Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-09-09

Sl5,000,000 and work will be COM
menced at once. With this rich mine,
and probably others in the vicinity,
the Japs will feel independent as to
the money question.
AT PORT ARTHUR.
The clash in the northern part of
Manchuria, where a half million
men fought necessarily for a week,
has attracted attention from the
stubborn little fort which is putting
up resistance second to none in the
worlds history. Like hornets the
fierce flower of Japan has been bat
thing against this Gibraltar, sacrific-
ing thousands upon thousands. and
as yet Port Arthur remains in the
hands of its brave defenders, Over
whelming numbers have been hurled
against the Russians, and nothing
but the completeness of defenses has
so far prevented their humiliation.
Stoessel and his handful have
fought, almost without sleeping, for
weeks, the hope being held out to
them that Gen. Kuropatkin would
overcome Kuroki in the north and
then send relief to Port Arthur.
Now all Russians for the first time
admit that there is small hope for
the relief of Port Arthur. But even
this does not unnerve the hand of
Gen. Stossel and his men, who seem
determined to surrender life rather
than give up their trust.
A second general assault on Port
Arthur, evidently planned to be
coincident with the big battle against
General Kuropatkin, assumed crush.
ing proportions on August % and
continued undated until the morn
ing of August 81, when the japanese
retired everywhere except from Pail
chuang, which they have apparently
firmly secured. The Japanese losses
are stated at 5000 in Che Foo dis
patches, and the Russian losses at
5000. This information comes from
a Chinese messenger sent to Port
Arthur by the Associated Press, and
it confirms previous fragmentary
advices. Another Chinese, who
departed from Port Arthur on Sep,
TENDER 2, says that a fierce assault
was made on the left flank at 3
o'clock in the morning of that day.
The assault lasted until O'Clock,
when the japanese retired. The
commandment then recommended.
The Russian ships in the harbor
participated occasionallyin the firing.
A reliable authority in touch with
events at Port Arthur declares that
a week ago the garrison numbered,
$4,000. Accepting
the Chinese report of the recent
losses, the efficient men now pumbe
$4,000. The past weeks advices
previous deductions that the
japanese are bending their fiercest
energy to secure an ingress along the
railroad. The arrangement of the
forts affording mutual support rem
ders the Japanese scheme exceedingly
difficult of execution.
The japanese now expect, it is
stated, two months or possibly more
of fighting before the fortress is
taken. They give the garrison no
rest. Assaults no sooner cease than
the artillery increases it's thunder.
The garrison is said TO be greatly
worn and weary, but determined to
resistance, ii regiments
will leave Japan during the week to
replace the men lost outside Port
Arthur alone. The losses at this
point are estimated at 25, 900.
HOW LIAoYANG WAS WON.
The result of the first two DAYS of
lighting between the armies of Kuro-
patkin and of Kuroki Tor rather, of
commander-in-chief Oyama, who not
long since arrived at the front and
took charge of the japanese forces)
was cEronicled in late dispatches in
these columns last week. Then it
seemed "blue" for the Japs, as all
reports stated that the Russians had
successfully repealed the several at
tacks of the japanese, with great
slaughter to the latter. The next
day the tide had turned in favor of
the little brown men. And it now
transpires that when Kuropatkin
thought he was repulsing assaults
by the main body of the enemy he
was really opposing small bodies
while the bigger forces were enyelop-
ing his flank.
Taking up the thread where left
off last week, with the Russians ap-
successful, the tide of battle
may be best followed by a daily con.
densation of dispatches:
Ihursday-The tide of battle
around Liaoyang has turned appre.
ciably in favor of the Japanese.
With tremendous and sustained as.
sault on his right and centre, and
threatened in his rear by a heavy
force which has crossed the Taitse
river, Kuropatkin has been forced
to fall back from his first line of
oattie 10 the 1ortlhed position he had
in the town of Liaoyang
and its immediate environs. The
Russian right and centre defending
Liaoyang southwark are retreating
this morning. The japanese are
pursuing the Russians. 1t is evident
that the movement alluded to is a
retreat into the fortified positions of
the town and its environs, and not
from Liaoyang itself northward
across the river Taitse.
General Kuropatkin's forces &C.
cupied positions forming a semicircle
about Liaoyang, the TANKS resting
on the Taitse river, which flows
north of Liaoyang, the left flank
being east and the right flank west
of the city.
General Kuroki, who was reported
yesterday as moving northward on
the Russian left, has thrown pom
toons over the Taitse river and has