| Show t Wit hoeft describes his sally from port art retirement upon meeting en emy repulsed jap torpedo attacks couo july 2 a n the vladivostok squadron was report ed in the straits last night boklo july 2 vl admiral Kamah Bura trapped and attacked the russian vladivostok squadron off the islands of tsu la the southern entrance to the sea ot japan last night the result of the encounter Is unknown st petersburg july 1 czar Ki cholas has received the following dispatch tron viceroy dated ane 30 A report received today from tha acting commander ot the port arthur tin adron rear admiral buies that on the night ot june 23 toreado boats were i to guard tha roadstead and beven V out to sea the torpedo beats repulsed tha mamys torpedo boats which bad approached pro ached daring abia action corn boander lieutenant and two bate acl were wounded ded all the torpedo boats returned toward r at eight w novle dlana athold PoH aiva azare vach teda PereT let Bet dayan and steamed cut into tae roadstead in alno ahead and an ch cred tiro floating alnea having been perceived n the road add the squadron remained at anchor meanwhile several email boats vatch bad acea lor mines discovered and exploded ten on the eastern ado of the roadstead an ex avowed the mines were probably laid durans tho by two ot the torpedo boata which had approached port arthur att 2 p m the squadron preceded by a flotilla ot mine dredgers torpedo boats and the steamed in line ahead toward th open sea having emerged from the roads without nis imp the squadron adron shaped its course and the deera wore sent back to port arthur escorted by picket boats two japanese ARE UNTRUE st petersburg july 1 bajor general telegraphing from mukden under dale of july 1 says r the reports from foreign sources that the japanese fleet sank several vessels of our squadron on june 23 and that our loss included rear admiral prince ouk and sailors are absolutely untrue scouts with a detachment of torpedo boats were keeping our squadron in sight all the while twenty miles from shore a japan squadron was sighted steaming in divisions ahead which on drawing closer was found to be composed of one second class and four tour armored class cruisers soen second class cruisers five third class cruisers one boat one steamer and thirty torpedo boats in wo divisions As bey approached the japanese wore seen to be preparing to place a division of cruisers and torpedo boata between the shore and our squadron in order that during the night they might force by torpedo attacks como of our ships to break the formation and in the engage us with all their ships taking into consideration the fact thai the eremya force waa greatly bu perlor to ours and in also of of japanese torpedo boats I 1 decided 0 o return to port arthur in order to act according to circumstances considering that this plan of action laid us open to less risk of loss at 1 p rn our squadron started en its return to port arthur a proceeding which the enemy did not at to prevent nor did hp attempt tu approach at 10 tho squadron reached the roadstead where it cabb ha annor at the same tiny our rearmost repulsed two jap torpedo attacks the bright moonlight the enemy continued to make torpedo abaca in the ro austed until ua break but the attacks were always successfully repulsed in the morning thero were found along the coast near our warships twelve torpedoes which bad been launched by the enemy on long range tho torpedo boats not being allowed to approach nearer than twelve cable lengths the torpedo boals attacked in and at least two ot them were in the morning bodies of a japanese officer and two bailers were washer on the beach ano repulse 0 the torpedo boat attacks in which several batteries took place waa by the searchlights oa shore in the morning our entered port at high tide st july 2 the corn ot the rainy will material ly affect the ahola situation it Is relieved the rain greatly leson tuft probability ot an immediate decisive nea gement between general kuropatkin Kuropat kia and general kuroki and it 1 thought that the wet weather will alc e the car opalea in the upper part 6 the bao tung peninsula until good weather jtb in the japanese Japan eee will provably ably be forced to hold the poal bons where tho rain finds them as beet they can the operations around port arthur doubtless doubt lees will bo seriously hampered it it believed the japanese will fand it necea aar y to a new babeo on the west coa alot athe 1 lower coast 0 the llao tung buls la order to t rang in food sup i LI plies especially ft the trompa reported to have been candid on the islands march toward port arthur the japanese probably will bo able to utilize the lime in making preparations to push the campaign on tho resumption ot good weather the lengthy report to the azar from viceroy detailing tho sally ot ho port