Show UP THE AMUR making the territory south of harbin untenable to the Russi ansIn their retreat on sakhalin Sak halin azars czars soldiers SoS diers burn cities london july 27 the japan landing at Dekas tries which Is the terminus of the only cable line connecting the mainland with the island 0 sak halin is regarded by the london morning newspapers as an attempt to seize the mouth of the amur river in order to enable the japanese to dispatch an army up that great waterway for the purpose of threatening the russian communications japanese gunboats gun boats and torpedo boats could thus reach harbin and give effective assistance to any attack on the russian fortifications both the ussury and lungari rivers are navigable tor light draft vessels and thus the japanese could advance inland for a considerable distance and it Is supposed the japanese have a river expedition in readiness and the mere threat of its advance may suffice to change the plans odthe russians and compel their retirement ti from the alrin and districts upon harbin SET FIRE TO TOWNS toko july 27 11 a m rear admiral kataoka in reporting the successful landing of the japanese forces in the vicinity of on Sag halin island says that the piers at and were found undestroyed but the enemy had set alro to mumeka and al kova was still burning the town of was not burned the admirals report which was received at p m on july 24 says that the japanese flag was hoisted over the government building at androvsky sk without any loss on the part of the japanese force BARRY WITH LINEVITCH rt arbin manchuria july 22 saturday lieutenant general bunevitch Un evitch today received brigadier general thomas H barry united states army and other american attaches the rank and file of the army welcomed the united states medical station as evidence of good will and sympathy with russia some of the higher ranks however are not so appreciative precia tive ot the american action WILL DEFEND boklo july 27 local military critics in discussing the situation in north korea predict that the russians will vigorously defend kyong cheung to the south of the river this town is regarded as most important from a standpoint as it controls bosslet bay kyong cheung Is also regarded as the outer line of the defenses of vladivostok HAVE MEN IN KOREA kuan chang tsu manchuria july 27 according to reports from korea the japanese continue advancing along a sixty mile front their vanguard Is now about eighty miles from them south of ahe river the koreans estimate the strength of the japanese at about men their main force is concentrated at kenchen MEET NO HEAVY resistance tokio july 27 it is announced at army headquarters that the japanese army on sakhalin Sak halin island on the morn ing of july 24 without meeting heavy resistance from the russians commenced landing in the neighborhood of alcova eight miles north of alex andro and that Alexandro was seized tuesday JAPS ARE ATTACKING london july 27 the correspondent of the dally telegraph at tokio sends a report received from osaka japan to the effect that a japanese army of many thousand men Is attacking the russian position on the tuman river russians defeated boklo july 27 5 p m it is officially reported that a japanese detachment tach ment which was protecting the landing of troops on sakhalin Sak halin island dislodged tho enemy from alcova and vicinity occupied the first line of defenses at and then the second line at alcova the russian strength consisted of one battalion of infantry strongly dispatched besides six volunteers with field pieces from placed on the hills in the direction of loul before this ohe detachment of japanese infantry under the protection of torpedo boats toward the pier at dispersed a body of russians attempting to bum the pier wore captured in the act A detachment helped by a torpedo boat landed at muga tl dislodged the russians and captured tons of coal arid light railway materials another detachment occupied the piard line of defense at alcova on the same afternoon continuing the advance was taken and entered on tho same evening after some resistance the russians continued their resistance at the re doubts cast of the town and on an eminence to the northeast stubborn resistance was offered and the fighting ald not cease from sundown to dawn the russians holding their position east of the japanese taen at 1 tacked pushing the russians toward and completely occupying that place newe confirmed st petersburg july 27 general conforms the report that japanese destroyers landed a battalion of infantry at castler july and occupied tho lighthouse and hoisted the japanese flag |