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Show SKIRMISH ON THE YALU. Russian Detachment Nearly Cut Off by Japanese. Official dispatches received in St. Petersburg 'regarding tho fighting south' of tha river Pemakua reported Inst Friday, In which a Russian detachment de-tachment suffered threo men killed nnd two officers and thirteen men wounded, say a Japancso troop-laden bargo and ottier boats emerged from tho month of Pomakua and attempted to cut off tho Russian retreat. Tho bargo wan sunk by tho Russian guns, Captain Smclflen, who commanded tho detachment, has died of his wounds. Lieutenant l'UBkln was tho other officer of-ficer who was wounded. |