THE ASSAULT FAILS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1086, 6 September 1904, Page 2

THE ASSAULT FAILS

JAPS RETIRING JAPANESE LOSSES, 8,000 RUSSIAN, 3,000 Press Association—Copyright (Received Sept, 6th, 8,41 a.m.) London, Sept 5 Renter states that the assault on Port Arthur, lasting from the 27th to the 3rd has failed, and that the Japanese are retiring everywhere except from Palungshwan, where they are firmly established. The Russians estimate the Japanese losses at 8000, and the Russians at 3000. e JAPS BAFFLED BY THE FORTS e j Press Association—Copyright. e (Received Sept. lith, 11.24 a.m.) The Japanese at Port Arthur on the 31st failed to recapture Itizshan fe after one of the fiercest assaults, the ™ aim being to gain ingress along the railroad,

The mutual support of the forts baflles the Japanese, who fear another two months' conflict.

MOVEMENTS OF THE CHINESE Press Association—Copyright London, Sep. 5.

General Ma is again approaching the Manchurian frontier.