arthur squadron on june 23 and the repulse of the japanese torpedo attack indicates that rear admiral was in no wise on his guard tho explanation ut the fact that the squadron remained in the outer roadstead throughout the night Is that the awen ty four foot tide at port arthur renders the channel impracticable for vessels of deep draught at the low lida there s much specula llon as to the exact position of the port arthur fleet the latter dispatch from aleut general to viceroy alexieff bringing the roburta roi urta croci the fortress up to two days after the was supposed to have gone into the harbor without mentioning the vessels it the squadron has again sone out as is persistently rumored the authorities have not disclosed the fact at petersburg july 1 grand duke vladimir by order of tho czar will proceed to Nov gorod on july 8 to in the general condition of the birst army corps JAPS MOVE CHESSMEN liao yang july 1 general kuro and general kuroki ar moving their troops like men on a chess board the japanese are now twenty allea from llao yang rains are impeding their movements detachments totaling men have been detailed from general cossacks to scout denies and hills harassing the japanese and not allowing them any rest day or night the japanese artillery Is eaid to be commanded by an american ills tall form Is frequently seen with the batteries army Is extremely active and the russians are correspondingly vigilant the russian cent eris rapidly pushing northward to a point where established his base after the battle ot Vata ngow As far as the russians know kuroki Is steadily pushing onward through all thy mountain cassea even toward mukden preparations at all points are now practically complete the demonstrations made during thal last few days against the russian let flank threaten completely to change the position of the two armies notwithstanding four days rain th troops are still moving some railroad trains with wounded prisoners passed alorth june 27 RAINS BEGIN st petersburg july 1 gheem geror has received the following from kuropatkin dated june 30 torrential rains fell in the ta tche kiao district june 28 and on tho roads from ta tche kiao to siu yen inundating our bivouacs tace japanese are advancing slowly in different directions towards our east and south bronta on too beulh tho japanese are advancing eastward with tho object of affecting a junction with kuroyla Kur okla army it has been ascertained by a bocon Eais sanco in the direction of dallen pass the japanese have retired some distance from abo positions recently occupied by them their covering forces consisting of several companies retired after a short fusillade A report from the direction of fong evang chang junel 29 announced that an energetic advance of tho japanese force had been discovered toward wa fang ibuan and the alln ho sin pass at petersburg july 1 p m A telegram received today from general kuropatkin pointed out the difficulty of the military operations account heavy rains and records the continued though glow advance of japanese from the south and the brisker movement eastward ot the fen g abens force REPORTS OF HEAVY FIGHT CONFIRMED st petersburg july 2 in of the reports of heavy rala at tha theater ot war the general staff thinks the japanese advance on hal cheng has been suspended one war office report says that fifteen minutes rain flooded the valley near kal chou and that several men and horses were drowned and considerable quantities of stores were loaf official confirmation has been received of the dispatch from mukden saying heavy fighting waa reported to hare taken place near port arthur on june ac resulted in the russian withdrawal ram after a bevere joaa oo 00 bolh eljes ya tho foreign office lias a dispatch tn juno SO which saya tho rus cly entered reentered re port a n cr tho ight of juno 23 and not ono ot them was damaged KV waa FEINT hal chang juno 30 delayed in tho japanese evacuation of dalin pasa was made without any resistance after the babue batue ot juno 27 whoa tho rusalina Ru salana ro alicd the japanese threw forward patrols within eight rocca of hal chong on ana 28 tho rusalina Ru salana reinforced the dalan position but tho japanese promptly retired and took up a tiu on a hill to tho right 0 dalan aasa it Is helleved hell eved that this movement was a for tho purpose of mia leadens the russians as to the real position of the japanese force confirmation av bombardment washington july 1 alien cabled from seoul under yesterdays cato a confirmation of tho press report of tho raid of tho vladivostok squadron at bensan on wednesday he saya that was bombarded for an hour by russian naval vessels and two torpedo boats no deaths acro reported but four persona were wounded mr alien adds 1 I had previously arranged for the demoval of the americans from that vicinity |
