Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR


trate on Port Arthur. AS soon as that
fortress is captured it is their inten-
ton to proceed against Liao-yang.
Doubted by Russians.
St. Peters burg, May 28.-The gen.
eral staff was not in position last
night to confirm or deny the Toxic re-
port that the Japanese have occupied
Kinchoh. The latest official informa-
ton regarding fighting in that region
was conveyed in Lieut.. Sakharoffs
telegram, which said that the Japan
csc had lost 700 men on May IS. This
agrees with information contained in
the Associated Press dispatches OF
May rs, Gen. Sakharoff apparently &C
cepting the report from the same
Chinese source
1t would be great surprise to the
authorities If the report of the capture
OF klnchou should prove to be true.
Main Attack Is Postponed.
London, May 27.-The Nails cores
pondent at Shimonoseki, Japan, under
date of May 25, says that only minor
operations are now proceeding on the
peninsula of Liaotung and that the
main attack VIII pIoudoly NC post-
poned for some time.
The Standards correspondent at the
headquarters Of the Japanese first
army, under date of May %, says there
is no change in the military situation.
The Russians seem to be perfectly
content to remain on the defensive and
are vigorously Strengthening their po-
sition with Liao-yang as the base.
They are little more active, however,
northeast Of Feng Wang Cheng, where
the patrols of both armies are in touch
almost daily
Again Attack Port Arthur.
Chefu, May 81. = A portion Of the
japanese fleet bombarded Port Arthur
at II o'clock yesterday morning. A
Frenchman who left Port Dalny on
the 22d says that eight large warships
circled before the entrance to Port
Arthur for one hour, firing broadsides
at intervals of ten minutes. An attack
on Dalny by the Japanese was expect
ed shortly.
The Japanese are in force at Pitsewo
and Kin Chou, and are ready to march
down either side of the peninsula to-
ward Port Arthur
Japs Strike Hard.
Liao-yang, May 27.-A wounded Cos
sack who arrived at the village of
Sayolentsi yesterday, reports that a
fight took place north of Takushan on
May 20, in which the Japanese am
pushed sotnia of Cossacks and nearly
wiped them out.
The Cossacks were patrolling to the
north of Takushan for a distance Of
eighteen miles when they fell in with
three squadrons of Japanese cavalry.
who retreated. The Cossac ks followed
and fell into an ambuscaoe, a body of
Japanese infantry being concealed be-
hind small hill
Commander Decromesheff ordered
MS men to draw their sabers and cut
their way out, when his horse was shot
under him. He had just time to order
the sotnia to scatter when he fell
wounded
Inc japanese then closed in on two
sides. firing volleys at close range.
Inc Two remaining officers fell and the
sotnia retreated with the loss of three
officers and thirty men.
Jap Lines Cut.
Paris. May pa dispatch to the
Ie1nps from st. Petersburg says Gen.
kuropatkin has cut the land commuui
cations between the armies of Cen
erals Kuroki and Oku.
Russians Are Put to Rout.
Shanghai, May 26.-Chinese report
that there has been an engagement
near Niuohwopr r,b;ol, o-daI
the Russians fleeing and abandoning
fifty guns.
The Russians are concentrating to
the rear of Port Arthur and they are
greatly Strengthening their defenses.
Gen. kuropatkin, after inspecting the
defenses of Liao-yang, advised Viceroy
AlexleH to retreat to Hardin.
Desperate sorties.
London, May 26. - The Telegraph's
Niucnwang correspondent says that
the Japanese land operations against
Port Arthur are meeting with little
success and that Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel
and Maj. Gen. Fock continue to make
well directed but desperate sorties
against the advance of the Japanese,
7'AAo ~ AeoAAeiA6 Will SLuUUCEu Q6CSr.
mination. almost unequaled in history.
Several hundred Japanese have been
killed during the past few days.
Situation Up to Date.
Yingkow, May 25.-The present po-
sition Of affairs is as follows: The
Japanese first army has fallen back.
intrenching at Feng Wang Cheng
Gen. Mistchenko, with 1000 Cossacks
is keeping in touch with this advance
outposts of the Japanese cavalry in the
west. The headquarters Of the force
is at Molten pass. The Japanese sec
ond army is slowly advancing south
from Pitsewo and Pulaatien (Port
Adams) for combined attack " land
and sea on Kinchau.
1t is necessary to take this position
on the neck OF land connecting Kwan
tung with the rest of the peninsula