Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-11
TOGO'S SHELLS FLY
Japanese Naval Commander
Again After Port Arthur.
NOW A HIGH ANGLE COMMANDMENT
Communicates by Railroad md
Wire Reported Re-estnblished
With the Observation-Disclosures
%, Flight Near Lin0ynng. H 81

Fight Near L~iuoynng. ~ ii
LONDON, May ia Tokyo dis
patch says that q high angle lombard
ment of Port Arthur by the fleet under
Admiral Togo proceeded for several
hours yesterday.
A Shanhaikwan report says the Jap
anese, First army, vigorously following
up its victory at the Yalu, is already
threatening the Russian position at
| IIalclieng.
The Second army has pushed quickly
forward and helped TO defeat the Rus
| slams near Warrington yesterday.
The Japanese artillery was splendid
ly handled. The japanese dragged
their guns up heights the Russians
thought insurmountable.
After the fight the Russians resumed
their retreat north.
A st. Petersburg report says railroad
| and Geographic communication with
Port Arthur has been re-established.
Two trains have come through to Muk-
den from Port Arthur.
The most important official news
from the front for a long period is that
telling of the complete r~e-establish-
ment of railroad and telegruphic COM
munication with Port Arthur, though
how it was brought about and whether
a battle was necessary to accomplish it
are mysteries which Viceroy Alexeieff
failed to clear up.
The citation Of the authorities, q nat
ural consequence of this achievement,
is sobered by official dispatches show
ing the activity of the japanese.
The territory between the main road
to Eengwangcheng and the river Ia
yang has been penetrated by such a
strong force of Japanese as to lead to
the suggestion that another army has
landed at Takushan, of which the out
side world has not before heard.
According to Information received by
the general staff the bridge blown up
by the Japanese near Port Adams has
been repaired, and the permanent way
Is uninjured.
1t Is reported that Lieutenant Gener-
al Stoessel. commander of the military
forces at Port Arthur, has successfully
engaged and driven off the enemy. The
general staff explains the withdrawal
of the Japanese from the railroad as
being either due to pressure from Gen
eral Stoessel or to the forces left by
General Kuropatkln at Kaiping and
other points on the railroad.
The strength of the japanese force
landed at Pitsewo, it seems, was over
estimated, and either 1t was not strong
| enough to take charge Of the railroad
or 1t moved eastward along the iittoral
to effect a junction with the Yalu
army.
A steamship that has arrived at Che
mulpo reports seeing twenty-four jap
anese transports loaded with soldiers
off that port, which is about eighty
miles south of the mouth of the Yalu.
The troops were not going to disem-
bark Mt Chemulpo. but were bound for
some other point. The steamship also
passed four other transports off the
western coast Of Korea.
Persons who have arrived at Chefu
from ~Newchwang say that the Rus
slams probably evacuated the place
Monday night. Many of the inhablt-
ants had already departed, and those
who remained intended to go. The
forts were inactive, though guns We're
| still left mounted In them.
| Three thousand bandits were camped
outside the city walls, ready to begin
4 lorNl,.. 90 ca4, na 4hn GAlIfnrC had
gone. There were also many foreign
camp followers waiting for the evacua-
ton of the town.