Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-04
HEAVY FIRING is HEARD FROM
THE DIRECTION OF THE
BEslEGED CITY.
FIGHTING ON LAO TUNG
Important Peninsula Is the Scene of a
Severe Battle-Japanese Defeat a
Body of Russians Supposed to Be
Enroute to Port Arthur.

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Che Foo, June 8. Steamers
which have arrived here from New :
ChWar1g report that firing in the
vicinity Of Port Arthur was heard
last night. They saw only two
Japanese cruisers.
Lao Yang, June 8. ~ There are
= persistent rumors that another =
= great battle is in progress nesr =
. Port Arthur. Continuous cannon :
aiding has been heard from the :
south. An additional force of 49,
s 600 Japanese is reported to have :
. landed at Taku Shan.
Toxic, June 3.-The total Japan
ese casualties at the battle of Man
= Shan hill May 20 were 4,3o4, di-
vided as follows: Thirty-one Off
GERS and 713 non-commissioned
officers and men killed, 100 Off
cers and $3.50 non-comn1issioned
officers and men wounded.
Paris, June 8. - A Temps st.
Petersburg dispatch today says:
. !" 1t appears that the Russian re-
= lief column of 10000 men,, mobi-
y ICED for the succor Of Port Arthur,
g has abandoned its project owing
y to the fall of Kin Chou and the
landing of the Japanese reinforce
= ments."
st. Petersburg, June s. The
s Russian losses at Kin Chou are Of
g ficiaIly given in General stoesseI's
report which has just reached the
war Office, to be thirty officers and
76o men killed or wounded.
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Mul1den, June 3.-For two days pas
rumors have been current of sever'
fighting on Liao Tung peninsula De
tails are lacking but the fact that fight
ing has been general throughout tn,
peninsula is officially admitted. Th'
Russians have pushed their outpost'
south toiWan Fang Tien, on the rail
road, while the Japanese occupy tn,
count4y from the shores of Corea ba.
inland to the vicinity Of Stu Yen. Th'
fact that a Japanese army is estimated
to the number of $4,000 men is concen
trated south of Kin Chou is regarded
here as indicating that that is the re
gion where the decisive battle will b,
fought.
A Japanese Victory.
Toxic June "A body- of JaDanes,
encountered and defeated mixet
force of Russian cavalry, infantry ant
artillery near Lichaton, nine mile
north of Polanien, on Monday last. TIL,
engagement lasted two hours. TIL,
Russian troops were finally drivel
northWard.
The Losses.
The Japanese had twenty-six mel
killed, including one officer, and thir
ty-seven wounded, including four off
GERS.
May Be Relief Party.
The movement. of the Russian force
to the southwark indicates possible
effort to relieve Port Arthur. The Rus
sian loss is unknown.
Is General Kuropatkin Planning Coup
London. June 8. - kilograms fror
different points seem to confirm I'll
mors that General Kuropatkin is a
tempting a diversion in the direction
of Port Arthur. Russian reinforce
ments, according to a dispatch fror
Tien Tsin are moving southwark fror
Kaiping towards Wafangtien unde
General Stalkenberg. They compris
a battery of artillery, four Siberia
regiments and company of Cossack
aggregating 10000 men. Another br
gade is following, the intention bein
to engage the Japanese now attackin
Port Arthur in their rear.
The Standards correspondent q