Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-03

SG 1GLGESDuE&, A1dy O.1C Ps , It is reported that Vice Admiral Togo made another desperate attempt to block the entrance to Port Arthur last night. but failed. Viceroy Alex1eff sent out a section of the fleet to meet the attack and sank eight fire ships and two Japanese torpedo boats. The channel is reported to be clear.
 St Petersburg, May 5, 4 p. m Later the report that Vfce-Admlral ] Togo had made another attempt to ] block Port Arthur was confirmed. ] Viceroy Alexieff reported officially that the Japanese sent eight fire ships last night to block the entrance or the harbor, but they were all sunk by the Russian torpedo boats and the fire from the land batteries, leaving the channel clear. The viceroy also reported that the Russians sank TWO Japanese torpedo boats.
 Port Arthur, May 3.-A Japanese squadron appeared off Port Arthur after daybreak to-day and engaged the forts and the warships. The fight IS still proceeding. Thirty Japanese prls- .oners have been taken.
 St Petersburg, May 5 (2:25 p. m.)- The silence of the authorities here re- garding the later details of the lighting on the Yalu river is interpreted onln- Ously and there is a consequent pre- valence of all sorts of irresponsible ru- mors regarding the magnitude of the Russian losses, some rgures going as high as 5000. These manifestly are gross congregations
 The absence of official information is explained by the general staff by the foo+ that a faxu JanaTlace ha we succeed ed in getting in the rear of the Russian position and cutting the wires between Tai-San-Cheng and Feng-Wang- -Cheng.
 Heavy losses are admitted, but .--ey are not believed to exceed a few hun dred men and some guns. The latter, while protecting the retreat of the 4sus- sian forces from Antung to kIu-Llen- Cheng. had to be abandoned owing to the loss. of the horses. me breach locks however, were carried away, so the guns will be of no service to the enemy.
 According to the latest information, General Zassalitch is retiring in good order along the main road and the Japanese are not following him. De tails are expected so soon as General Zassalitch is again in communication
 There is no confirmation of the re- ports that General Zassalitch or Gen eral Kashtalinsky is wounded
 In the meantime the public remains in tie dark and is the prey. of idle ru- mors The war bulletin boards are bare and not a single press dispatch has come through from the front. Ine futures of the Russian losses gwen from Japanese sources in the dispatch es from abroad are carefully ellmi- mated by the censors. Until General Zassalitclls official advices arrive the general staff is inclined to believe that Zassalitch who was under orders 70 withdraw after impeding the progress of the enemy as much as possible, all lowed the fight to mature beyond his intentions, being compelled to sustain heavy losses along the LitZa avenar1ver Tn order to extricate the retreating col llmns from Antung and klu-Llen- Cheng.
 The fighting at Chin-Gow was ex- ceedingly severe and stubborn. Ine Japanese took up a position on poth Hanks after Chin-Gow had been shelled and came to close quarters, some des- perate hand to hand work being report ed. many of the Russian soldiers, III the fever of combat refusing to retire at the command of their officers.
 According to the general staff only about 5000 Russians were actually en- gagged at Kiu-Lien-Cheng and along inc Lftazyena were two regiments of Siberian rifemen of 5000 men each.
 General Mistchenko, commander of the eastern Cossack brigade, had l,oOO Cossacks protecting the Russian right flank lower down the Yalu and also a brigade of artillery, four batteries of eight guns each. General kartzoH WlLn 1.5OO Cossacks was higher up the Yalu, guarding the road at Pusikhe, which leads direct to Mukden, in order to pre- vent the column of the enemy using this for the purpose of outdanking the position at Feng-Wang- -Cheng.
 Seoul Korea, May 2 q 80 p m.)- The Russian troops fled panic-stricken when routed at Chfu Tien Cheng, pur- sued by Japanese cavalry and infantry over the hill country toward Feng Wang Cheng from 1:5O D. m. until 2 o'clock at night The Russian army engaged was composed of the third dl- vision the Twenty-second and Twenty fourth regiments of the sixth division and General Mistchenko's cavalry brl- gade, supported by forty held ana eight machine guns. The wounded, III, cluding General-in-Ch1ef Aassailtcn anu General Ixashtalinsky, reached Antuns whence the Russians were eventually forced to retire after twenty-five min utes' fierce fighting.
 Seoul. May 3.-In the fighting be tween the Japanese and Russians on the YaIu, all the Russian guns posted to oppose the crossing of the river were put out of action before the actual crossing took place. For two hours from 7 until o'clock, continuous hghr ing went on. the Japanese steadily pressing forward and tue Rnuss1ans fa1Iiuo haeE before the weight of men and guns opposed to them.
 The Japanese infantry with brilliant l dash captured the fortified heights northwest of Kfulien-C -Cheng and the pressure was kept up until afternoon portion of the Russian forces being driven toward Antung. There was fu rious fighting the entire distance.
 At Antung the Russians found that In addition to the force confronting