The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 31, 1904, Page 22

"SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1904. —_— Japan’s General Staff Repor Wounded in Attacks on the Russ ts Many Officers Killed or n Stronghold, Iy- dicating Desperate Fighting Between Besieg‘-'. ing Army and Defending Gagrison., PETERSBURG, July 30.—The re- ports of the storming of Port Arthur, were received here with smiles of in- redulity. The War Office contradicted > rumored fall of the fortress. TOKIO, July 30.—The general . staff yunced this evening that five Jap- one wounded in the fighting which has been going on around Port Arthur | since last Tuesday. The losses in men are not given This is the first official sanounce- kind since the beginning of ege of the fortress, and it indi- s that there has been serious fight- CHEFU, At*hur on Thursday at midnight vorts terrific fighting on land &nd S whic thr dnys. The highest Japanese thority here says that the army and 1 commanders of the besieging ces had planned to begin their final Tuesday last and expected effect the capture by July 29, but ial reports were exgected my or from Admiral Togo u the present attack resulted in success or failure. Japane® corre- | its here are now sending junks Miaotao Islands, ready to enter t Port Arthur immediately 1 of the fortress. . f the Russ.in Viad-, ivistok squadron hastened the attack Port Arthur, the Japanese au- s realizing that if these vesselg lowed to proceed unhanipergd °r it meant the division of Ad- ., with_the outcoming sian ships now cooped up by at Port Arthur. terest in the.Port Arthur ion is taken not only here, but:in hai and Tientsin. Many com- concerns these places ly wiring here for news. gers are being made that is eit Port Arthur will not(fall within the ext t 1onths, German vesidents uf- v g Englishmen accepting the bets. el FAR EAST'S BATTLEGROUND. Where the Great Arl;ls Are Now En- gaged in Decistve Combat. KUC HIATZU, Manchuria (about 30 July 28.—As a great battle ap- nt a survey of the posi- tw ther. y now f&m, in the mnorth, powerful array than at any Virtually, however - the ons prevail north of Hai- as previously reported. The ans are holding Tienshuisan, iyan, Pien and Kuanchia In view of the fact that serious is expected in the near future, nese have begun to disappear ween the lines and to brick uses, though hefstofore not vacated their propn-rty 1 the immediate firing zone be- the pickets. A mile and a half east of Kuanchia Pass a correspondent accidentally csed the zone of the Japanese fire 3 was fully twenty minntes crossing he bed of the Shi River, under fire, 3 tly from the Yuhuangkao tercple, east side of the river and in ew of the Russian pickets, The se line extends thencs south- and abparently of great igth, with trenches and breast- it approaches within a mile of Pass and continues along the Shi to Sipen Pass and thence to an, facing the Tienshuitsan and Oangtsu pass positions. twee is se officers had been killed and for- | July 30.—A junk which left | had then been going on for | are | In| southeast of Liaoyang), Thurs- | armies will be inter- | The main'¥odies of the Rus- | s. The latter is three mjiss east of | { The correspondent visited the entire eastern line. It is kn ideal region for military operations. Immense columns of troops are traversing the numerous | valleys to reconnoiter the passes and |are finding mountain artillery on the hill' side. The Japanese officers ‘are in 1 . | . ps Russian Soldiers Enraged by the Order to Retreat After They Had Held the Heights at Tatchekiao Through- i TOKIO, July 30.—The Japanese casu- | alties at the battle of Tatchekiao were 112 officers and 136 men willed and 47 of- | ficers ana 848 men wounded, a total of | 1043 killgd or wounded. | MUKDEN, July 30.—A correspond- ‘out the Day in the Face of a Terrific Fire From the Japanese Guns. ———— sides worked like madmen. The air was split and torn by the deafening, crashing reports of the guns; the dull booming of the distant shots furnished a background of deep bass for the vi- cious hissing of the hurrying messen- | gers of death; exploding shrapnel shells | plain view, pacing up and down the_;ept of the Associated Press who wit- | formed clouds of smoke overhead, into trenches, as though encouraging their | nessed the battle of Tatchekiao, July | which were thrown fountains of dust way on July 26 and remained there men. The Russians, from equally fine | y5 o yu)y 25, and who rode, more than | and sand when the shells burst on the strations, inviting attack marmeuvering. The first ascent of Russian military balloong occurred yesterday and aghinst the flaming sunset the bal- loon was visible to the entire Japanese army around Motien Pass. The bals loon caused much amazement among the Chinese. > . Japanese confinue to march across the upper part of the Taitse River to- “ward Mukden by way of Pensihu, pro- tecting their left flank from Kuchiatzu and Kuanchia passes. The Russians are making a demon- stration in large force before Pien Pass and also in frgnt of Kuanc Pass. A