THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

PORT ARTHUR GARRISON THANKED. General Stoessel has thanked the garrison for repulsing the assaults from the 19th to the 22nd, especially commending the volunteers under Captain Sychaff and Lieutenant Po'gorsky for heroically capturing a high hill and fort. The Daily Telegraph’s Simingting correspondent says that one theory is that Marshal Oyanla Is awaiting the fall of Port Arthur for reinforcements, and another that be is keeping the troops at Yentai quiescent while secretly attempting to outflank General Kuropatkin’s left. EUROKI MENACING MUKDEN. General Euroki's vanguard is at Fangkiapu, a village on the Mukden side of Tunkifang pMs, 16 miles south-east of Mukden. Other columns are descending the western slopes of the Tling range, the extreme right wing menacing Mukden) being considerably to the eastward. Admiral Alesieffs train, while escaping to Harbin, after the fall of Liaoyang, collided with an ambulance train, killing 40 wounded. It is reported that the warship Bayan has escaped from Pott Arthur and taken refuge at Shanghai. Another Russian steamer was sank while clearing the midCj at Port Arthur.