The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-03
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

campaign all along Has uCSA Ioil al
thur. and that once that fortress is in
their hands, unless IN exceedingly IA
vorable opportunity offers to attack
Kuropatkin. the Japanese plan simply
is to make their tenure secure and
force the Russian commander to as.
sumo the offensive. Moreover. there
is information to the effect that the
Japanese propose to storm Port Ar
thur with the briefest possible delay.
after having first closed the harbor to
render the egress of the Russian ships
impossible at the last moment, thus
forcing the Russians to destroy them
without subjecting the Japanese 10
the inevitable losses which must &C.
cur II the Russian squadron gets OUT
for a last fight before going to the
bottom.
The foreign office declares prepos-
ferrous the report that Russia would
evacuate Manchuria in return for a
lease of the Lii district. -
Victory Costs Japs Dearly.
London, May 20. BY a brilliant
series of assaults the Japanese have
won a great victory over the Russians
at Kinchou, but it was dearly bought.
According to a Russian report the
Japanese lost twelve thousand men
killed. No estimate is made of the
Russian loss, but it must have been
almost equal to that of the Japanese,
otherwise they would not have sur
rendered what was considered practi-
cally an ~impregnable position and
really the key to the situation on the
lower peninsula.
An OFFICIAL Confirmation.
A dispatch to the Central News
from Hardin says that the Japanese
losses during the fighting at Kinchou
are said to be twelve thousand men
killed. It is said that these figures
have been confirmed by an official dis
patch. Fighting. it is added. is stils
going on in the vicinity OF Kinchou.
Japanese Nearing Port Arthur.
The Telegraph correspondent at
Toxic wires:
II learn that the Japanese troops
are nov within twelve miles Of Port
Arthur. This second severe defeat
for the Russians is bound to have i'm
portant results most favorable to
Japan. which is not slackening but in
creasing her efforts in all directions
so much so that ! expect a further
surprise. The Russians have suffered,
though they are on the defensive,
heavier casualties than the Japanese,
who have taken the Russians guns
and other material and also a few
prisoners"
Russians Closely Pursued.
Chicago, May 20. - A. Curtis, a
Daily News staff correspondent, cables
his paper as follows:
Kobe, May q. - After having
cleared the Russians out Of Kinchou
yesterday morning at $50, the Jap
anese troops followed up their success
with vigor and stormed the heights of
A~nshankwan, to the south of the city.
The heights were taken after a des-
perate resistance on the part of the
Russians. who ultimately fell back in
confusion, closely pursued TO the
south by the mikado's men. The jap
anese warships assisted the opera
tons, Smelling the Russian fortiica-
tons with great precision"
Entire Coast le Blockaded.
Chicago, May pa special to the
Daily News from Chefu says:
Japan announces that the entire
coas, Of the Liaotun8 peninsula lying
south Of a line between Pitsewo on
tho oaCf or1 p,i1opt;op On tho u,oct Sc
in a state of effective blockade by the
Japanese navy The declaration
states that the blockade will be main
tanned"
Port Arthur Besieged.
st. Petersburg. May 20. - The gen.
eral staff. in view Of the foreign news
Of the capture of Kinchou, admitted
that now there was little to hinder a
Japanese advance on Port Arthur it.
self, and that the actual siege of the
Gibraltar of the East had begun in
earnest. The staff insisted, however,
on the ability of the fortress to hold
out.
Russians Surprised.
London. May %. - The Shan Khaf
Kwan correspondent Of the Daily
Chronicle sends q report received at
Niuchwang that on May %, thinking
that the Japanese had retired from
Feng Wang Cheng, $4,000 Russians
from Hal Cheng and Liao-yang
marched toward Feng Wang Cheng.
They were surprised by 10000 Japan
csc in the Tatung pass.
The Russian casualties were 1000,
and more than 1000 Russians sur
rendered. The report does moi give
the Japanese losses.
Japs Take kinchou.
. London, May %. - The Toxic cor
respondent OF the Daily Express says
it is reported unoficially that the
Japanese have captured Kinchou and
are now attacking Dalny.
Russians Followed Up.
After the occupation of Kinchou the
Russians retired in good order to the
heights further south, which were at
tackled by the full Japanese force
and carried after a tuhhorr rocic.