New-York tribune., 1904-10-22
RUSSIANS RECONNOTTRE.
japanese Outposts DriUen Bact,-
Port 1Arthur Suffers.

81 petersburg. Oct. 21-The general staff re-
SeNeu the following dispatch from General
N"Aha'oii' under to-day's date:
Inc Russian troops on October 10 made
soUiiotssance soS,th o in force against the enemy
bouth OF the village Of Sindiapu The enemy's
outposts were driven back Japanese battery
@ @HlICn opened fire was silenced and compelled
~ retre There was no fighting on October 20.
Ln!s morning the Russian Volunteer Sharp
tb LES ooeas, under cover of a fog. closed up on
ne ne enemy and brought in another gun and lin
PTiu "IIen r we're left from Poutilof 0one Tree)
Lii - me Japanese opened heavy fire, but on
OSO"uht OF the fog 1t was Ineffective
The official lists Of officers killed and wounded
OetWeen October II and October 13 total 112
including Major General Rabinski and seventeen
nelo onicers killed The wounded are in the
proportion Of six for each one killed The list
Tor the heaviest days fighting is still unreport-
ed. The total losses will doubtless exceed those
at Liao-Yang. when 500 officers were killed or
wounded T=le losses among the men are
thought to be not much over 10000.
News from Port Arthur brought to Che-Foo
by a junk which left there on October 10 says
a fierce bombardment which began on October
10 was still going without interruption Many
buildings had been damaged and ships in the
harbor had also been hit by shell&
The japanese main forces are now posted al
Liudziatung. They have placed guns Of large
calibre on Iunjlda Mountain.
me tSEsSldnS continue making SortieS success
fully and iniicting heavy losses on the besiegers
whose losses since the beginning Of the siege are
said to have been $1,000. The Admiralty has
not received confirmation Of these reports The
blockade has prevented the delivery Of official
dispatches.
After the Lone Tree Hill rout the Japanese
were unable to remove a number Of cannon,
which remained midway between the Russian
and japanese trenches These guns were ex-
posed to fire from both sides. and repeated at
tempts have been made. both by Russians and
japanese. to secure the guns under cover of
darkness. Up to the present time Cossack de-
tachments have succeeded in securing three Of
the guns.
The dexterity Of the Cossacks in this sort of
work was repeatedly illustrated IN the Russian
army manPuVres. One one occasion thev an
stracted the artillery harness completely dis
eplng all the batteries OF their rival combatants
tour years ago. when General Kuropatkin COM
mandcd the southern army, marching from
MOSCOW against the northern army commanded
oy Grand Duke Sergius, Kuropatkin's Cossack
leader. DienTichs. surrounded the hut In which
SeTgius's chief OF STAFF, Soboleff now command
Ing the Sixth Siberian Corps, and his subor-
dinatee were asleep and quietly went off with
their dispatches and maps. When Soboleff woke
up he found his staff Round and gagged, and
every document missing.
The first detachment OF the Eight Corps has
reached Harbin and the remainder Is expected
10 reach that place within three weeks. Mean
while three Polish rife brigades are beginning
started for the Far East the Sixteenth Corps
stationed AT Vitebsk. the Second Corps at
Grodno, viii be ready TO start.
General Grippenberg. who is to command the
ence to-day by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarskoe