The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-11
JAPS LOSE HEAVILY
Late Reports Indicate Tremendous
Slaughter
S10ESsEL SAYS IT WAS 10000
onfcizi Report Of the FishAIns al
Port Arthur From July 2sth to Jul,
28th Received at ST. Petersburg.

St Petersburg. By Cahle-An OH
etoessel. commanding the military
forces at Port Arthur. says that the
japanese were repulsed with trench
dous loss In a three days fight from
July Goth TO July 2sth General Kuro-
patkin reports from Lao Yang some
small Russian successes In outpost
fighting up to August S, without the ex-
pected great battle having been open
ed. The simultaneous receipt OF favor
able news from these commanders in
the far East raised the spirits OF those
In the Russian capital immensely. The
dispatches were printed in special
newspaper bulletins and were eagerly
bought up on the streets. The newsboys
around the depots met the returning
crowds Of Sunday pleasureseekers and
shouted their wares without being re-
proved by the police, and thousands OF
st Petsrsburgers went to their homes
apparently satisfied that a favorable
turn Of affairs had commenced at the
front.
General Stoessel's report, though ten
days old, is taken as a satisfactory ref
citation of the recently repeated runors
Of the fall OF Port Arthur. He states
that the determined Japanese assaults
were repulsed with tremendous loss,
and figures 10000 as the number Of
Japanese killed or wounded This is
admittedly on Chinese information.
which heretofore has proved to be OF
exceedingly doubtful value.
But with Russian losses OF 800 as
that 10000 is a fairly conservative esti-
mate, since the Japanese were beaten
off in what must have been a desperate
assault on tremendously strong fortif-
cations. The fact that the japanese
were not able to remove their dead
and wounded is taken to prove that
great severity.
The part played by the fleet bears
out the prediction of the Associated
Press that Rear Admiral Without IS
able to render efficient support to the
garrison. 1t is considered significant
that no mention is made of Vice Ad-
miral Togo, Indicating that the Japa-
nese is impotent to aid friend Or injure
foe.
The authorities do not divulge the
source of General Stossers report,
though 1t is understood that it came
oy way Of Chefoo. The fact that the
japanese are in possession of the coun-
try as far north as Haicheng renders it
unlikely that it came by the land
route.
General Kuropatkin's, report states
that the japanese are stationary on MS
eastern front, the greatest activity be-
I,,~ %Ha nd IL
tons, where the Russians are able to
take the offensive. While the move
raents in themselves are apparently of
10 gre It Importance, they are interest
Ing as showing that the japanese are
still hating before undertaking the
serious task of attacking Liao Yang,
with it's strong circle of defenses.
Gen. Stoessel Claims Victory.
st. Petersburg, By Cable.-Lieuten'
ant General Stoessell commanding
the Russian military forces at Port
Arthur, In an undated dispatch to the
Emperor, says: Il am happy to re-
port that the troops repulsed all the
Japanese attacks of July 26, q and
28 with enormous losses.
THE garrison's enthusiasm was ex-
traprdinary.
"The fleet assisted in the defense
by bombarding the Japanese flank.
"Our losses during the three days
were about $500 men and 40 officers,
killed or wounded.
According to statements Of Chi
nese and prisoners, the Japanese lost
as many as 10000.
Their losses were so great that the
snemy has not had time to remove the
dead and wounded"
Defending All Positions.
Lao Yang, By Cable.-The past
week has been a most dramatic and
sventful one. The Japanese intend
to follow up the Russians and to gain
ground east and south by an attack on
Anshanshan midway between Hal
cheng and Yiao Yang).
1t Is reported that the japanese are
advancing on the west, and exciting
rumOrs are current
Though apparently beaten at every
point, and though the Japanese have
advanced we'll on the Russian flank,
the Russians. in council of war, have
determined to defend all their posi-
tons as heretofore.