The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-20
japanese Success Reported
at Port Arthur.
TRANSPORT SUNK.
Russian Cruisers Have Inflicted
Another Loss Upon Japanese
Troop Carrying Fleet.

LONDON, June 2O.-A Chefu dis
patch says there is current there a ru-
NOR that the Japanese have captured
one Of the inner forts Of Port Arthur,
losing 1000 men in the engagement.
The japanese transport Izumi, which
was reported missing few days ago,
has been sunk by the Yladiyostoll
fleet off Oshima island.
The island Of Oshima is situated near
the northwest Of the western entrance
| of the Tsungaru strait The Izumi was
retiring to Japan and was carrying los
passengers. The crew took to the
boats when the Russian fleet was
sighted. The armored cruiser GromO-
boi siGnaled for the boats 10 approach.
They compiled. and all were taken on
board and confined between decks The
nnoncombatants were released and
sent on board the japanese vessel Tn
ko, which brought them to Maiaum
According to trustworthy adyices re-
ceived, an entire infantry regiment,
with its commander, was sunk in the
transports Hitachi and Sado
The Hltach evidently failed to stop
when signaled to do so 10y the Rus
slams. The claim is made that Captain
Campbell the English master Of the
Hitachi, refused 10 stop and planned
TO ram the Russian, but this is denied.
Hs s.ff gh4e IA
board the Hitachi declined to surren-
der and required Captain Campbell to
keep his ship going. The assertion that
the Russians fired upon the lifeboats I'm
which men were escaping from the
Japanese transport has been fully sub
stantiated.
The raid Of the NladivoStok squad
ron has brought an unwarranted
amount of criticism upon Vice Admi-
raj Kamimura from the Japanese. and
his failure to catch the Russians in the
fog off Gensan of the coast of Korea
when the japanese transport Kinshiu
was sunk with loss of about 200 men
has been recalled.
The Yawata and the Ansei. two sail.
ing ships. were sunk by the Russians
between KO island and Okushiri island,
off the west coast of Yesso and north
Of the Tsugaru strait Thirty-seven
survivors have reached Esashi. This
makes a total Of five japanese ships
sunk or destroyed by the Russian raid
ers.
\ dispatch from St Petersburg says
the total Russian losses at the battle
of VafangOw (TelissW were about 1000
men, including more than tifty-fve
officers. The Russian forces which
took part in this fight were described
as marching to the northward, and it
was said that the Russians had forty |
two battalions engaged against forty |
four japanese battalions and that the |
japanese had great superiority in ar
tllery, having more than 200 guns.
st. Petersburg dispatch says EN- |
peror Nicholas has received the follow
ing dispatch from Vice Admiral
"Our cruiser division has encoun-
tered in the strait of Korea Japa-
nese transport steaming from the
south in the direction of the japanese
coast, which was visible on the hori-
zon. The vessel proved to be the
Izumi with troops on board.
ION the expiration of the time given
those on board to lower boats and
cave the ship permission to do which
was taken advantage of by part of the
rev, the transport was sunk by our
guns.
shortly afterward two more trans
'orts were sighted to the southeast.
They proved to be the Hitachi and the
Sado, the former With troops and the
after carrying coolies, horses and a
ailway plant. These transports re-
used to surrender, and at the end Of
he period granted those on board to
AXE to the boats the two vessels were
unk by torpedoes and shells.
'The losses on the three transports,
he tonnage of which aggregated
bout 1900 tons. consisted of a por-
ion of the troops and crews. a large
uantity of war material and the rail-
ray plant.