Togo Reports Torpedo Boat Battle At Port Arthur
Admiral Togo reports a torpedo boat clash off Port Arthur on Friday evening August 5 Japanese torpedo boat destroyers Akebono and Ohosa engaged. Fourteen Russian torpedo boats attacked but broke away as Iwasuma joined. Russians retreated into harbor and damage is unknown. General Yamaguchi flees after illness. emperor ennobles him. Japanese advance toward Mukden and Liaoyang suggesting a decisive battle imminent.
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Orto
Togo
Eght
Port Arthur
Akebono
Ohosa
Itter
Iwasuma
Yamaguchi
War News Lifts Spirits in St Petersburg Over Front Fortunes
Aug 8 St Petersburg reports fresh dispatches from Stoessel and Kuropatkin raise public hope. Stoessel says Japanese assaults at Port Arthur were repulsed with heavy losses, estimated Japanese dead or wounded around 10,000, while Russian losses about 1,500. Kuropatkin notes Japanese stationary on the eastern front with Russians pressing along southern and southeastern sectors toward Liaoyang. Fleet actions cited, with Withoft aiding the garrison and no mention of Togo.
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ST. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Kuropatkin
Liaoyang
Informa
Withoft
Togo
Japanese View of Kuropatkin Retreats Damage Prestige
Aug 7 dispatch reports Japanese praise Kuropatkin for extricating his army from Liaotung despite potential disaster at Tatchekiao or Haicheng. It notes loss of prestige for leaving territory without battle, moves toward Liaoyang, and Japanese gains from Yinkow Niuchwang port and railroad repairs facilitating movement.
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Kuropatkin
Liaotung Peninsula
Kaichou
Tatchekiao
Haicheng
Suropatkhin
Tatcheklao
Liaoyang
Uroki
Yinkow
Niuchwang
Geveral Oku
Kuroki
Japanese Advance Threatens Liaoyang Front
Western front dispatches from Liaoyang report the Japanese plan a follow up on Russians. They aim to push ground east and south with an attack on Anshanshan midway between Haicheng and Liaoyang. Russians vow to defend all positions as foreign attaches and correspondents rush to the lines.
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Liaoyang
Aug. J
Anshanshan
Haicheng
Japanese Push At ChoBaids Pass Kills Wounds 1000 Russians
Reports from General Kuroki's field headquarters detail the right wing's fierce action near Choibaids pass ten miles from Motien pass. A Japanese brigade charging two Russian regiments secured the summit, inflicting about 1000 Russian deaths or wounds in minutes while the Japanese suffered 12 casualties.
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Kuroki
Fusan
Chobaids Pass
Motien Pass
Kuroski Surgeons Charge Dead Body Atrocities
General Kuroki's staff surgeons allege Russian atrocities against soldiers. They cite a July 3 incident at Kwo and four cases near Siamatzsa where bodies were bayoneted or disfigured after wounding. The statements provoked strong local anger and resentment.
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Torio
Kuroki
Kwo
Siamatzsa
Cuba Big Brother Cigarros Sold by Estabrook & Eaton
The Cuban style Big Brother Cigarros are described as filled with excellent Havana tobacco with a fine taste and aroma. Priced at 10 cents for a box of five, these high priced cigars are promoted as both pleasing and money saving. Estabrook & Eaton are the selling agents.
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Cuba
Havana
Stoessel Reports Heavy Japanese Losses at Port Arthur
Lt Gen Stoessel, in an undated despatch to the Emperor, says Russian forces repulsed Japanese attacks July 26 27 and 28 with enormous losses. He notes garrison enthusiasm, fleet bombardment aiding defense, and Russian casualties about 1500 men and 40 officers. Chinese and prisoners claim Japanese losses as high as 10000, with many still uncleared.
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Stoessel
ST. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Kuropatkin Reports Skirmishes With Japs
General Kuropatkin telegram to the Emperor dated Aug 6 details a reconnaissance on Aug 5 toward Japanese positions on the south front. Russians set fire to Henchuan tsa village near Niuchwang, Japanese fled, leaving transport animals. No change reported on the east front.
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ST. Peterssuh
Kuropatkin
Henchuantsa
Niuc Wang
Russian Proof Against the Knight Commander
Vladivostok August 7 The court condemned evidence came from a letter copying book found in the captain's cabin by Midshipman Baron Ert after officers and crew left the Knight Commander. The book shows the railway material cargo under scrutiny and strengthened Russian claims.
