The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-08-12
CONFLICT in FAR EAST

llST0 Is d IuIlOT CullSlI Ildl dcu.
Kuroki is threatening Mukden from
the northeast.
Viceroy Alexieff and Gen. Kuropat-
kin were yesterday in Liao-yang.
Japs Adance on Mukden.
Liao-yang, Aug. 9. - The Japanese
are advancing on Mukden, n it is
probable that a simultaneous attack
will be made on Mukden and Lao
yang, in which sase a decisive battle
is assured.
Rumored Japanese RepuIse.
st. Petersburg, Aug. "a telegram
from Chefu, dated Aug. Z, says that
according to Chinese information a
fierce battle was fought on the lane
side of Port Arthur Aug. 5. The jap
anese are reported to have been re-
pulsed with great loss, the killed
alone being estimated at 10, 1000, while
the Russians lost about 1000.
Jap Loss Said to Be Enormous.
Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel, commanding
the Russian military forces at Port
Arthur, il an undated dispatch to the
emperor, says:
II am happy to report that the
troops ~repulsed all the Japanese at
tacks of July 26, q and %. with enor-
nous losses. The garrison's enthusi-
asm vas extraordinary, The fleet as
sisted in the defense by bombarding
the Japanese flank.
Our losses during the three days
were about 1900 men and 40 officers
killed Or wounded.
According to statements of Chinese
and prisoners the Japanese lost as
many as 10000. Their losses were so
| great that the enemy has not had time
to remove the dead and wounded"
Another Position Taken.
London, Aug. 9.-The Times cores
pendent at Toxic, under date OF Aug.
, 7, says that there are unofficial re.
ports there that the Japanese have
captured commanding positions north
and northeast of Forth Arthur at a
distance of 1850 yards from the main
line of Russian defenses.
Close to the Fortress.
Chefu, Aug. 9.-The Japanese force
which captured VOLTS hill is now in
trenched in the valley about two
thirds of a mile from the fortress OF
Port Arthur.
Japs Advancing on the West.
Liao-yang, Aug. 9.-The past week
4 has hopn a mncf 6ra tio on1 nunrf
full one. The japanese intend to fol.
low up the Russians and to gain
ground east and south by an attack
on ~Anshanshan, midway between Hal.
cheng n L%iao-yang.
1t is reported that the japanese are
rumOrs are current.
Many Russians Dead.
Toxic, Aug. 8. - Gen. Kurokf re-
ports that he buried the bodies of 512
Russians O the battlefields of Yushu-
likzu and Y~angtsuling. In these &C.
tons he reports the capture of 268
Russians, eight of whom were officers.
One hundred and fifteen Of the pris.
oners were wounded. !?
Lacks Confirmation.
London, Aug. 9.-No further news
from Port Arthur has reached London
and there is no confirmation of the
rumored fall of the fortress.
Gen. Oku's detailed report shows
that only small real guard actions
were involved in the Japanese occupa-
ton of the Haicheng-Niuchwang line
up to noon of Aug. 8.
Russians Burn a Village.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 9.-Gen. Ku.
ropatkin, in a telegram to the emperor
dated Aug. 6, reports a reconnaissance
Aug. 5 on the south front in the dr.
rection Of the Japanese positions. The
Russians set fire to the village OF
H~enchuantsa, thirteen miles northeast
of Niuchwang, from which place
a small force of Japanese fled precip-
itately, leaving their transport AMI.
mails.
The report gives details of other
skirmishes and concludes with the
statement that there is no change on
the east front of thearmy.
Japs Preparing to Celebrate.
Chefu, Aug. 7. - Announcement OF
the fall of Port Arthur is expected
hourly. The Japanese in this city,
Shanghai and other ports are prepar.
ing to celebrate the fall of the fort.
ress. A local paper states that the
survivors of the British ship Hipsang
were sent out OF Port Arthur in junks
without any food. Provisions, howev.
er, were supplied them by the Japan
csc feet.
Semi-ctrcie Of Japanese.
Haicheng. Aug. Z. - The Russians
were obliged to retire from here a.
he Japanese were working around
them from the east, threatening to
cut them off from Liao-yang. The
fresh Japanese troops disembarked at
the port Of Niuchwang are also ad.
vancing on the other flank. The main
/ concentration Of tho puccioo. l. ro-