Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1904 — MAP OF THE THEATER OF WAR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAP OF THE THEATER OF WAR.

Star No. 1 marks the position of the battle for Motien pass. The Japanese attacked on June 26, with eight guns and 8,000 or 10,000 men. The pass was taken by frontal and flank on the 27th. Casualties not reported. ♦Star No. 2 6hows where severest fighting of the week took place. On June 20 the Japanese were three times repulsed in their efforts to take Genshul. Tho battle was resumed at midnight and continued till nearly noon of Juno 27, when the Japs took the hill commanding the pass after a flanking diversion on the Russian rear. The Russians had about 10,000 men, thirty-six guns and two machine guns. Tlie Japanese had 20,000 men and ample artillery. The Japs lost 1,170 men. The Russian losses are unknown. « Star No. 3 shows Ta pass, which the Japanese captured on June 27 by first frontal and flank assaults. The Japanese had 20,000 men engaged. The Russian forces are unknown, but they report their casualties at 200. Star No. 4 marks the peak, near Port Arthur upon which the Japs have mounted their siege guns. The place was taken on June 27 after a two-day battle. Star No. 5 indicates the skirmish at Senuchen on June 27, where the Russians, after losing eighty men, were forced to retreat. Star No. 6 shows the location of the naval battle allegedly witnessed by the captain of the German steamer Chefoo.