The Bourbon news., 1904-08-05
GEN. KELLER KILLED.
Struck by Bursting Shell Near
LiaO Yang.
The Main Force of Gen. kuropatkinf
Being Sorely Pressed by the
Japanese, is Being Moved
to the North.

st. Petersburg. Aug "A report
from an apparently reliable source
late Monday night was to the effect
that Gen. Kuropatkin's main force had
been rapidly moving north for several
days.
The report of Lieut.. Gen. Count Kel-
ler's death is confirmed. He was kill
ed July 29, while resisting the pre-
liminary attack of Gen. Kuroki's army
on the Yanzee pass, 80 miles east of
Lao Yang. The general was stand
ing near a battery which was sub
jected to a terrific fire when a shell
burst close to him and he fell, NOR
tally wounded. dying 20 minutes la
ter. Before he expired Gen. Keller
had the satisfaction of knowing that
the Japanese attack had been re-
PEELED
Lao Yang, Aug. 3.-After a fierce
battle the Eastern Russian force has
evacuated Yangtzuling (six miles west
of Molten pass.
st. Petersburg, Aug. Sit is Off
cia1ly announced that the Russians
have fallen back from YangZe pass,
but are holding their positions on the
Saimatsza road.
Toxic, Aug. 3.-Gen. Kuroki has ad-
ministered severe defeat to the Rus
sian forces which defended the Rus
sian east flank at Liao Yang, winning
separate actions at Mushulikzu and
Yang Sc pass. These two places are
26 miles apart, but the two actions
were fought at the same time. The
Russians held strong positions The
thermometer registered over 10 de-
greeS Fahrenheit and the soldiers suf-
fered cruelty from heat exhaustion.
Che Foo, Aug. "a desperate three
days assault on the INNER defenses
on the northern and eastern sides of
Port Arthur has failed, according TO
advices brought by two junks which
arrived here Tuesday.
A Chinese who has arrived here on
a separate junk confirms the Russians
statement that the Russian killed and
wounded during the assault numbered
between 5000 and 5000. The Japan
ese in their repeated assaults against
the eastern forts on the hills, through
barbed wire entanglements and over
mines displayed fanatical bravery
They were moved down by the hail
of shells and bullets and the explo-
sion of mines under their feet Their
losses are estimated at 100000
Che Foo, Aug. 4.-The steamer WI
chow, which has Just arrived here
from New-Chwang, brings further de-
tails of the latest Japanese assault on
Port Arthur. When nearing Che Foo
the Wuchow picked up junk carry
ing seven men, four women and one
boy who left Port Arthur Tuesday
They report that the fighting north of
the city Of Port Arthur occurred at
Wolf Hill, and was sanguinary, result
ing in the repulSe of the Japanese
This hill is situated near the railroad,
and eight trains were kept busy bring
ing the wounded soldiers into the city
The wounded men from the east forts
reached Port Arthur in all kinds of
vehicles, many, however, coming on
foot. dragging shattered limbs. The
Russians unite in declaring that the
fortress will never fall, but they ex-
pect that scarcely a building will be
left in the city where now there is
scarcely a whole pane of glass.
The Chinese arriving here Wednes-
day night say that the Japanese actu.
ally captured two lightly garrisoneG
forts on the east shore, but abandoned
them when their comrades were re-
pulsed from other positions. The
Russians, however, insist that this is
untrue. The forts at Port Arthur bris-
tie with guns, including many of s.
inch caliber, but the naval artillery
men are alleged to have inflicted the
heaviest loss on the Japanese
The Japanese, while repulsed, have
by no means been beaten, and re-
newal of the fighting was expected
when the junk departed Tuesday from
Port Arthur. Among the prisoners
captured during the engagement on
VOLTS mountain was a Japanese lieu
tenant carrying a freshly written let
ter stating that the fighting had been
severe and the Japanese losses were
heavy. The Japanese are now occu-
pying the outposts trenches which
they captured from the Russians.