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Vladivostok
Knight
Arial
Baron Ert
Dangerous Hurricanes Foretold For 6 A. R. Week
A weather prophet predicts two large storms will hit Boston and vicinity during Grand Army week, August 15 through 19, one tropical from the south circling destruction, the other from the Pacific. He expects simultaneous arrivals after August 11 with shifting temperatures and a cool spell preceding a hot wave.
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Boston
Grand Army
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Trop
Pacific Coast
Knight Commander Vessel Bound for Chemulpo
A report notes that the vessel carried by the Knight Commander was destined for Chemulpo rather than private firms in Japan, indicating an official route or mission aligned with state duties rather than commercial interests.
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Chemulpo
Japan
No Immediate Danger Seen for Liaoyang as Japan Advances
Aug 4 dispatch from Liaoyang states the city is not in immediate danger. Russian forces have fallen back due to Japanese numeric superiority, with a Russian cavalry division near Anshanshan. Japanese forces did not capture rolling stock at Haicheng, and there are rumors they may shift base to Niuchwang.
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Liaoyaang
Liaoyang
Anshanshan
Haicheng
Niuchwang
Trans-Siberian railway double tracking postponed by concerns
Foreign companies for the double tracking of the trans-Siberian railway have been named but the project was postponed amid uncertain financing and strategic questions. Officials indicated work would pause while plans are reassessed and fund sources are sought.
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Eign
Kuroki Reports Burial of 512 Russians
General Kuroki reports burying 512 Russian bodies on Yushulikzu and Yangtzuling battlefields. He says 21 Russians were captured, eight of them officers, and 115 prisoners were wounded.
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Kuroki
Tokio
Yushulikzu
Yangtzuling
Double Tracking of Trans-Siberian Postponed
St Petersburg Aug 7 Prince Hilkoff minister of railroads left for Baikal to inspect the railway district and declined favorable offers of for-
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ST. Petersburg
Prince Hilkoff
Baikal
Accommodations Committee Reports 11 478 Visitors Registered
The G A R committee chaired by John E Gilman says hotels and other lodging have been arranged for visitors. Free quarters applications last week totaled 1222, with 4144 previously received, bringing overall applications to 63866. Posts expect to care for about 2000 veterans.
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John E. Gilman
City of Rockland Heads to Boston for Repairs
The steamer City of Rockland, badly damaged but patched, left Mussel Ridge for Boston today in tow of a large tug. It is anticipated she will reach Boston by 6 a.m. tomorrow to undergo full repairs and continue coastwise service.
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Rockland
City of Rockland
Boston
Cambridge Burglary and theft reported across several sites
Cambridge saw multiple thefts with property taken from 12 Gore street the Central Biscuit Company where 12 sacks of flour were stolen a bicycle stolen from 8 Ash street and a slot machine taken from a building on Boylston street police noted the incidents yesterday across the city with no injuries reported
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Cambridge
Central Biscuit Company
Gore Street
Fred B. Bartham
Ash Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Davenport Street
Boylston Street
Encampment recalls war romance of a soldier boy
G Wilton Lewis, a prominent architect and G A R member, enlisted at 16 in 1861 as a drummer with the One Hundred Twelfth New York. Wounded at Port Hudson, a quilt from 35 color squares with scriptures and girls’ names comforted him in Hampton Hospital. He later married Mabel Morse after letters sparked a Vermont romance. they had five children and kept the quilt and drum as mementos. Lewis plans to display the quilt with the eight girl makers if traced.
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Essex
G. Wilton Lewis
Fredonia
N. Y
New York
Lewis
Port Hudson
Hampton
Virginia
Mabel Morse
Mr. Lewis
The
Institute of Technology
Miss Morse
Vermont
Suxcelsior Brigade
Hooker
Frank Stevens
Massachusetts
Grant
Boston
Paris Wedding Ends 4 Charlestown Romance
Schoolmates in Charlestown, Louise P. Whiting and Arthur F. Timston, reconnected in Paris after years apart and wed June 22 in the French capital. Both grew up on Parker Street and attended Bunker Hill School. Timson, once a New York medicine company rep, now Paris-based, met his former chum as a refined American in Paris society. They will reside in Paris with Timson’s family ties in Charlestown noted.
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Paris
Louise P. Whiting
Arthur F. Timston
Charlestown
Parker Street
Bunker Hill
Bois de Boulogne
Timson
Federal
Fifth Regiment
L. Edgar Timson
Mt. Vernon Street
Somerville
Miss Whiting
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