Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-05-25
HEAVY BLOWS
HIT The JAP
Report That He Has Been
Badly Defeated in a
Land Fight.
NEWS COMES TO new CHwANc
Two Fine Warships in Togo's
Squadron Are Sunk.
Six Hundred Men Go Down with the
Ships-One Sunk in Collision,
the Other Hits a Russian
Submarine Mine.

st. Petersburg, May 23.-There ia a
report current on the bourse that jan
anese mazda n combined attack on the
outer dcfenses of Port Arthur and
were repulsed by the Russian garri-
son. The Japanese, according to the
report, lost $4,000 men, in killed and
wounded. The loss sustained by the
cars troops was 5000 men.
London, May GA dispatch from
st. Petersburg to Reuters Telegram
company says that the report of
sortie by the Port Arthur garrison has
not been confirmed. 1t appears, says
the dispatch, to have originated in the
receipt of Lieutenant General Stoes-
sells report of the fight ut Kin-Chau,
this, together with the fact that Cen
eral Stoessel commands ut Port Ar
thur, giving rise to the rumor that
the garrison had made sortie.
Enthusiastically it was reported
that the Russians at Port Arthur had
made sortie and defeated the Japs,
who were said to have lost 1000 men.
New Chwang, May 2O.-It is report
ed here from a reliable source that the
Japanese army from the Yalu river
has received a heavy blow and been
driven back to Feng- Wang Cheng.
Washington, May 20.--Advices re-
ceived ut the Japanese legation from
Toxic, confirming the Associated Press
account of the sinking of the cruiser
Yoshimo and the battleship Hatsuse
Off Port Arthur. state that after the
liatsuse had been struck by Rus
sian mechanical mineu Russian fotilla
of sixteen torpedo boats and de-
stroycrs appeared, but was rcpulsed
by the Japanese cruisers, which saved
800 of the Hatsuse's crew, including
Admiral Mashiba and Captain Nakao
Brief Details of the Disaster.
The dispatch announcing the disas-
ter to Japans feet was sent to Toxic
by Vice Admiral Togo He says the
disaster to the Yoshimo occurred at
1:14 p. m.. May 10, in a fog, when she
was rammed by the Kasaga, sinking
in few minutes, and only ninety Of
her crew being saved. The Hatsuse
was sunk by coming in contact with
n submarine mine the same morning.
She was cruisingoff Port Arthur about
ten knots southeast of the harbor en-
trance, when she struck a mine. She
signaled for help and an instant later
struck another mine. She sank in half
an hour and 300 of her crew were
saved by torpedo boats.
Over 600 men were lost by the two
accidents.
Russian Loss Reported Small.
st. Petersburg May 21.-The fol-
lowing dispatch from General Kuro-
patkin to the emperor, dated at Lao.
Yang, May 10, las been received here:
"a detachment of Cossacks engaged
q detachment of the Japanese ad-
vance guard on May 10 north of Feng.
Wang-Cheng in mountainous dis
trict. The fight began in the morn.
ing and lasted until 2:3O o'clock in the
afternoon. The Japanese We're sue.
cessively dislodged from four positions
extending over fifteen miles.
1.-THE pursuit Of the Japanese was
stopped ut Datiantsy, thirteen miles
north of Wang Cheng. Our cas-.
ualties were six Cossacks wounded
two horses killed and eight horses
wounded. There is no trace of the
enemy in the valley of Tsanhoka SC
far as the road leading to the Tchan.
godline pass, eighteen miles north OF
Feng- Wang Cheng."
In Good Order and Hurry.
London, May 21.-That there arc
stirring events being enacted in the
Far East seems sure from the tenor
of the dispatches. An encounter be.
tween Cossacks and japanese west OF
Feng- Wang-Cheng is thus described in
a cable from New Chwang: "The Jap
anese, numbering 10000 men, came up
on $4,000 Russians in strong posi-
ton Monday sixty miles west OF
Feng- Huang-C heng. 1t being unwise
to risk battle, the japanese retreat
ed in good order and with great rap
idity. All unofficial Russian authority
says n pitched battle was not fought
but rumor says there was considerable
loss on both sides during the clashes
with the Cossacks harassing the lanks
of the Japanese. This division pre-.
sumably was executing n reconnais
ance. The pursuit was checked when
the main body of the japanese was
rejoined."
JAP DISASTER DESCRIBED