Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-11

wa. Iowa. under the Act of Congress OF
March 8. 1879.
A YEAR OF WAR.
Practically year has passed since
the war between Russia and Japan
opened with a naval battle at Port
Arthur. Since that time the armies
of the Russian and the Jap have fought
back and forth across bloody fields in
a score Of big engagements and doz-
ems Of smaller ones. The advantage
has been with the Japanese, but their
victories have been dearly bought.
The end Is not yet. for with the
opening Of spring there is promise of
a new campaign being opened near
Mukden. which may result in the fall
of that sacred city but may, on the
other hand, bring the Russians VIC
tory and the control of Manchuria.
1t is when one looks back upon
year Of fighting, as now, that the fam
GUS exclamation of General Sherman
appears so true War is hell" was
Sherman's description, and the senti-
ment has been echoed in score OF
languages all the way around the
world The Japanese know it, Russia
knows It, and the realization of the
fact will be borne in more strongly
upon the minds of the people Of the
two countries as the manned and Grip
pied survivors of the war begin to hob
Bile about after their months In hospl-
tails and on the homeward trip. 1t Is
when one considers the awful loss Of
life and the small gain to either coun-
try after a whole years fighting that
one stops to inquire whether the plan
for worlds peace cannot be made prac-
teal and carried out. There is no
one but hopes that the war now in
progress will be the last to leave its
bloody stain upon the history of the
world of nations Advancement is be-
ing made in every profession, in every
trade, in every country, in everything
except the method of settling interna-
tional disputes Advancement is being
made in that, too, by the enlightened
nations and the leading ones. but the
advantage is entirely for those few
foremost nations alone. May the time
soon come wte2 the good effects will
be felt by every government, no matter
how large or how small, when wars
will be only memories and when the
court of arbitration shall be the court
of last resort. IS
A review of the greatest events of
the war. Schronologically arranged,
shows an awful loss of life and heavy
loss in territory to the Russians. 1t
follows:
Feb. SO, 1904-Variag and Korietz
destroyed in Chemulpo harbor and
Togo attacks Port Arthur fleet.
Cheng.
May Japanese land at Pitsewo
and begin to invest Port Arthur.
May 11-Russians evacuate Dalny,
destroying the town.
May 26-27-Battles of Nanshan hill
and Kinchow; loss, $780,
June 14-15-Oku defeats Stacked
berg at Fafangow; loss, 11,000
June 17-Battle of Molten Pass;
Russian driven back.
June 3O-31-Battle of Haicheng;
loss $500.
July 25-Russian forces driven out
of New Chwang.
Aug. 10-Sortie from Port Arthur
harbor; Russian fleet dispersed and in
part destroyed; Vice Admiral Without
killed
Aug. 14-Kamimura defeats Vladi-
vostok squadron; Rurik sunk.
Aug. 3O-Sept. Japanese, under
Oyama, defeat Kuropatkin at Lao
Yang; >365,0oO engaged, loss $4,000.
Sept 11-Baltic fleet sails from Cron-
stadt, under Rojestvensky,
Oct. 8-18-Kuroki defeats Kuropat-
kin at Shakhe river Total casualties,
61.679. with $4,000 killed.
Oct. 22-The "Doggerbank outrage. %
Two British fishermen killed
Nov. 30-Japanese take 203 Metre
hill by storm, losing 10000
Jan. 2-Stoessel surrenders Port Ar
thur to Nogi.
JAM &c to 31-Battle of the Hun
river; Russians defeated with loss Of
$4,000; Japanese loss, 5000.