Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-07
RUSSIANS RETIRED
IN GOOD ORDER.
New Details Of Bloody Land
Engagement Re-
Ceived.
JAPANESE SUFFERED HEAVILY
Gen. kuropatkin Compliments Cos
sacks for Gallantry Admiral Togo
Makes His Official Report of At.
tempt to Bottle Up" Harbor.

st. Petersburg, March 30.--General
Kuropatkin, in his first report to the
emperor from the scene of war an
uounced that offensive land operations
had taken place against the Japanese
upon the sixth anniversary of the oc.
cupation of Port Arthur by the Rus
SLAMS. These operations took the
form of a cavalry attack by six com.
panies of Cossacks, led personally by
General Mishtchenko against -four
squadrons of Japanese cavalry which
lie general believed to be beyond
| Chongo Ju, but which he found to be
in occupation of that town.
Despite a cross fire which General
| Mishtchenko cleverly directed against
! the enemy, he pays tribute to their
tenacity and bravery, the Japanese
| only ceasing to fire after combat
| which lasted for half an hour. Before
| the Russians could follow up their ad.
vantage three Japanese squadrons gal.
| Ioped toward the town, which two OF
them succeeded in entering, while the
third was driven back in disorder, men
and horses falling.
| The fire maintained on the town
was so destructive that the Japanese
were unable to make an effective re-
| turn.
Further Japanese achievements ar
rived an hour later and in view of the
superiority of the enemy General
Mishtchenko retired, doing so without
embarrassment, although he carried
with him three killed and sixteen
wounded.
General Mishtchenko's Cossacks
have been endeavoring for some days
| to come in contact with the Japanese
| patrols, but the latter refused the com.
| bat.
General Kuropatkin's dispatch re-
| porting General Mishtchenko's opera
| tons as published, does not give the
| place of it's origin, but it is presumed
| that the commander-in-chief Is either
at Lao Yang or enroute TO Niuchwang
Washington, March 30.-The Jap.
| anese legation has received from To
| kio the following official report made
| by Admiral Togo respecting the Sec
| ond attempt to bottle up" the Port
| Arthur squadron:
! About $3.50 a. m. of the 9th OF
| March the "bottling up" squadron,
composed of four ships, escorted by a
torpedo boat destroyer flotilla and tor
| pedo boat fiotilla, arrived outside or
| Port Arthur, and without minding the
searchlights of the enemy, steered
straight towards the entrance of the
harbor At about two marine leagues
from the entrance the "bottiing up
squadron" was discovered by the
| enemy. Thereupon the shore batteries
and guardships showered hot fires up
| on the squadron, but, in spite of the
| terrific fire the ships made their way
| into the inner roadstead, one after the
other.
The steamer Chyo Maru anchored
! at position about a half cable from
| the Golden hill. blew up itself and
| sunk. The Fukui Maru passed a little
ahead of the Chiyo Maru by its left
| side and at the moment when she was
! lowering anchor was shot by torpedo
| from the enemy's destroyers and sunk
| in that position. Hachi Hike Maru an.
! chored to the left of Fukui Maru and
blew up itself and sunk. Yoneyama
Maru, colliding with the stern of one
| ers passed between Chiyo Maru and
Fukui Marc and anchored in the mid.
| die of the roadstead. At this moment
the ship was shot by a torpedo from
| the enemy and, consequently by rea
| son of that torpedo, she was carried
toward the left side shore and sunk
| sideways.
The result Of the action being as
| above described, there is some space
| left between Pechi Hike and Yoney
| ANA Marus. 1t is matter OF regret
| that the roadstead could not be com
| pletely closed up. The casualties were
! as follows: b. ~ L#
| Killed-Commande Hose Takeo,
one under officer and two sailors.
| Seriously wounded--Lieutenant Mas.
aki, Engineer Kurita and six sailors.
The remainder were safely taken In
| by our torpedo boat destroyed fiotilla
| and torpedo boat iotilla.
Of the torpedo boat fotilla, the
Oadaka and Tsubame, while escorting
the "bottling up" squadron, and at
| about one mile from the entrance OF
| Port Arthur, engaged in a fight With
| ne destroyer of the enemy and In
| flicted serious damage on her. The
enemy's ship retreated, raising ar
enormous column of steam, as IL hei
| boiler was bursted.
When all the members of the bot
Ting up" squadron had been taken In
and our boats withdrew to the outside
| of the narbor. ship which appeared
| like one of the enemy's was seen al
the foot of Golden Hill utterly incap
able of action.
Although both our destroyer fiotills
and torpedo boat fiotilla were subject
ed to terrific firing from the enemy un
til dawn. not the slightest damage Sas