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Show Itinplldfi Makes - H fimt b Czar II Details Events Occurring on tho "West Const of Liao Tung Hl ST. PETERSBURG, June 9.-The Em- 9pxl peror has received this report from (Pxsssfl Gen. Kuropatkin, dated Junc S: 'A HIixssI Japanese squadron of six vessels, (HbsI which wns later reinforced by eleven. Hfafl others, appeared on the west coast of tho Kssssl Lino Tung peninsula Juno 7. about 1 Bssssi o'clock In the afternoon. Six of thc ships fliisfl wero of the first-class, thc others of tho Hssl eecoiui and thhxl class and torpedo boats. Hssssl The squadron cruised In sections, bom- HH bardlng various points cast of Kal Chan Hssssl and Sonxuchon. directing their fire on our Hsssfl poets and patrols whenever these ap- lsssssfl pcared. "Tho squadron ceased firing at 7 p. m. EHssssl una sieamea away southward, our losses HsssS aro none, nor did wo suffer any material IflH damage. Six ships reappeared south of saH Kwan Tsla Tung and lowered boats. Six ifllssssi other ships bombarded the coast near Wsssfl Sciiyuchln and the town Itself, but thera BH "Tho Jnpuncse troops aro concontratlng lssa , southward, with a front extending moro mlKm than ten miles from Pulantlcn to Fang ifllssH Tsla Tung In tho valley o Tassakho. iHWM "A Japanese force of two companies of flilsssfl Infantry and a squadron of cavalry ad- ifllsssfl vauced June 7 northward from Feng Msssssl Wang Cheng Into the Tu Faug Plung dls- HssH trlct, driving In thc Russian outposts. A,. Hllssfl detachment of Chasscus and a company of Misssfl Infantry hastened from Ulaindt to old tho 4H Cossacks. Thc Japanese abandoned their ' HvssH attack, having lost ono officer nnd a non- HiH commissioner officer captured and aevoral Hsssssl men killed. Wo had no casualties. fllsssssl "Outposts of Cossacks on tho main Liao MsH Yang road were driven in Juno 7, but re-. UsssH inforcements forced thc Japanese to retire. M'sssH Our loss during tho fighting, which lasted HsssH until 7 p. m.. was Capt. Liatchko and two Hsssssl soldiers killed and five soldiers wounded." Ksssfl |