detachment of Cossacks which at- tempted to reconnoiter the Yuhuang- |kao temple to-day was drwen back from two positions, both within hailing distandg. The Japgnese as this dispatch is be- ing filed can plainly be seen taking up positions for the conflict. ey are ap- an { parently determined te fight, and it is| reported that the Russian commander has orderéd preparations to be made for 4000 %0 5000 wounded. Tienghuitsan, -Chiutsiayan, Pien and Kuanchia passes are an the Fengwang- cheng-Liaoyang road and are withjn a shbrt distance of each other, about thirty-five miles southeagt of Liaoyang. The Shi River is a branch of Taitse, and has its drigin in the vfcin- ity of these passes. The Taitse River is a very large stream, flowing just north of Ljaoyang in a course almost due westward. Pensihu is on the Taitse, about forty- | five miles et of Liadvang. R | SUCCEEDS VON PLEHWE. | Count Ignatieff Becomes Russik’s Min- ister of the Interior. LONDON, July 30.—A specfal from St. Petersburg to the Agencie Russe the late Von Plehwe as Minister of the Interior. Yicholas Paulovitch Ignatieff was born M St. Petersburg in 1832 and en- tered the Guard when 17 |ZLater. he was appoimted militagy | attache to the Russian embassy in | London and in 1858 was sent on a special mission to Khiva and Bok- hara. In 1860 he was appointed Ruse _sian Embassador in Peking and four } years later was made Embassador to Turkey.. He was ®ppointed Minister | of the Interior under Alexander III, but was dismissed in 1882, though still remaining a member of the Council | of the Empire. He has since been conspicuous as a leader of the Pan- Slavic party in Russia. JAPAN CLOSES NEWCHWANG. Explanation. + NEWCHWANG, July 30.—The for- eign Consuls here are asking the Jape anese Consul for an explanation of an order issued by Field Marshal Marquis Oyama that all neutral ships are to rimdin away from Newchwang. Ship- peg interests arc annoyed at this order and are citing the fact that the Russiang did not stop free traffic with this port. evening | the | years old,, | Foreign Consuls Are Demanathg an | ay to Mukden, to bring the account, | giveg the following description of the | engagement: The correspondent was awakened at 5. o'clock in the morning of July 23 | by the booming of guns. He had slept |in the village of Tientsin, four miles south of Tatchekiao, where the regi- |ment to which he was attached was | stationed. He hurriedly rode to the | gaged in a hot artillery duel, which gontinued for six jhours. Then the | batteries slowly retreated on the main | positfon, where General Zaroubaieft | decided to acgept battle. The Rus- sian gunners thence poured a well di- {rected hall .of projectiles, effectually | stopping the Japanese ddvance and | enabling the various outpost detach- “ments to fall back in safety. The ar- | tillery fire ceaged at about 11 o'clock |ana then for three hours the Japanese were. engaged in placing their bat- | teries in position and in disposing of their forces in order of battle. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the | bombardment recommenced and Jlast- | ed wntil 5 o’clock. The Japanese had | several guns of large caliber and all | their batteries were sending out | streams of shrapnel on, the Russian | positions, but not causing much harm Pip fact, the total losses at first wer insignificanfs ALL-DAY ARTILLERY DUEL. | The night was perfectly quiet. The :_<-nrrequndent slept in the viljage of |'Sinmintin, direetly behind the Rus- | sian positions. The real battle opened the °*next | morning. The first gun was fired at artillery did not cease for an instant until 8:30 o’clock in the evening. At times the firing acquired extraordin- ary violence. . The site of the battle was about three miles south of Tatchekiap and two miles ‘east of the railroad. The § says that Count Tgnatleff will succeeq |Se8 Was pldinly discernible from the o heights overlooking the battle. But nothing occurred in that direction. The Russlan positions fronted south, with a slight inclination eastward. About two artillery corps were engaged. | The correspondent was able to follow only the experiences of General Zarou- baieff’s corps, and so confines himself to recording the incidents of that por- |tion of the Russian troops. Zarou- | baieff’s®corps occupied a position on | two hills, of which the larger was crowned by three summits. The com- | mander and his staff stationed them- selves on the highest point, the center | one, whence they had an uniaterrupted | view of the surrounding country. The | gefleral had placed batteries on the | plain beyond these hills, the guns being | cleverly masked by lofty Chinese corn. The Japanese tried vafnly the whole | day to iocate them® and the Russian losses therefore were slight. The men | suffered more from the scorching heat 1 | of the sun than from the Japanese'pro- jectiles. NO JAPANESE IN, SIGHT. It was essentially an artillery battle, but it evas remarkable, and even un- canny, that during the thirteen hours it lasted the Russians could no§ take out a single