Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-03-01
Today's Telegraphie News
THE WAR IN THEFAR EAST.

THE WAR IN The FAX EAST.
st. Petersburg, via Emden, Prussia,
March IA dispatch has been received
here that the japanese attacked Port Ar
thur today and we're repulsed with heavy
losses.
st. Petersburg, March Word was
received today that the japanese have
occupied the Korean town Of YichiO-
Yang, north of Ping Yang. They are
fortifying the walls of the town. A
Russian detachment was reported in the
neighborhood of the town yesterday and
it was expected they would occupy the
place.
st. Petersburg, March 1.-Adylces
from Port Arthur this morning state that
the Manchurian railroad has suffered
considerably by the continued acts Of
marauders. Twenty-Five locomotives and
a number of cars have been disabled.
Tien Tsin, China, March lac
cording to information received here to-
day, there are at present. twenty-five
thousand Russian troops concentrated
on the banks of the Yalu river, while
ten regiments of mounted infantry and
some artillery hold the mountain passes
thirty-fye miles south of Win, in
Korea.
London, March diplomatic circles
here are awaiting with interest news from
Port Arthur and the result of the attack
that will be made today or tomorrow.
rhe fact that the three cruisers, the No
vik, the Askold and the Bayan have
been standing the brunt of the intermit-
tent japanese sea attacks for the past few
days means one of two things-either the
three vessels mentioned were the only
ones left in fighting condition, or else
the attempt on the part of the Japanese
TO block the entrance to the harbor on
Feb. oath, was successful to the degree
that no larger vessels than the three cruis-
ers can come out and fight. 1t may be,
if report received by the Daily Telegraph
this morning is true, that the Russians
have not even these three vessel to oppose
the japanese which would simplify the
attack on the port for the japanese to
an appreciable degree. This report to the
Telegraph, which comes from Yin Kow,
saws that in an attack on the harbor yes
terday by fifteen japanese warships the
Bayan, Askold and Noyik were all bad
ly damaged aud the battleship Retvizan
which is stranded on the left side of the
the entrance, was further damaged.
The Russian land position, if re-
ports are to be credited, is
serious. The most lucid description of
this side of the Russian plight given in
dispatch to the Times from its Paris
correspondent this morning. The cor
respondent quotes a merchant having
business with Port Arthur as stating that
should the Russian communications back
of the forts be cut off Port Arthur would
not have sufficient provisions or ammu-
milton to last for fortnight. The mer-
chant adds that this lack is due to the
spelling of Russian plans by the Japan
csc occupation of the Yellow Sea water
ways about Port Arthur. The Russian
officials expected to transport consider
able of their munitions of war by water,
owing to the congested state of the rail-
ways. That the Russians appreciate this
critical state of affairs is attested by
the order issued by General Stoessel and
quoted in these dispatches yesterday, in
which the commandant stated that there
was no way of escaping except through
fighting to the death.