A CHECK TO THE JAPANESE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 209, 7 September 1904, Page 3

A CHECK TO THE JAPANESE.

•> PORT ARTHUR ATTACK REPULSED. ENORMOUS LOSSES. LONDON, September 5. Reuter states that at Port Arthur assaults lasting from the i!7th to the 3rd failed, the Japanese retiring everywhere, except from Pa-lung-shwang, whew they are firmly established. The Russians estimate the Japanese losses at 8000, and the Russian at 3000. FEARS OF THE JAPANESE. POSSIBILITY OP A TWO MONTHS CONFLICT, LONDON, September 5. The Japanese at Port Arthur on the 30th failed to recapture Itzshan, after the fiercest assaults, the aim jbeing to gain ingress along the railroad. The mutual support of the forts hallles the Japanese, who fear another two months' conflict. ONLY A TEMPORARY CHECK. BOMBARDMENT OF THE CITY 1 RECOMMENCED. (Received September 6, 9.57 p.m.) LONDON, September 0. Advices from Tokio, published at Rome, state that the Japanese desperately attacked the forts at An-; 1 tishan, westwards of Port Arthur, ' and the railway to Kekwah, captur- 1 ing at the bayonet's • point the ' heights southward of Tung-chia-ton, ; which is south-west of Ke'kwan. The bombardment of the town and harbour has recommenced from thence, with terrible effect.