Japanese soldier, even with | the most powerful glasses. From the | position occupied by General Zargu- baieff’s troops not a single rifle shot was fired, but the gunners on both ADVERTISEMENT! Put Your Money info the ' BEST PIANO that you can fail to approve them. us about it NOW. Let us tell yna our plan, which will enable you' to own a Mason & l*iamlin piano on terms . so ° liberal and easy that you .cannot See . z erful tone-control. This mac an® artistic scope that cannot b ment. The Mason' & Hamlin piano if’ equipped with the most perfect mechanism for the production of clear, sweet, pow- Mason & Hamlin piano, therefore its tone is one that fas- cinates like . spell of magic. It allows the performer 931-933 MARKET STREET, San Francisco. ‘Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Eureka, Fresno apd San Diego. hanism is pgculiar to the e found in any other instru- Russian outposts and found them en- | F7 o'clock and thenceforth the roar of | positions, are making offensive dembn‘;\ a" hundred.miles on horseback, all the ground upon impact, showering bullets and | and splinters around. The Japanese fire was at first concen- | trated upon the eastward hill, held by a | small force of Russians, and by 11 | o’clock this part of the position was lit- | erally aflame—enough to try the cour- | age of the bravest soldier. When this | had lasted four or five hours one after another of the Russian positions be- came untenable. In the meantime the gunners serving the Russian batteries beyond the hills { redoubled their energies, and the Japa- ! nese were. evidently nonplused by the | flerceness of the fire from the unlo- catable batterjes. They even directed | their attention to the Russian right, showering projectiles on a small hiil ! which was quite unoccupied. Then the i Japanese shifted their fire to the Rus- sian center, but not a single man was ! withdrawn therefrom. i | GUNNERS CHANGE POSITION. The fire from the Japanese dimin- ished about 5 o’clock and ceased alto-| | gether a_ half-hoyr later, whereas the Russian batteries continued to fire. | When the Japanese gunners reopened | the artillery duel later they had | changed their position to the westward, | whence they obtained an fininterrupted | range of the plain behind the Russian osition, and their projectiles began falling dangerously near the Russian batteries. The Chinese villages in the vicinity suffered terribly. The whole | plain was plowed and pitted by the ex- | plosion of the shells. With the approach of evening the Russians had a little relief from the heat, but none from the Japanese, the only difference ‘being that the flashes of the Japanese guns were distinguish- able on the slopes of the hills facing the Russians, revealing their exact po- sition by the red sparks of each can- non’s mouth against the somber shad- ow, followed by the bursting of shells over the Russians. The wild beauty of the scene had now reached its zenith, the bombard- ment slowly diminishing in intensity, and a half hour later profound si- }lence reigned, broken only now and then by the rattle of infantry volleys from the distant portions of the fleld, ywhel‘e the battle was still dragging | on. | Upon reaching Sinmintin the same evening the correspondent found that the place had already been abandoneg by the Russian troops, though he was for a_ time under the impression that they had merely gone out to take up | positions at the front. In fact, he was | convinced that the fight must have ibeen a Russlan victory, since over the | great extent of field which had come under his observation for thirteen hours the Japanese at no point seemed able to advance. Therefore, great was his surprise on Monday morning when he gwoke to find the Russian army retreating. RETREAT IN GOOD ORDER. Jumping iAto the saddle, the cor- respondent rode gut of the village and encountered a large force of Russian cavalry covering an infantry regiment, which was moving toward Tatchekiao. On reaching that town the corre- spondent found everything prepared for its evacuation. The last train left Tatchekiao at about 11 o'clock, at which time the Japanese were already bombarding the plac8. Notwithstand- ing the fire, and even the rapid ap- proach of the Japanese, the Russian retreat was carried out in perfect or- der, although the men and animals suffered terribly from the stifling heat. The Russian stores of flour and other provisions at Tatchekiao were burned and as the correspondent rode northward immense columns of black Smoke were rising along the horizon behind him and until he approached Haicheng at 8 o'clock last night he could hear the distant fumbling of the Japanese guns. SEAV GUNS WELL CONCEALED. ST. PETERSBURG, July 30.