Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1904-08-18
NEWS OF RUsso.JAPAN WAR.

early this morning a hundred womer
and children and non-combatants wer,
deported and assisted out of Port Ar
thur at the suggestion of the mikado
Then the attack on the fortress be
gan and is now in progress However
desperate may be the resistance OF
the Russians, the fall OF the famous
strategic point is regarded as abso
lutely certain. for with any quantity
OF guns and tremendous force Porl
Arthur will be taken at any cost
while the lighting may continue two
or three days, but the place will be
ultimately IA success over the Rus
slams and the sinking of their princi-
pal cruisers. This has inspired them
with mad lust for victory
TOXIC, Aug. l5-Vice Admiral
kamimura has reported the complete
deieat of the Russian Vladivostok
squadron. The battle lasted Ave
hours, and occurred in the straits OF
Korea. 1t resulted in the sinking OF
the battleship Rnrik with serious dam.
age to the Russians at Gromoboi At.
ter this the Russians, seeing the fight
was completely against them scatter.
ed. Nearly all the crew of the sunken
Ruruk were taken or drowned the
number being placed at four hundred.
Toxic is celebrating today with wild
acclaim the Japanese victory on land
and sea
TOXIC, Aug. l5.-Dispatches re.
ceived this afternoon from the admir-
atty say Kamimura met the Vladiyos
at o'clock Sunday morning. The bat
Tie ended at 1890 a. m. The Rurik
sank with her bows standing up per
pendicularly in the air The Japanese
sent out boats and rescued four-lfths
OF the crew. The Rossia and Gamo.
Doi caught fire, and their damage is ir.
reparable. The fight was remarkau,e
In the fact that only one of the Japan.
csc boats was hit and only two Jap
anese killed, with seven wounded.
Contrary TO expectations adyices to-
day reached here that an attack on
kuropatkin is hourly expected. which
demonstrates that the Japanese have
plenty of men, both for the Port Ar
thur assault and for the Manchurian
campaign.
CHE FOO, Aug. ia rumor that
the Russian cruiser Novik had been
sunk is still unconfirmed here. When
last heard from the Novik was trying
to reach Vladivostok after being
forced out of Kaio Chow.
WASHINGTON, Aug l5.-Another
naval battle off Port Arthur is now
proceeding, according to advices to
r. m
Russian fleet driven back in the first
attack made second attempt to es.
cape this morning Vessels left on
guard by Togo intercepted them.
battle is now on
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.-Naval
experts consider the latest Russian
sorue equally gallant and equally
as hopeless as the first one. Even
should Togo's guardships be over.
whelmed the Russian squadron can
go nowhere else without further flight.
Admiral Kamimura's victorious fleet
bars the way to Vladivostok. while
Japanese vessels guard foreign ports.
Moreover the Vladivostok squadron
upon which the Russians probably
rely for aid, has been beaten and driv.
en- back and the Port Arthur fleet does
not know it.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15--The ma.
val officers have been figuring up the
Russian and Japanese losses in the
far East, and they are very seriously
against the cZar. Great losses occur.
red in the battleship Petropavolovsk
of eleven thousand tons; the Car.
now the Rurik of eleven thousand
tons. In addition the cruisers Askod,
Bogota, Boyarin, Variag, Koreitz and
seven torpedo boat destroyers which
We're also sunk or disabled The ton
age of the cruisers runs over thirty
tkpusand tons. The japanese losses
have been simply the loss of the bat,
tleship Hatsuma, three small cruisers
and four torpedo boat destroyers.
Washington naval and military ex-
perts think that Russia is at last in
the depths and that the Japanese have
got her going both on land and sea
and that peace propositions will soon
be in view.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The Rus
sian minister at Pekin has lodged an
emphatic protest, charging the Chi.
nese naval commander at Chefoo with
conspiring with the Japanese in tax
ing the Russian gunboat Rechtlni out
of the harbor and also accuses the
commander of treason and cowardice
He demands full explanation. severe
punishment of the offender and the re
turn of the Rechtlni.
LONDON, Aug. 16.-The fall OF
Port Arthur is believed TO be very
near. Hundreds Of Japanese siege
guns are constantly. night and day.
hammering away at the defenses and
the terrific onslaught is slowly and
surely wearing out the Russian de
tenders who today number less than
$4,000 men. Some time ago General
Stoessel declared that he and all his
soldiers would die In the trenches be
fore they would surrender, but hun.
dred thousand Japanese soldiers are
steadily breaking this spirit, for Japan
is determined to have Port Arthur and
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