Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-15 | Page 1 | [Illegible] Arthur Reported Fallen, Another Battle at Hsiu Yen

Hf ARTHUR REPORTED FALLEN, I ANOTHER BATTLE AT HSIU YEN I VDON. iay 14. A telegram from Taris sajs a rumor is current there that Port Arthur has ft that ten thousand men were killed during the engagement. Nothing confirmatory is ob-53Djn ob-53Djn London. The rumor is probably false. Neither St Petersburg nor Tokio have had any in-i in-i - of t lie beginning of an attack on Port Arthur. rt 0f a severe engagement in the hills around Hsiu Yen last Thursday has been received at i nJiCwan. It lacks verification, but, according to it, the Russians lost 1500 men killed and 'Hand the Japanese occupied the town of Hsiu Yen. The Japanese loss is not given. It is im-Tilc im-Tilc to obtain confirmation here of the reported fighting, but a battle there is not unlikely, as this in the path of the advancing First Japanese army corps. Uai Cheng is the apparent objective ,iijS corps. ' jiqu Yen is situated in the midst of rugged hills, where a small force could resist the enemy ill tclHng effect before being compelled ultimately to retreat.