The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-02
Japs to Take Offensive.

| FOrt Arthur SATURDAY was iepuA"co
with enormous losses.
Japs to Take Offensive.
Gen. Kuropatkin reports that there
| has been active skirmishing on the
| left flank for three days. 1t is the
| opinion of the general staff that the
Japanese intend taking the offensive.
as they cannot afford to wait until the
Russians are further reinforced. 1t is
held that the fighting to the eastward
is doubtless with the purpose of feel
ing out the Russian positions prepare
tory to an advance in hat direction,
but as there are about 1000 Russian
troops southwest of Sintsintin, where
fighting occurred on Nov. 26 and prob
ably twice as many more in the noun
tains between Bentsiaputze and Sim
tsintin, any Japanese move from this
quarter would entail serious fighting.
At the same time correspondents at
the front continue to scout the idea Of
serious fighting being imminent.
Beginning Of Great Battle.
London. Nov. 80. - Generals Kuro-
patking and Sakharoff are sending
daily lond details Of apparently rather
unimportant fighting, which may,
however, possibly turn out to be the
| beginnings of another great battle
| deciding the fate of Mukden.
Japanese IN London decline to be-
lieve that there will be a cessation Of
hostilities till spring.
Gen. Sakharoff, in addition to his
report of the Japanese attack at Tain
kitchen. that the
Japanese in Force
occupied the village of Nanhantga
and the adjoining ravine in front of
| Lone Tree hill.
No further news from Port Arthur
has been received beyond reports
from Shanghai that the storming OF
the Russian stronghold continues.
According t the Daily Telegraph's
dispatch from Chefu very few Of Ad-
miral Togo's ships are now seen
blockading Port Arthur.
Japs Are REFUSED.
With the Russian Forces at Shen-
kin, Nov. 29.-The attack by the Jap
anese upon Gen. Rennenkampf's po-
sition on Nov. "a resulted in three
days fighting at Tsinkhetchen, O
Da pass. Though t, 3 Japanese have
been repulsed the fighting still contin-
Tho Toronocn hovo C1r0rOQNn6 in
placing several big siege guns in po-
sition with which they will be able to
seriously harrass the Russians.
Port Arthur Still Resists.
Toxic, Nov. 29.-Imperial headquar-
ters has just issued the following an
n~ouncement:
1.-THE works for our attack having
been nearly completed against Sung
shu mountain .(Port Arthur and the
forts lying eastward therefrom. a gen.
eral assault was made on the after
noon Of Nov. 26, but owing to the enc
my's stubborn resistance our object
has not yet been accomplished. The
fighting still continues"
Russians Are Repulsed.
Toxic, Nov. 20. - Manchurian head
quarters. reporting yesterday. says:
From the night of Nov. Is until the
morning of Nov. rs a body of the enc
my's infantry attacked our troops in
the visinity Of Sintunmun and Shaoti.
but the attack was completely re-
pulsed by US.
THE enemy's artillery posted to the
east of TIA mountain vigorous shelled
| the vicinities of Machuntzu and Kuch-
iatzu from 2 o'clock In the afternoon of
Nov. Is. but we suffered no damage.
ION the right bank of the Hun river
q body of the enemy's cavalry attacked
Mamachies ON Nov. IS. but was driven
back by u force.
ION Nov. rs the enemy set fire to
Sh~angtsaimen and most of the village
was burned"
Russians Expect II.
st. Petersburg, Nov. ~. - The re-
ports that the Japanese are c~oncentra-
ting their energies for q desperate as
sault on Port Arthur, in view of the