| Show MEET rumored heavy loses on both sides i japanese advance and storm signal station but meet wah repulse ii SAFE HOME IN PORT st petersburg june 20 under date of june 20 vice admiral aloft sent the following message to the emperor the cruiser division fiaai reached vladivostok without losing any men or sustaining any damage st petersburg juneio tho general cfaft believes it probable abat generals oku and okuri are making a combined attack on general before be Is further reinforced in order to do this they will attack before the rainy season which Is imminent there Is a rumor in st petersburg tonight that a battle at hal cheng Is actually proceeding and that there have been heavy lasseson los both sides it has developed that the japanese at Vata ngow bad an accurate topographical map of the whole and that their batteries were connected by telephone st petersburg june 20 lieutenant general secretary ot state to viceroy AIex leff has sent the following telegram to the minister of war under date of june 19 according to information received from port arthur on june 14 three japanese battalions pushed forward across mountains toward Loun natan two detachments 0 captain rifles and a company of frontier guards stopped their advance the torpedo boats bombarded the semaphore station but they retired precipitately on ithe approach of the cruiser and our torpedo boats which opened fire upon them on june 13 our rifles drove the japanese from two positions east of the mountains lieutenant bit delff and a rifleman were killed and lieutenant and tour riflemen acra wounded lieutenant zno has since died june 20 lieutenant general in command of the first siberian army corps has sent the following dispatch to the general under date of june 19 since june indications have begun to manifest themselves that the japanese are preparing to advance by three roads to the northwest on the first of these roads a small detachment of the advance guard haa approached from on the second road the advance guard has encountered a mountainous defile between and pastchal Pant chal on the third road the advance guard af pf the enemy has approached the hlll agea of and and baj occupied the defile the main body consisting of five regiments of infantry with cavalry and artillery has taken up a position between Kian chau defile and chanza during tho last few days our advanced troops held these roads against the enemy and lost about ten men in killed wounded and prison ers taken lieutenant who wag wounded and three wounded cossacks were taken prisoners on june 17 the only japanese patrols observed were at Se lucha they retreated toward feng wang cheng there was an exchange of rifle shots as the result of which two of our Bold lers were wounded Saima tsze has been evacuated by the japanese since june IO 10 when one if the japanese detachments with brew toward yeas wang cheng rain haa been falling uninterruptedly elace last night at petersburg june 20 gener il kuropatkin has telegraphed to the emperor under date of june 18 aa follows general Sta kelberg reports the en emy has not advanced beyond vadau ROW it 18 reported his bodies ot troops are extending their front between ngow and Tschon jon after two days of fighting and two tiring night marches by difficult moun lathous roads the troops have been able to rest their morale la excellent it haa not yet been possible to procure precise details of our losses accurate numbers are only procurable in the following regiments first division hast siberian rifles 15 officers killed and 49 wounded twelve of whom remained on the battlefield soldiers killed and wounded of whom remained on the battlefield battle fied but some of whon however ho were picked up by the ambulance train in the thirty third thirty fifth and thirty sixth one officer and soldiers were killed and 19 officers and soldiers wounded ninety six of these remained on the the first artillery brigade lost ton and soldiers killed tb ninth brigade of artillery one and sa soldiers killed the one officer and three killed one officer and 40 men wound ed and three killed one boffl and 40 men wounded and three missing jabe regiment BIX and men wounded leaca men killed and eight missing |
