The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-08-19
POUNDING AT
PORT ARTHUR
TERRIFIC COMMANDMENT HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER
A WEEK..
FALL EXPECTED AT ANY MOMENT
HEIGHTS OF TAKUSHAN, CLOSE
TO CITY, TAKEN AT POINT
OF BAYONET.

London, Aug. 1.-THE Express cor
respondent at Chefu telegraphs under
date of Monday that for several days
the Japanese land attack on Port Ar
thur has been going forward.
The heights of Takushan, from
which a temporary retirement vas
made, was stormed and taken at the
point of the bayonet. These hills
command the eastern bastions. Shan
kushan and Yoaucheng also were cap
tured, n On the western side the
range of hills overlooking the west
port are in the hands of the Japanese.
A terrific artillery pounding has been
going on for a week. Assaults in
force are to be made at once.
Japanese reinforcements are arriv-
ing constantly. On Wolf hill hundreds
Of guns are massed. From this direc-
ton will come the main assault
through the river valleys. All the
fresh water springs have been cap
tured by the investing troops.
Baltic Fleet Remains.
The Mail correspondent at COpen-
hagen, under Mondays date, says the
Russian Baltic feet will not at pres
ent proceed to the Far East. Accord.
ing to we'll informed Russian reports
its departure has been postponed I'M
til next spring. Some squadrons of
cruisers will, however, shortly pro-
coed to neutral waters to search for
eign ships and take prizes.
Worst Is Expected.
st. Petersburg, Aug. II. The ex-
pectation here is that Port Arthur
will fall at any moment. Especial sig
nificance is attached to the fact that
Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel's wife and chill.
dren went to Chefu on board the tor
pedo boat destroyer Ryeshitelni. The
emperor has received the following
dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff, dated
Aug. 13:
according to a report from Port
Arthur Aug. 10, the Japanese at
tackled Taku and SiaohOu mountains
in enormous force during the night Of
Aug. 9 and occupied them after fif-
teen hours fighting on the night Of
Aug. 10. During a heavy rainstorm
the Japanese attacked our east front,
but were repulsed at all points. They
also attacked simultaneously out
whole front from Wolf hills to Taku
mountain, but everywhere were
driven back. The fortress has been
~bombarded from the east side for
four days"
New Positions Taken.
Chefu, Aug. II. - Junks which ar
| rived here yesterday, having left Port
| Arthur Aug. II, brought reports that
| the Japanese occupied new positions
on that day. The firing was heavy
but intermittent and indicated that
the assaults were being continued.
The Russians at Port Arthur are re-
ported to be down-hearted. The men
who came on the junks declare that
the commander of the Japanese fleet
before Port Arthur informed the Rus.
sian commander of the place that if
the warships which returned to the
harbor after the Sortie of Aug. 10
were sunk by the Russians the Jap.
anese would shell the town with
lyddite.
That a general land and naval at
tack was made upon Port Arthur yes.
terday is indicated by information
from various sources. The statement
that the naval attack was made at Z
o'clock in the morning ome from an
authori> >tive but not diplomatic quar-
ter.
Junks just arrived say the Japan.
! csc recently occupied the Liau I'll
| hills and Sushiyan, which is two or
| three miles north of the fortress.
Five warships and seven torpedo boat
| d%esroyers, according to the junks, re-
turned to Port Arthur on the night of
Aug. Is.
Possibly the PaIIada.
Toxic, Aug. 17.-Admiral Togo re.
ports that a vessel the type of the
protected cruiser Pallada was tor
pedoed and sunk in the engagement
Of Aug. 10.
Japanese Win Great Victory.
Toxic, Aug. 16. - Vice Admiral
Kamimura encountered the Russian
Vladivostok squadron at dawn yes
terday north of Tsushima island in
the Strait of Korea and attacked the
enemy at once.