Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-05-11
RUSSIA LOSES HEAVILY.
New Chwang Evacuated and Dalny
Captured by Japs.
HEADQUARTERS MOVED
Cars Army Is "Luring the japanese
Into the Interior" They Say
at St. Petersburg.

are GNdCudlluS New CAW ding.
Troops have been leaving all day long.
Forts have been dismantled, and all ar
tillery has been placed on board trains.
All the local transportation has been
commandered by the Russian authorities.
The fear is held here that, if the Rus
slams leave and the japanese do not at
once take possession of New Chwang,
the brigands, who are now across the
river near Vim Kow, will pillage the
place. Foreign residents are prepared 10
resist the brigands should they come over.
The British consul has requested that
gunboat be sent to New Chwang.
The Russians probably will destroy the
gunboat Sivoutch, which is here, before
leaving.
Alexieff Said to Be Wounded.
Yiceroy Alexieff is said to have been
wounded prior to his departure from Port
Arthur. lie barely escaped from there
before the japanese closed the lines Of
communication.
The Russian general staff has moved
frcm Lao Yang to Mukden
Russians here will not talk of the sit
uation for fear that they may impart
some information. They do not consider
that their forces here are sufficient to hold
this section of the country 1t is probable
that the Russian troops will withdraw to
Hardin
Russian civilians here are leaving hur-
riedly, and natives are fleeing the city,
fearing they VIII be subjected to NAL
treatment at the hands of the brigands.
Dalny Is Invested.
London, May 9.-The Morning Posts
Shanghai correspondent reports that
Dalny was captured Friday, while the
Toxic correspondent of the Daily Teie-
graph, cabling under date of Sunday,
says:
"Dalny was invested yesterday"
The Importance of this position to the
japanese can hardly be overestimated
1t is the chief terminus of the railway
IS really one of the advanced defenses
of Port Arthur, and Tailien Wan bay,
on which it stands, is deep and would
prove an ideal naval base for Admiral
Togo's fleet. Besides this the docks and
warehouses built by the Russians there
are declared to have cost S2O,OO00OO.
The Daily Mails correspondent at New
Chwang, in a dispatch dated May S,
says:
yesterday most of the Russian troops
retired to Tashnih Chao and during the
night most of the guns were removed
from the fort and sent to Lao Yang,
where all the Russian forces are con
centrating. a conference of the civil and
military authorities was held this after
noon and it was decided to prepare to
leave at moment s notice.
With the exception Of vague rumors
of further fighting in the vicinity of
F'eng Wang Cheng, the foregoing are
the only items of actual news regarding
the far east appearing in the London
papers this morning.
Tell of Battle.
Some, however, have accounts of the
kiu Lien Cheng battle from correspond
ents with the Japanese army, giving in
teresting points. The Daily Mail says:
The moonlight broke into a splendid
dawn and revealed the japanese army
drawn up as if on parade
Then after describing the sheterless
nature of the plain dividing opposing
armies, The Daily Maii's account pro-
ceeds:
THE Russians did not respond to the
opening of the japanese. fire, but re-
NAMED silent and invisible The Japa-
nese line of infantry, two miles long
and entirely exposed, advanced from
point to point by swift, sudden rushes,
smartly executed in the most brilliant
style, firing steadily all the while. We
watched anxiously, anticipating that
each rush would enter the zone of fire
The japanese were working around the
sides of Kiu Lien bay 10 their position,
when the Russian trenches suddenly
poured a hurricane of rifle fire into them
with deadly effect. For a moment the
coiled, then rallied and once more rushed
forward across the stream in a dead
angle under the base of the mountain,
Russians Without Artillery.
"The Russians, not having guns. were
unable to reply to the continuous fire of
the japanese artillery. The Japanese
advance was now marked by PROSTATE
bodies. In one instance two japanese
shells did terrible execution among their
own men who were ascending the slope.
Two hours after the advance began
an officer suddenly appeared at the top
OF the slope waving large japanese
flag, sending an electric thrill through
the beholders, all far and near shouting
'Banzai'''
According to the Standards correspon-
| dent, the Russians put into action only
two batteries. 1t is reported that they
had with them 100 guns, including so
held guns and twenty quick frers.
Japs' Remarkable Celebrity.
The Times Toxic correspondent, under
date of May 8, says:
''The celebrity and organization of the
recent japanese movements is remarka-
BILE. The second army, which began to
embark fortnight ago, evidently re-
NAMED at it's base, pending the result of
the Yalu operations. If these had proved
successful it would have become an aux
Hilary of the first army. Meanwhile Vice
Admiral Togo is waiting with his block
ing steamers.
THE japanese officers at the front
speak in high terms Of the stubborn bra
very which the Russian troops displayed
IN their stand at Hohoutang.
Three small Russian steamers have
been captured on the Yalu. Two of
them have their boilers injured and the
japanese are utilizing the third
Under date OF May the Times An
tung correspondent says:
The Russian defeat on the Yalu was
due primarily to their perfunctory, old
fashioned methods, and the japanese
success must be attributed to their per-
feet acquaintance with modern condi-
tons, to their skill and to their concen-
tration at the physiological moment
upon the weak point in the Russian line.