| Show JAPS IN RUSSIANS DEFEATED ALTHOUGH OCCUPYING commanding POSITION important engagement near the town of cheng ju n wh ch both S oes lose beav ly the L atle brown men be ng V actor oua according to advices from st pet kersburg the czar his received a dis patch from general kuropata Ku ropati in giving a lengthy report from general mish dated at 10 p march 28 which says that an important en ga gement took place near the town of cheng ju in wh ch the russians were defeated retiring in perfect or der the japanese Ta suffered heavily but the russian losses are not stated cavalry and infantry on both sides were engaged the russians Ris mccu pied a command ng on the japanese fought gallantly but owing to their heavy losses were un able to occupy the pos tion abandoned by the russians chung ju the theater of the first battle of any consequence between the land forces is about midway be tween pingfang Ping yang and eiju the latter being the point at which the russians were massing a large body of mn and heavy guns the forces that en the japanese column tuesday Is believed to be the advance of a main army heading south to astaci the japanese base at the london chronicle s shanghai correspondent asserts that virtually the entire japanese arm in ivarea consisting of men Is concen grated at pak chen and anu only small detachments being left in south ern korea to maintain com munica tion A st petersburg special says that a russian division of 25 men from southern ussury is advance ng in two columns through korea the main column coming along the east coast road reached puk chang miles from the river and the flank ing column consisting of cossacks and mountain artillery coming along the valley of the river toward its source has reached the coast of lake badji is the po nt from wh ch most of the war news and rumors are cabled it is the largest commercial port on the yellow sea and Is in shan tung province wh ch germany is to pol ce for china Is sixty m les from port arthur miles from and miles from the mouth of the balu yalu river |
