns be-
came effective. In consequence the bat
tleships Poltava and Retvizan were
sunk and subsequently the battleships
Pobieda and Peresviet, the protected
cruiser Pallada and the armored cruiser
/, Bayan. were sunk. 1851
@ ..The battleship Sevastopol escaped
the land bombardment, left the harbor
December 9 and anch near Chentao
mountain. She was attacked there con
tinuously by our torpedo boats and
heavily damaged. The main strength
Of the,ensmy is completely crushed.
Only y weak 1gunboat, tie Otvashni, and
several =torpedo boat destroyers rema. NJ,
adost Under the circumstances our