The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-06-03
NEARING THE GOAL.
Victorious Japs Occupy Port Dalny
After Fight at Kin Chou.
Russians Are Concentrating Behind ths
Walls Of Port Arthur and VIII Resist =
20 the Death-Awful Carnage
at Nan Shan.

cally been evacuated, according to the
statements Of Sikh and Russian refu-
gees arriving here by junk. All valu-
ables, ammunition and most of the
troops have been taken to Port Ar
thur. The only civilians remaining
are the electrical engineers in charge
of the mines laid in the harbor. and
also those set to destroy docks and
piers. One large Russian warship,
probably the armored cruiser Bayan,
and three torpedo boats reached
Talienwan bay on Tuesday last, the
oath inst, from Port Arthur, and it
was doubtless this vessel which at
tackled the Japanese left wing during
the battle at Kin-Chou on the 18th
inst. The junks just arrived here,
on their. way down, passed IA Japanese
war vessels nine miles outside of
Dalny, so that the Bayan will likely be
captured.
Terrible Carnage at Nan Shan.
Toxic, May 30.-The details of the
fighting at Kin-Chou emphasize the
heroic tenacity Of the Japanese in
their conduct at Nan Shan hill Nine
successive times the Japanese charged
the fortified heights in the face of a
storm OF death dealing missiles, and
in their last effort they carried the
forts and trenches only after bayonet
conflict with the Russians, who made
desperate, despairing struggle to
beat back the on-coming hordes. The
final assault of the Japanese, in which
they at last succeeded in taking pos
session, was marked by the most des-
perate hand-to-hand encounter that
has thus far characterized the war
The japanese left throughout the
entire action until night was exposed
to an enf1lading fire from the Russian
infantry, gunboat on Talienwan bay
and four nfne-centimeter guns posted
at Tafengchen. At critical moment
the ammunition of the artillery ran
low and 1t was decided to cast the re-
naming ammunition into one final
desperate assault.
Fortunately, however, at the mo-
ment this decision was reached the
Japanese squadron in Kin-Chou bay,
which had ceased bombarding when
the infantry had first moved forward,
Shan hill.
Then 1t was that the issues of the
day were determined-at a moment
when the outcome was futtering be-
tween success and defeat for Japan
at that moment was an almost certain
repulse converted into victory so suo-
cessful that the forces of the car
were swept into confusion and disor-
derby retreat. With every Japanese
gun centering its fire upon the Nan
Shan forts and trenches the Nippon
infantry sprang over the bodies Of their
dead comrades who had sacrificed their
lives into the previous fruitless
charges, the entire line rushed for
ward toward the Russian left, where
the fire Of the Japanese squadron had
proved most deadly and which was
the first to weaken under the death
dealing bombardment. And it was
there that the first breach was made in
the human stone wall that all day had
been an invincible barrier to the i'm
petuous assaults of the brown men.
The Japanese paid for their victory
in $500 killed and wounded. To the
intensified by the loss of 6S cannon
and ten machine guns, while lying
dead in the forts and trenches were
500 men, the victims of the accuracy
of Japanese long distance marksman-
ship and Of close range fighting.
st. Petersburg Excited Over War News.
St Petersburg. May 30.-Intense in
terest is displayed in the Japanese re-
ports of the Kin-Chou battle. The
people in the streets almost mob news
boys to secure extras containing the
dispatches. Crowds stood around the
official bulletin boards awaiting the
Russian versions, but none arrived.
The impression in army circles is
that the Japanese will push operations
against Port Arthur with the greatest
energy, but 1t is also believed a month
or more will be required to bring up
siege guns.