River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-27

from the Japanese machine guns.
Tourgenieff, though mortally wounded,
carried off one man behind his saddle,
while others managed to creep back to
camp. But, as already cabled, not one
man was killed on the field There IS
the greatest fear on the part of the Rus
sian wounded of falling into the hands
of the Japanese, the Russians being
convinced that they torture their pris-
onerS.
Still Smelling Port Arthur.
St Petersburg, Oct. % News
from Port Arthur brought to Che
foo by a junk which left there Oc-
tober 10 says a fierce bombardment
which began October 16 was still pro-
crossing without interruption. Many
buildings had been damaged and ships
in the harbor had also been hit by the
shells, but the character and extent OF
the damages are not stated. The Jap
anese main forces are now posted At
Liudziatung. They have placed guns of
large caliber on Iunjida mountain. The
Russians continue making sorties sue
cessfully and infiicting heavy losses on
the besiegers, whose losses since the
commencement of the siege are said TO
have been $4,000.
Russian Losses.
London, Oct. 22.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph says that the Russian general
staff has received from Gen. Kuropat-
kin a report showing that the total
number of Russian wounded taken
over by the Red Cross and kindred de-
partments since the beginning of the
battle to October Is was 55,S68. The
number of killed is unknown exactly,
because many men are yet missing,
but the total is estimated to have been
1000.
Still Inactive.
St. Petersburg, Oct 22.-The rival
armies of Russia and Japan entrenched
a short distance from each other south
of the Shakhe river are forced to con-
tinued inactivity until the fine weather
now prevailing dries the sodden ground
and the tired warriors are sufficiently
rested to resume operations. A dispatch
from Mukden reports that the Russians
on Friday confined themselves to bonn
bardment of Shakhe station and the ad
joining village OF Lamatung, the Jap
anese feebly responding. This news
clears up an interesting point, and shows
that Shakhe station is not held by the
Russians. Russian correspondents re-
port that some regiments of the Fifth
Siberian corps have been engaged in
slight skirmishes on the advance line
the past few days. The fact that the
First and Fifth Siberian were the only
corps hitherto unmentioned in reports
of the fighting on October 10 shows that
Gen. Kuropatkin has sent the reserves
to the trenches, giving other much tried
corps a thorough rest. Meanwhile the
Cossacks are raiding the japanese lines.
The first detachment of the Eighth
corps has reached Hardin and the re-
mainder is expected to reach that place
within three weeks. Meanwhile three
Polish rifle brigades are beginning to
start for the front 1t is expected that
this will provide 10000 troops By the
time this force is started for the far east
the Sixteenth corps, stationed at Vitebik,
or the Second corps at Grodno, will be
ready to start.
Recent Events at Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Oct 21-The most important
recent events at Port Arthur include the
capture by the japanese of further minor
positions near Rihlung mountain and
the severe damage of japanese torpedo
boat destroyer by striking a floating
mine. According to Chinese advices
which reached here Thursday, and which
are confirmed in essential points by Jap
anese letters from Port Dalny, the Jap
| anese made assaults on the remaining
outer works of Rihlung mountain at
dawn October and were repulsed. The
| following day the Russians made an at
tack on the Japanese trenches and they
in turn were repulsed.