River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16
ATTACK
ON PORT ARTHUR
CITY BoMBARDED FOR SEVEN
DAYS BY JAPANESE.
THE NEWS Is VERY MEAGER
Western Portion of the Stronghold
Said to Have Been Destroyed by
Shells-Japs Lose Heavily IN
Fight Near Haicheng.


London, June 13.-According to the
Rome Tribunals Chefoo correspondent,
Port Arthur has been bombarded inces-
sanity for the last seven days. All the
western portions of the town, it is stat
ed, have been destroyed. Several Rus-
sian warships have been damaged, the
Japanese squadron backing up the land
assaults, but keeping out of range OF
the fort guns.
Dispatches from ST. Petersburg by way
of Paris announce that, despite the
semi oficial assurances that nothing OF
exceptional gravity has occurred at Port
Arthur in the last few days, the widest
rumors continue to circulate at the Rus
sian capital. According to these rumors,
the japanese already have occupied the
advance defense works. The Russians
are reported to have blown up the bat
tleships Retvizan, Czarevitch and Pal
lada to prevent their capture.
Great Naval Battle Reported.
st. Petersburg, June 13.-Rumors are
in circulation here to the effect that
great naval battle has taken place off
Port Arthur in which two Russian and
four japanese battleships were sunk.
No confirmation of the rumOr can be OBJ
tanned.
Battle Seven Miles from Forts.
Chefoo, June 13.-Chinese arriving
from Port Arthur state that battle was
fought June 8 within seven miles of the
inner forts of Port Arthur. The Japa-
nese fleet supported the Japanese army
from the east coast of Liaotung PENN
sula. Conditions in Port Arthur are said
to be unchanged.
Heavy Loss by Japanese.
Haicheng, Manchuria, June 11.-(De-
layed in transmission.) "A fianking
movement of the Japanese around the
Russian left from Fengwangcheng June
9 was repulsed with loss of two whole
battalions. A large Japanese force
moved out in the morning along the
Fengwangcheng and Hailcheng road.
The Russians had force strongly posted
in ravine 80 miles southeast of Hal
cheng. The Japanese were preceded by
two battalions, who walked into the
Russian ambuscade. They received
murderous rifle and artillery fire at
close range and were wiped out, only one
or two escaping. The main japanese
force, which was greatly superior to the
Russian force, tried to outfiang the Rus
slams, who drew off without losing
man. The japanese closing in found the
ravine vacant, save for their own dead.
Russian Losses at Nanshan.
Toxic, June 13-The Military COM
mission assigned to bury the Russian
dead in the battle of Nanshan hill at
Kinchou, May 26, presented its final re-
port Sunday. 1t was found that ten
Russian officers and 664 men who fell
in the battle had been carefully buried
and 80 men were buried by the outposts,
making the total number of killed left
behind by the Russians 704.
Japs Lost 800 Men.
Liaoyang, June 13.-Ensign Mariloff,
who has returned from the battle of
Saimatza, fought on June Z, says that
the japanese lost about 800 men.
Couldn't Effect Junction.
London, June 13.-The Standards
correspondent at st. Petersburg says he
hears that a telegram from Vive Admiral
Skrydloff states that on June he went
within 80 miles of Port Arthur with the
Vladivostok fleet and there ran into
fog. He found several japanese torpedo
boats and two battleships, which at
tackled him fiercely and inflicted some
damage. The Russians returned the
fire, but as none of the Port Arthur ships
appeared Vice Admiral Skrydloff re-
turned to Vladivostok, where he ar
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