The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-07
SUFFER-
HEAVY LOSSES
TERRIBLE ARTILLERY CON
FLiCTs ADD TO HORRORS At
PORT ARTHUR.
JAPANESE FORCE IS ANNIhIlA1tD
OUT OF FORCE OF 1000 WHO
WENT INTO FIGHT BUT
TWELVE ESCAPE.

Small outpost fights constitute the
sum Of the activities reported from
the vicinity of Mukden. The Japan
csc blockade of Port Arthur Is SO eff
| fective that Gen. Stoessel has been
unable to inform the val Office at st.
Petersburg Of the situation there.
| The report of the arrival of the Rus
sian armored cruiser Bayan. of the
Port Arthur squadron, at Hanchau
bay, near Shanghai, has no official
confirmation.
Jap Force Annihilated.
London, Oct. 5. - The Daily Tele-
graphs Nagasaki correspondent,
cabling under date of Sept. %, says:
Terrible artillery conflicts are add
ing to the horrors of the situation at
Port Arthur. On Sept. % and % the
Russians made sorties against posi-
tions held by the Kanagawa regiment,
and desperate fighting ensued. The
Japanece force was practically ami
hilated, only n non-commissioned
officer and eleven men remaining
alive out of the 1000 who went into
the engagement.
"The tunnel into Port Arthur was
completed on Sept. "a and was imme-
diately used. The result is unknown
Utterly in the Dark.
st. Petersburg, Oct 5.-The villoge
commission adjourned last night with
out issuing further news from the
front. An Associated Press dispatch
from Mukden. filed there at 1920
o'clock last night. states merely that
all is quiet there. There is intense in
terest here in developments at MuN-
den, but the public, and apparently
the authorities also, are utterly in the
dark as to what is occurring. The lit
tie news received from Port Arthur
comes from abroad, but that little is
satisfactory inasmuch as it records a
further repulse of the Japanese at
tacks.
Was q Hoax.
Shanghai, Oct. San investigation
| shows that there is no Russian man
of-war at Gutzlaff island in Hengchau
bay, or in these waters. The report
that the Russian armored cruiser
| Bayan had anchored off Gutzlaff ISL
and is a hoax.
Jap Army Of . Million.
London, Oct. 5.-Explaining the de-
tails of the new Japanese military
| regulations, the Times correspondent
at Toxic says it will ultimately make
| the total war strength of the army ex-
coed 1000, 900.
For Third War Loan.
The Standards Toxic correspondent
reports that at a conference of bank
ers it was decided to issue immediate
ly a third domestic war loan of $40,-
900, 900, completing the loans for the
current fiscal year.
Japanese Hold Their Ground.
Efforts by the Russians to retake
positions commanding the water sup
ply of Port Arthur have resulted in
hard fighting, the losses on both
sides being reported to have been
heavy. The Japanese retain the con
tested ground. 1t is said that heavy
guns newly mounted threaten the
Russian warships in the harbor at
Port Arthur, which may now be
forced to go out and face the fleet of
Admiral Togo. There is a report that
q Japanese gunbOat was sunk by com
Ing in contact with a mine south of
the YiaOtung peninsula; the report
adds that a portion of the crew were
rescued. The Japanese have com
pleted the changing of the gauge of
the railway from Dalny to Niuchwang
and it's equipment is nearly finished;
this will be of great assistance to the
armies in Manchuria. The Russian adj
miralty has decided to dispatch the
Baltic squadron in the direction of the
Far East within a short period of
time; events are expected. however,
to determine whether the vessels shall
proceed to their destination or re-
turn to Russian ports to await rein.
fOrcements.
Victory for Japs at Mukden.
Field Marshal Oyama has begun the
long expected advance upon the Rus
sian army at Mukden and a coinci-
dent move against Sinmintin is indi-
Gated by the fact that the Japanese
have occupied Siaobeyho, west of the
Lao river. There is a concentration
OF Japanese forces in the vicinity of