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Show JAPANESE DRAGOONS WIPED OUT LONDON, June 15. The correspondent 6f thc 'Central News 'at Llao Yang telegraphed today as follows: "Tho righting at Yafangow (about flfty-llvo flfty-llvo miles north of Port Arthur), was renewed re-newed today and Is still proceeding. Xo details arc obtainable, but there arc persistent per-sistent rumors that tho Russians were partly successful, destroying three squadrons squad-rons of cavalry and making prisoners of sixty men. Thc Russian casualties In the lighting yesterday were COS men killed or wounded." Tho battle at Vafangow lasted till S o'clock yesterday evening. Tho Japanese, In tremendous force, attacked the Russian Rus-sian position, tut were repulsed with terrible ter-rible loss. It is reported that throe squadrons squad-rons of Japaneso drngoons wero absolutely absolute-ly wiped out and that sixty men were captured. According to the latest reports received hero tho Russian troopB were attacking tho Japanese at 6 o'clock this morning, but no particulars aro obtainable. |