| Show RUMORED CAPTURE OF HER POUT ARTHUR TORT japanese are said to have lost one thousand men in the attainment of their object further details of che foo juno lo 10 midnight there 1 current here a ahe japanese have caPt 00 th inner borts torts at ron arthur losing 1000 men int he engagement st petersburg june 18 able interest has been aroused here by the reports from and ot increasing uneasiness among the Kal mucks mongols and other na i live siberian tribes which hitherto hare been ruled by tribal laws and easterne ea sterns which were often at variance with the russian law the ant borl therefore decided last year to introduce slight changes particularly in the system of land tenure alio natives became agamedi and the bu made against tho re forma DETAILS OF boklo june 19 3 p m general oku the of the battle of nan shan hill on may 26 fought and won the battle ot Tell ssu according to tha russian designation on june there Is a strong similarity between the two fights at the japanese had to drive the russians from two hills while at nan shan the enemy occupied but one hilt the russian po gleon gluon at was superior to that ot japan and equalized the advantage of the japanese in having a larger force the russian line extended from cast to west and crossed the narrow valley through which russia che foo choa river and the railroad from their positions on the right and left in the hah mils which flank this valley general oku daoro the russians down the valley the japanese general carried first the right and then his left the left was the most desperate fighting the rusland abeld thlu position with desperate determination and only fled when they were almost completely enveloped the held had been disputed all day and when the japanese reached it the dead general oku started from a line marked by river his right column moved along the river his main colemn along tha railroad and hs left column by a road leading through kon and the japanese cavalry started from over a road leading through Shun sheo and a small body 01 rusland opposing the advance were brushed away the left column reached oa june H and the main or middle column and the right colemn keeping in touch with each other reached a line between calao chwatun and seven and a bialt miles south 0 Tell ssu the game day thae russian forces then held a line between and lun gwang the entire japanese line advanced and at 3 in the after noon the japanese artillery opened tire the russians had 98 guns and they worked with spirit until darkness put an end to the artillery duel during the night ot thab the japanese right column seized a hill be tween and and the middle column occupied a hill to the west of taping kou when bawn of the broke the field ot battle was obscured by tog but the artillery opened early A portion ot the japanese middle column advanced to the north side of a bend in the foo chou river here these men were greatly exposed to the fire but attar the infantry and artillery was curried forward and relieved them at halt past 9 taja relieving force a point to the west of weng achl ang and in operation cooperation co with the middle column drove tha russians from in the meantime the japanese right was buffering the russian left had 1 been reinforced until their members were greater than the opposing japanese general oku was twice forced to order up infantry reserves the rus riana made a of desperate coun ter attacks and wien the situation waa most critical japanese cavalry swung around the russian left and etrick the blank at this alma additional russian reinforcements had arrived and the russians had their position with dogged determination they then broke and tied the jap anese cavalry pursued the russians but the roughness ot the country made it necessary soon to abandon the nur t thae japanese casualties reported up to noon of june amounted to about men including eight officers U and 11 wounded f 1 sp atch from bt petersburg Pete jane ala bays the total russian losses at the battle of ngow telisse Teli ssu were about 2000 men including more than ea officers the russian forces which took part in this tight were described as to the northward and it was said the russians had 42 battal 10 01 abe ajnese bad great ln armoy having more than guns an port from leao yang also dated juna jath cald the russians bad 2 a RUSSIANS ROLLED BACK JAPS BUT nevertheless LOST afao yang june 18 delayed in the japanese onton aed to press the roslan forces re from the babue batue ot Vata ngow on abe night ot june had A alfray and at algat persistently pushed forward and M tha liaa wing which had borne the brunt of wh heavy thae previous da ai torin burst at rendering the roads feln im elble Ml ble they nn and equally eo for theaDa nesB bo were to overtake yh the iSeKe Russ sort ro to SS 1 rol SS abo further details of the fighting on juno igla chow that the russian advance on the japanese position when it was hoped that lieutenant general drive back general army soon after dawn the japanese were discovered in strong force on a hill north of the infantry was well entrenched and BUR by artillery the russian left was thrown forward with reserves tu clear the hill they had a little over a milo of open country to cross ther only cover being two small hills ami two shallow valleys the japanese concentrated a deadly fire as soon as the russians reached the open the russians formed in open order and rushed from point to point taking advantage of every depression in ho ground dropping and firing then advancing again until they gained a hill where they halted for a breathing space be hill the japanese throw shrapnel which burst with deadly effect some squadrons suffered every officer killed and halt the men wounded the battle then became a hand light with stones and gun butts and tho remainder of the rus plans taking advantage of thia diversion gained the shelter of a neigh boring ravine hut were unable to hold be position in the face of he rain of shelar and shrapnel concentrated there b lac japanese batteries the japanese heavy guns silenced the r supporting he russian attack thirteen russian guns were smashed 1 atoms and heir horses A majority of their gunners wore killein or wounded the japanese at enla moment delivered their main attack the whole division was thrown against the russian center and two divisions around tho right flank the hard pressed highl held out unell 11 in be morning when two regiments rushed to its assistance si the whole force then advanced cheering and actually rolled the japanese advance back but general conred in arsh troops regiment after regiment the russian commander sav he was being enveloped and rallied his reserves and retired in order INFANTRY REGIMENT DROWNED st petersburg june 19 A dispatch from says that according to advises advices received here an infantry regiment with its commander was sunk in the transports hitachi and the same dispatch says according to chinese statements attacks made by japanese on port arthur have been repulsed with heavy losses SURVIVORS STORY nagasaki june three boat loads of survivors of the japanese transport izuel which was sunk by the russian squadron off the morning of june 15 have arrived at II alata twenty two other survivors have landed at matsuru Mal survivors declare that the izuel was surrounded at 8 the morning 0 the lath by russian ships and that the people on board of her were transferred to the russian armed cruiser gro cobol after which the b was challed and sunk the persons removed from the japanese ships all told were confined below on board the Grom during the afternoon ol 01 the next day while off island twenty two non combatants were trana to the japanese vessel anko the Grom then proceeded to the north the japanese steamer blako was fired on by the russians on june lath but she escaped to tsu island RAIDERS RETURN FROM KOREA mukden june 19 A raiding party of cossacks just returned from two months in korea bring verbal newa re garding the japanese position fiig to which the japanese forces on th balu yalu river have become weak the Coee acks say that the inhabitants were well disposed toward UK rusland and sold them food and forage readily and that hey preferred the russian oin tc ahe chinese notes many koreans armed and led by japanese constitute the rear guard of the army the raiding party came tn contact with the koreans frequently and sometimes tharp were several cally thero heavy and one battle lasted ali day long as the result of which the koreans eald tho Ja panesa lost fifty kaica tho cossacks were eventually repulsed by n superior borca torca of japanese cavalry which was bont out to cut them off at the balu yalu and which outmatched out and outmaneuvered them abo raiders crossed safely they de two important bridges cut the wherever they could and |