—A spe- cial dispatch from Liaoyang, giving a, graphic picture of the fight at Tatche- kiao, explains that. the Russian immu- nity from damage by the furious Japa- nese bombardment was due to the fact that the Russian guns were mostly be- hind a range of steep hills and were &oncealed cleverly by high grass and trees, ande that the Chinese therefore ‘Wwere unable to heliograph the position of the guns, as they formerly had done, to the Japanese artillerymen. The Japanese had many large caliber guns and gsed chiefly shrapnel. They used als_o high explosive shells. The fight was almost wholly an artillery duel and was a magnificent spectacle. The crest of the hills held by the Rus- sians was converted into the semblance of a volcano, and earth was thrown up in clouds by the continuous rain of bursting shells, until sand and dust hung overhead and fire among the trees and grass, started by the shells, added a stifling smoke and heat to the awful glare of the sun. The shrapnel, like great, white-winged birds, sailed over- head. The moan and drone of their coming could be plainly heard, and the Russians threw ' themselves ,behind rocks and other shelter as the missiles burst. The Japanese shifted the position of their guns, both to escape the Russian fire and to try to locate the masked | .batteries of their opponents. Late in| the afternoon they got into a position that enabled them to sweep the plain behind the hills occupied by the Rus- sians, §nd came dangerously near lo- cating, though they did not quite find, the Russian batteries. * 2 Every one except the commanders was surprised and disgusted at the order to retreat. The Russians burned every- thing valuable *at Tatchekiao before leaving i R ; After a_young man's mustache be- comes heavier than his eyebrows his knowledge of the world begins to de- crease. HEAVY LOSSES AT PORT ARTHUR Announcement by the Harriman Steamship Compénies That They Will Accept No More Freight of a . Contraband Nature for the War Zone Will Have Important Bearing Upon War. st Continued From Page 21, Column 4. cargo with a contraband taint. And both vessels have enough of it on board to make them objects of keen interest to the ships of the Czar. The Gaellc, which arrived at Mid- under orders from this city, was or- dered yesterday to proceed to Yoko- hama, the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company believing that all present danger of capture has passed. CASSET L TR RUSSIAN TROOPS POURING IN. Arriving at the Rate df Twenty-Two Thousand a Week at Harbin. NEWCHWANG, July 30.—An American merchant has arrived here from Harbin, which place he left one week ago. He says that Russian troops are arrividg at the rate of 22, 000 a week. Six mills at Harbin are grinding flour and are well supplied with wheat. The Chinese are bringing in much grain and are assisting the Russians in every way. They are well paid by the Russians. One Chinese contractor has been given an order to supply 10,000 tons of grain. There are many Russian wounded | at Harbin. They get the best of care | and are supplied with delicacies. The Japanese prisoners who were sent to Tomsk praise the Russians for their excellent treatment. The railroad is working very well. At Liaoyang the Russians have mounted many heavy guns and have constructed deep and wide trenches, protected with barbed wire. GRS R RETURNING TO VLADIVOSTOK. Rald of the Russlan Squadron Has | » Cost Millions to Shipping. TOKIO, July 30.—The Vladivostok squadron passed Tsugari Island on the way to Viadivostok at 1 o'clock this afternoon. It is expected that shipping will be | resumed on the eastern coast. The Pacific Mail Company's steamship Korea will be held at Yokohama and | the steamship Siberia at Kobe until their safety is assured. The German mail steamship is using Kobe as a terminal for the trans-shipment of passengers and cargo. The raid of the Vladivostok squad- rou has been an extremely disastrous It is estimated that 200,000 tons chartered shipping has been held ten days at a loss of $7,500,000. e e THANKS AMERICAN CONSUL. General Oku Praises the Energy of Miller at Newchwang. NEWCHWANG, July 30.—The Jap- anese have just removed two large electric mines from the mouth of the Liao River and they are searching for sixteen other such mines known to be here. The people who left Newchwang before the Japanese came in are now returning and confidence has been r- stored. The Japanese Specie Bank will open next week. General Oku has written a special latter from Tatchekiao, thanking United States Consul General Miller for having maintained order and pro- — tected public property there. The Russian officers who were cap- tured at Tatchekiao are recelving especial consfderation from the Jup-r anese. It is reported here that the Russian gunboat Sivoutch has been destroyed at a point thirty miles up the Liao River. Major K. Yokura has .been ap- pointed military administrator of Newchwang. Martial law regula- tions are being framed. - Continuous and heavy firing is hedrd from the directior of Haicheng. ————— GOULDS ARE DEFEATED IN FIGHT OVER "RECEIVER Court Grants Petition of Plaintiffs in Action Against Virginia Power Company. RICHMOND, Va., July 30.—Judge Mullin filed his petition at Petersburg | to-day in the case of George T. Fisher nd-others against the Virginia Pas- senger and Power Company, ef al. 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