The War

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1241, 3 February 1905, Page 3

The War

Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, February 2 KunopATKitf claims that the Bus-. Bian artillery set fire to Sandepu, and repulsed on Monday four attacks on hie front, though the Russians finally retired, The Daily Mail's Tokio correspondent reports that the Japanese captured 1500 prisoners and much spoil. One Japanese division had 37 "fflcers and 2500 meu killed and wounded,

MANCHURIAN CAMPAIGN

MIKADO THANKS THE TROOPS Press Association.—Copyright. London, February 2 The Mikado, through Field-Mar-shal Oyama, has thanked the troops for defeating a superior force in the recent battle. THE RUSSIAN WOUNDED Press Association.—Copyright., , London, M% Three thousand five hundred wounded have arrived at Mukden. Many are frostbitten. THE ST PETERSBURG MASSACRE TROOPS DISCOURAGED • Press Association.—Copyright. , London, February 2ft' The Japanese, through Chinese merchants, aro circulating accounts of the events which occurred in St Petersburg on the 2nd. The Russian forces are discouraged.

THE RUSSIAN TROOPS

A RE-AKRANGIMENT Press Association.—Copyright. LnNnON.l'Vlj. 2

The Japaneso seizure of an important outpost ami positions from Knropatkin's right renders it necessary to alter the entire disposition of the Russian army.

MISCELLANEOUS

THE SEIZURE OP CONTRA- ' BAND , INSURANCE COMPANIES HARD HIT 0 Press Association.—Copyright. London, February 2 The Japanese have captured the Austrian collier. Siam, bound for Vladivostok. The British underwriters bayo ulreuily lost £650,000, an,d there aro twenty-eight more vessels liable to capture.

MORTALITY IN JAPANESE ARMY FEW DEATHS FROM DISEASE SMALLNESS OF FIGURES A RE' COhDINWAR HISTORY Press Afisociation.—Copyright. London, February 2

The Japanese medical and surgical statistics indicate an astonisuing. ly low rate of mortality in Oku'a army. Between May and Decern. 1)"S 24,642 caseg were treated -for disease, and 18,5/8 recovered, 40 died, 56J wero Bent to Japan, The figures are unequalled in the history/ of warfare. For the same period 210 of General Oku'a officers and 491,7 men were killed, and 743 offl. cers and 20,337 men wounded. Sixteen pet cent of the wounded died

THE FINAL SCENE AT PORT ARTHUR THE MEMORABLE CONFER. ENOE' WHERE THE DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE Press Association.—Copyright. FfiMANTLE, this day,

Files by the Ortona give an inler i psiing account of the final scene al < Port Arthur. General Stoessel pent ' under»(lag 0 f truce a message thai' ' he considered further resistance use- ' less, and asking General Nogi to a;r point commissioners ip meet him, | The conference took place in t| u ,' !ii"« Chinese, hsiuili-t of Suwsi, two r miles Irom Port Arthur. General 1 Ijiohi and Oolonel Reiss deliberated in the compound of a tiny thatched c hoUiirb. Thrice the parliamentaries separated ami went to their respec. _ tive tents before the document whs ready to despatch to b'toiwel. The conference was a long one. There was- no parade or formality beyond posting a single ■ seutry nour the entrance' of the compouml, and a strango slillnera raiKHOfl over the belligerent linns, , broken occasionally by a detonation tolling of the destruction of the flew in the harbour. Finally, when dusk set in, signed the document i and telegraphed to inform the Im- J perial Master of the course lie hud ' boon forced | 0 take. The conference broko up aftor the envoys on both sides had dined together. The final success was net quickly realised by the Japs For a while nothing seemed to inteifore with tho usual routine. The feoling_ was one of roliof rather than of fxultaiion, but when a-telephone tnessago informed ibo investing army that their tusk bad boon accomplished their almost »' weird self-control in a ruowure relaxed. "Bnnziiisl" echoed through the camp; n| Bengal lights flared up from tho captured 0 ndgoß and lit up tho night, while bivonno ros for tho first tiino wore allowed to

blnze up, thire being no need of eoncenlment of their positions. Many of the Ilnssian soldiers cmno out of the fortress and joined the Japaneso at their camp (ires, and exchanged vodka for food.