RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1106, 29 September 1904, Page 2

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

TBE STRUGGLE AT POET

ABTHUR

BOTH ARMIES DETERMINED

ENORMOUS RUSSIAN DEATH ROLL AT THE PORT

CZAR REVIEWS THE NEW ARMY

SELF-MUTILATION TO ESCAPE

SERVICE

Pr*M Aiiooiation.-Coßjrtßht

London, September 2tS SwAItMS of Japanese dignified as Chinese coolies are trying lo dynamite tb« railway between Khaniarovsk and Harbin, though the sentries are in touch with each other from Irkutsk.

Japanese, advance west of the railway.

SUPPLIKSMK THE JAPANESE

EVKKY HOUSKIIOLD CON-

TRIBUTINCi

Press Association—Copyright London, Sept 28

SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR

Tho Japaneso are running sixty engines and a thousand trucks to Haichony, and have constructed other lines to facilitate tho carriage of winter supplies. Every Japanese household sends a blanket to the front.

RUSSIAN DEFENCE WORKS DEMOLISHED

A SORTIE REPULSED

CAPTURE OV RUSSIAN (JUXS Press Association—Copyright. Loxdox, Sept, 28 The Port Arthur garrison have been nightly constructing works to stem the eastern advance, but tho works were demolished at daybreak. The Japanese had sapped to within a few hundred yards of them, A sortie was repulsed and several Russian howiizers were captured, The shells damaged the shipping,

JAI'HEINI-OKCEMKNTS Pi-ens Association—Copyright. London, September 28 AcoiTesponilent of the newspaper Lokalan 'lViger cables that Japjiicso are crossing tho Iltinho, ;10 uiilee from Mukden.

MISCELLANEOUS

ANOTHER NAVAL FIGHT

ISATTERING THKIiAST DKFEN. ÜBS Press Association—Copyright LONDON-, September 28 Tho Japanese are displaying extraordinary activity, They are bombarding Port Artbui day and night, and are now battering the last defences eastwards, preparatory to the linal assault.

J Press Association,—Copyright | LOXDOS, September 28 j Firing has been heard at Sughal lien, oft Cape Aniva. It is believed j a naval battle is in progress,

THE VOLUNTEER PLEKT

Press Association—Copyright London, Sept, 28

The volunteer sti'iimer Nigminovogorod lias passed the Bosphonis, en route to Port Said, Hying the commercial Hag, and without arms and ammunition.

THE PORT WATERWORKS

AT THE MERCY OF THE JAPS

Press Association-Copyright

London, September 2S,

TIIK NEW RUSSIAN ARMY CZAR REVIEWS IT Press Association-Copyright. St. Pkteshui;, Sept. 2S The Czar has started for Odessa to review the troops departing for the Par Hast. lie returns via ResliinclY and Libaii, where the fleet will be reviewed.

Tho besiegers' operations are largely directed against the positions westward of tho railway.

These are nearer the harbour than are the Erling, Kintwan, and Paiyau positions.

The <!.iptiire of luiroputkin Fori, which is i'if) feet above the sea, besides placing the waterworks at the mercy of the Japanese, is stragetically important. Twelve inch guns command Tukuslian, (he eastern section.

JAP AN HSU SICK AND WOUNDED Press Association.—Copyright 1 London, Sept 28 There are 45,000 sick and wound ed in the hospitals in Japan, RUSSIAN GENERAL ILL Press Association.—Copyright London. Sept. 28 Admiral Hozhiiestvenski is ill, RUSSIAN DESERTERS SELF-MAIMING TO ESCAPE SERVICE Press Association—Copyright, London, Sept. 28. Four hundred Russian deserters have crossed the western frontier since the war, If recaptured they will stiller horrible brutalities. Some in Bessarabia are resorting to self-maiming, even to chopping off their hands and feet. DRAWING THE LINE Press Association.—Copyright London, September 28 The Chinese at Mukden refuse to act as Russian spies.

RUSSIAN REPORT ON THE SITUATION

SERIOUS, BUT NOT DESPERATE

PROVISIONS ABUNDANT

STILL PLENTY OF WATER Press Association Copyright LONDON', Sept. 28

Princo Alexieff reports that the situation is serious, but not desperate.

Ho has sufficient water, only two or three springs having been caplured.

Provisions are abundant, but am. munition is limited.

Some of tho Russian guns are worn, and aro worked with difficulty.

There are still 12,000 able-bodied defenders.

A JAPANESE PROPOSAL

SCOUTED BY DEFENDER STOKSSEL

Press Association—Copyright London, Sept 28

Tlio garrison, but not tho fleet, have boon ofl'ered tho honours of war by the Japunuas if they surrender. General Stcassel lias rofusod, and threatens to shoot the next summoner. BUOTH SIDES DETERMINED UNPARALLELED FORTITUDE Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Sopt 28, Both sides at Port Arthur display unparalleled fortitude and deter. ruination. Tlio Russian bauds play the National Anthem.

FIGHTING IN MANCHURIA Press Association—Copyright London, September 28 The Japanese advanced at dawn on the left bank of tho Liao River, and are strongly posted at Shanchan. London, Sop. 28 Tbf Hussiau cavalry report a big