BATTLE AT WA-FANG-TIEN.
HEAVY RUSSIAN. LOSSES. REPORTED JAPANESE y REPULSE. St. Petersburg, June 18. General S.tatlebetg has telegraphed to the Tsar that at noon on Tuesday the Japanese repeatedly and vigorously attacked Ma position six kilometres south of Wa-fang-tiett, a station on the Manchurian railway north of Port Adams. The Japanese, he says, were repulsed, and the Russian* retained the position, though sustaining; serious losses. Colonel Khavannoff was among the killed and General Geruorosfc was severely wounded. General Kuropatkin, in his report, refers vaguely to losses Which are supposed to have occurred in this encounter. ' - London, June 15. Skirmishes northward of Port Arthur are of daily occurrence, ANOTHER BATTLE IMMINENT. JAPANESE ARMY NEAR. s (Iteceivcd June 10, 10.60 "p.m.) ' London, June 16. I The headquarters of the Japanese Second Army Corps, that Commanded by General Oka, reports that two divisions sent out from; Port Adams are drawing close to the Russian position. i The Russians, the report states, are id increasing strength, and a battle is imminent. ' *
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12602, 17 June 1904, Page 5
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