FURTHER RUSSIAN REVERSES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11945, 14 July 1904, Page 4

FURTHER RUSSIAN REVERSES.

&y, (Received July 13th, 10.20 p.m.)" £|j • LONDON, July 15. , Jβ The Taku*han army, divided into tw» j^ columns, and moving north and vest from ' >0 Siuyen, fought a Beriw of email battle* on", _,*s] the 9th and 10th in?*., and captured iha -K\j. heights went of Chuchiachang. They di* -^ lodged the Ruraians from the height* trail '0, of Sinchiaku after a deepernte fight, and o<y oupiod a etrong position at Knitccbikon. *. :/■( A TORPEDO ATTACK. «f EXPLOSIONS AT PORT ARTHUR. ■ -. /| GENERAL RUSSIAN RETREAT. ' 'I^ LONDON, July 12. '^'3 Admint<l Togo report* tiiot at midnight C<:M on Monday torpedo boai« npprt»ch«d the " ; boom at th« entrance to Port Arthur,, aad ' .1 attacked a guardship of the Diana type. \ ;-| The rceult <hae not been a«oert»ined. The /] torpedo boats returned undamaged. u 'l A junk, M-ltich ba» arrived at Ch«foo» J reports two terrific exnlosipna at Port. ,-| Arthur yesterday. Chinese" arririnf «• ' ~.-| Niuchwang report that the Ramsca an everywhere retiring. — •' L '-"&j A Russian correspondent (l «»y« tjh«t c» v Friday Khipiag, ■' -M con*iidiTiihg"'.tbeytvii*d"''ltt!d it as long m :\vM •watt advisable in ; the face of the groviug ~rM numhera of the <enemy. -\M Attaches and correspondent* (permitted "| wj to accompany General Kuroki'B assert tba-t the troope *uff«r greatly otrmn; to the heat and rain, but «re ardent and confident o! ancceu. - j^jjS A Ruuiaa corrwrpondent etat« that on - Saturday more ing, when th« JspaoMe fairtry croeeed the river and occupied Kai» "*'s ping unopposed, they mn greeted only \%'i by the night of amoking irarebouoeii, trhkh ,->;5, the Russians had cci on fire. The Japan' t et* Advonc* has slopped tight mile* atmth ,; of Yeechichiao. ■ .''^|