Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-04
THOUSANDS KILLED.
Kuropatkin Reports Great
 Losses Tn Yalu Battle.
TOGO AGAIN ATTACKS PORT ARTHUR
Details of ROut of Russians Show Disastrous Losses to the Czar's Troops Owing to the Stubborn-
 ness of the ConRfct.

LONDON, May 4.-Late dispatches from the theater of war in the far east show that Admiral Togo to complete the Generalization of the Russian forces made a fierce attack on Port Arthur. Several merchant ships were sent in to block the channel and were sunk by the Russian gun fire. It is said two Japanese torpedo boats were also sunk Admiral Alexeieff himself conducted the defense.
 Details of the defeat of the Russians by the Japanese under Kuroki at the battle of the Yalu approach the di- mensione of disaster Their losses as far as known are 5000 10 4,000 kill ed, 330 officers and men taken prisoners, twenty seven field guns and six quick firing guns captured, while General Kashtalinsky. two regimental commanders and one artillery com mand0r were killed with many other superior officers killed or wounded.
 The Japanese losses seem to be about 900, the first dispatches saying that 600 men had been killed or wounded and the subsequent reports of General KurolEi saying that 1900 were added to O0A S~w SActltAC0 IA POl 4NO GSAckdl officers were reported killed or wound ed.
 Indications of the straits to which the Russian advance guard has been reduced Is the news that General Ku- ropatlEin, the commander in chief, has himself hastened to the front with 20,- 900 picked troops to retrieve the day and the hastening to the far east of an artillery armament to replace that lost in the battle. The Russians have been seriously crippled by the loss of so many guns.
 There is little doubt that the Japa- the ability of Port Arthur to hold out, while great body of Russian troops has been cut off and may be captured
 Viceroy Alexeieff has reported to St. Petersburg the attempt to block Port Arthur early yesterday morning as follows:
 Il respectfully report to your high ness that fresh attack was made by the enemy with the object of obstruct- ing the entrance to the port and that 1t has been successfully repelled.
 At I o'clock in the morning i've tor pedo boats were perceived near the coast from the eastern batteries. Un- der the fire of our warships and the batteries they retreated southwark
 "At 1:45 o'clock the first fireship es- corted by several torpedo boats, was sighted, and we opened fire upon it from the batteries and the warships. Three-quarters of an hour afterward our searchlights revealed a number of freships making for the entrance of the harbor from the east and south east. The coast defense vessels Ot- vashni and Gremieshchi and the gum boat Giliak repulsed each by a we'll directed fire.
 Altogether eight ships were sunk by our vigorous cannonade, by Whitehead torpedoes launched from our torpedo boats and by the explosion of several submarine mines Further, according to the reports of the officers command ing the batteries and the gunboat Gil- iak, two Japanese torpedo boats were destroyed.
 up to the present thirty Japanese, including two mertally wounded off cers who took refuge on launch or were rescued from the fireships by us, have been picked up. The inspection of the roadstead and the work of saw ing the enemy's men were hindered by the heavy sea running. We suffered no casualties, with the exception of a sea man belonging to the torpedo boat de- stroyer Boevoi
 "On the appearance of the first fire ship, accompanied by the enemy's tor pedo boats, I boarded launch and proceeded to the OtvaShni to take i'm mediate measures for repulsing the fireships.
 "The crews of the Japanese fireships which were sunk tried to save them selves by boats, in which they put out to sea. A majority of them were killed by our machine guns and rifles. Some of the survivors were picked up.
 General Kuropatkin reports 10 the emperor as follows:
 According to the testimony of per- sons arriving here during the night from Fengwangcheng the Japanese on May 1 were operating from the front with an overwhelming force of artil- lery and attacked our left flank on the Yalu in superior force. enveloping it. A hot fight occurred, where the Twen- ty-second and Twelfth regiments of sharpshooters wee engaged, defending themselves vigorously, on several occa- sions taking the offensive and infiicting considerable losses on the Japanese. Our small force could not hold this po- sitien and retired, leaving several guns in the hands of the enemy. Owing to our heavy losses in men and horses we could not succeed in carrying off our guns, but their breechlocks were re- moved. Our force fell back on Feng wangcheng.
 General Zassalitch's force consisted of five regiments and five batteries; but, according to the information at hand, one regiment and two batteries stationed at Shakhevze were not en- gagged, the Japanese not attacking that point.
 "Our losses, owing to the stubborn ness of the conflict, were at least from