THE WAR

Grey River Argus, 8 April 1904, Page 3

THE WAR

(per press association-) [by electric telegraph— copyright] j London, April 6. Rtusia has ordered in Belgium 250 carriages cased with steel for the transport, of troops. Fror.ch newspapers report a fielit near Soucean, south of Wiju, between some .Tapino £ o and Cossacks. **Tlv) form"!- -nflWvrl nwsroiv until they wimp, roii ifo reed, ths Russians thoM retiring. Tlniie huiiflrpil .JfM'iinPSO infantry at Yo.ng>im|>liO found i.h- Russian depots, pillaged and burned them. lorty five Tonejhak bandits an 1 insurgents were hanged at Kungchon, in Korea. ! Many Japanese at Chinampho and Anju are suffering from frost bitten feet. Two hundred convicts from the Caucasus have arrived at Kharbin. They volunteered to serve at the front to expiate their crimes. A similar force is being| organised at Sakhalin Island, the Russian convict settlement in the North Pacific.

Persistent reports, originating in Copenhagen, are in circulation to the effect that King Edward is preparing to interpose at >in opp>rtune moment on behalf of peace in the Far East. Japs Swam the Yalu River Found Russians in a Strong Defensive Position Russian Force at Fengwang heng Brigands Surprise Russian Scouts Killed Many and Damaged Telegaph lanes By Rapid March Japs Surprise Russians And they Abandon 24 Guns (Received at 11 20 p no.) London, April 7. The Chronicle's Tokio correspondent states that tbe Japanese troops swam the Yalu river near v Kiulienching. ! Following the river northwards, they found the Russians occupying a streng defensive position. A large Russian force is at Feng* wangcheng. A party of mounted brigands surprised a party of Russian scout i at Liioyang, killing several and damaging tbe telegraph lines and railway. A Seoul telegram reports tbab the Japanese by a rapid advance forced the Russians to abandon 24 guns at Wiju. . A Tasmanian Citizens' League lias been formed for the purpose of foster- ( injj brotherly Christian intercourse aud for the betterment of the masses •A v.-_-.:i.-riaC..-r..-,;...-_-.ii:i.-- •■-■->:, ■,_.■.=■•.», -. : ... ii. \-jitL.