| Show PORT AM AGAIN IN OF BATTLE tells the tale z 1 continuous heavy firing three thousand japanese engage in out post fight driving the russians from positions che foo june r abo correi correspond pond press at nt ot me associated nt chow cables that there at port arthur last night continuing for several and 1130 hours A bunk vine aln S the night from dalny reports that there in aas heavy firing all day yesterday hen the of port arthur the junk left dalny monday morning the arrivals on till was butet there of the sinking the junk deny the story 1 I the japanese ship off laa yang juno 6 havo ot two steart out aea received here and the lost fights one at llao auns tuns the former other to bouthern manchuria occurred la the morning of jana ard 3rd at yan tsi altur east ot lafan miles above KI choi sov twenty five infantry ot an the russian force consisted regiment somo artillery cral companies ot cossacks and a ot dragoons abo enemy was discovered to the valley fit bwy antun the russians brought up a battern opened alre and cleared tho japanese out ot the valley then tho russians agnns were moved to a more favorable position ha japanese taking advantage ot this fired a lew cnota the russian loss was colonel sareda and seventeen ma bobb sides retained their positions the other fight was between lealor general cossacks and tae japanese advance posts along the river Kolen dBy north ot taku shan at lasted from the evening ot june ard 3rd late the following day A company ot cossacks tried to cut off a detachment tach ment ot japanese posted on the heights at but the enemy brought up reinforcements and the russians were reinforced by five corn of cossacks finally jap anese were engaged including artil lery the cossacks repeatedly drove tho enemy from the entrenchments in abne case the japanese fled across the river but returned with awe reinforcements for and the russians drew off the cossacks commander colonel Star koT was killed aad two officers and hhie men were wounded the cossacks carried the body ot choir commander to yen st petersburg june 6 the ministry ot war has received a despatch from lieutenant general Zill chief of staff to general kuropatkin kiu dated june 3 in which ho summarizes a written account by general stoessel ot events preceding the battle ot kin chou the slay 21 says general ZUt appears to have bean that the japanese army had arrived before mount sampson but bad not began the attack on the town ot klu chou which was occupied by our troops the enemy had occupied kerr pc and had abent large to bay these however had ben obliged to retire owing to the fire of our artillery our troops occupied positions on the southern shore of bay at Talle nwan at nan ilien ling station at dalny and on all the bays the eremya squadron blockaded the entire coast and fired heavily upon one flay and borne times upon another there was a heavy bombardment of port arthur the night of may IS in which one soldier was killed and four wounded the japanese attempted a alt kerr bay but were repulsed may 14 losing one cruiser alch sunk japanese columns began the advance southward on may by two you ties marching from hiorth of kin chou and gloving as they did in close order they suffered severely from our artillery alre the Kots lalin column also rame under our infantry alre which inflicted heavy losses 1 As tho advance developed we perceived thai they had six latter ies 0 arl lUery and twenty four battalions ta lions in view of iho superiority perio rity our detachments began tu retire general stoessel cl speaks in the highest praise of iho and men participating A force composed ot Co am chas seura occupied the heights ot kin chou tho morning the slay and isolated bodies of the enemy began to appear on the mountains may two companies of japanese infantry attacked of our cos sacks on the western slope of mount sampson but were repulsed our intelligence telli gence showed that the whole japanese army north of was composed ol 01 infantry and lac u cavalry our bosses josses between may ath and acro ten officers and men tha russo japanese word and phrase books found upon japanese prisoners showed that these troops had evidently been ions destined tor operations against port arthur as the books were specially adapted to use in and about port arthur and dalny llao yang june 6 8 p m military interest Is now centered upon the region of imminent operations the llao tung peninsula another Japanese army Is landing on the eastern coast as a counterweight counter weight to the russian advance from southward from aten eral iokua army the japanese haqq seemingly given up the idea of attacking llao yang if they entertained such a plan the rainy season which Is expected to begin in two or three weeks would it Is considered here render an advance to llao yang impossible meanwhile the cossacks atra keeping in touch with the japanese outposts another force is watching general Ku right wing north of the balu yalu river the health ot the troops Is remarkable everywhere are no contagious diseases and only a few casts of intestinal disorders the health of the troops is not attributed so much to sanitary precautions as to the simple but excellent diet the russians live principally on bread made of coarse floar and soup composed of meat and vegetables st petersburg june 6 ge gen kuro telegraphs of the emperor under date of june ath as follows fuller reports give particulars 0 the affair near station may 1 30 A detachment ot russian cavalry consisting ot dragoons cossacks Cossac kg and mounted chass eurs with battery on way from Van were informed that two companies ot the frontier guard were engaged with tho enemy occupying a position near tho village 0 A portion 0 our cavalry advanced toward two squadrons of dragogna dra goona were bent to support the frontier guards and ono company of chas seura was sent to protect and on our right flank in the valley of fu chan after accomplishing comp lishing this mission the chas seura and a company of cossacks formed the right flank of our position toward 1 the enemy began lo 10 debouch in considerable force from with tho object of our advancing line two companies of siberian cossacks crossed the railway in front of the cavalry and attacked a squadron of the japanese advance guard almost entirely destroying it in a hand to hand light they afterward encountered the nr e of japanese infantry two squadrons of our cavalry and a battery of machine guns hurried up and then retiring drew after them a squadron of japanese cavalry this squadron followed until it came in contact with a detachment of chass eurs who succeeded in firing eight volleys at a fixed range into the squad ron which then fell back having suffered considerable loss while retreating to the left the japanese squadron came under tho fire of a company of the frontier guard which had advanced and the squadron retreated in disorder our dragoons came up at this moment but to the topographical conditions they could not as part of our front but fired on the enemy from the heights noc th of Lut discovering our endeavors to turn their loft the japanese retired in a strong position our battery got into position and opened a successive fire on the japanese infantry with machine guns meanwhile a movement of the infantry toward observed and subsequently about 2 p m dense lines of infantry were seen occupying the crest of the heights which had been previously occupied by dragoons our losses were aleut von meyer seriously wounded aleut brandt slightly wounded three men killed and 42 wounded it appears from a report found on the body of a japanese non commis signed officer that the fourteenth dragoons alone lost seventy men our cossacks were fired upon by japanese infantry occupying position on the heights near the village of lutse 18 miles from feng chen at the outset the japanese attempted to advance across the valley of but were stopped by an accurate fire from our field guns which the cossacks had succeeded in bringing into position the cossacks dismounted and with the aid of reinforcements and the fire of two guns forced the japanese to abandon their position and retire under cover of their supports the engagement lasted from 1 p m until 6 p m on the japanese side six companies took part four having arrived as reinforcements for cements the entrenchments of the enemy were well constructed and perfectly masked our cavalry worked the guns admirably their fire contributed principally to our success our losses were the gallant chief killed two officers slightly wounded and two bruised the japanese losses were not ascertained except that they were larger than ours |
