RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12595, 2 July 1904, Page 7

RUSSO- JAPANESE WAR.

BEZ ABRAZO FF' S SAL LI liS . ' THE ATTACK 02\~ CiiA\SAX. TH"B LATE NAVAL FIGHT. DID THE PERESVIET REACH PORT ? RUSSIAN DESTROVEK RUNS Tjlli BLOCKADE. THE LAND FKWITING. THE RL'^.S3AX LOSSES AT "TELKSZE. United Press Association. — By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. Sydney, July 1. • A cable received by tho Japans. ?e Consul from tho Consul at Gon.-au states that early <m> tlio mornin-y oi tho 30th six Russian lorpedo-boats e:itorecl tho port and fired about 2f :> shots upon tho settlement. They sail!-. a steamer and 'a sailing vessel. and then regained the warships outside the harbour and ' disappeared. Two Koreans and two soldiers wero wounded. The damage to* buildings is insiguiiieanfc. . * The Vladivostok' % squadron. after bombarding Gonsan;- was last seen ofi" Aimpan, steering sotith-oasfc. A Jopanese fleet started _ in", pursuit; but returned to Us station .without sighting the enemy. , The Japanese arc erecting- a -fort oa tho land side of Port -Arthur for bi^siege guns, though, out of range of the Golden Hill Battery. A Russian destroyer leaving- Port Arthur on Tuesday night ran the blockade and reached Niu-chwang on We;l noj-day with dospatche^. Tiio vo-^ol was crowded with men. suggesting that she had rescued survivors frori other vessels after an engagc-meni. Russians at iViu-chw£,ng celebrated her arrival with festivities. An uneasy feeimg prevails ' in ToUio that possibly the Peres vie fc regained port during tho night, and thp.t no vessel was actually sunk. Chu'-Nchtiscs dei'ailed a train south o? Harbin, killing- 33 and injuring 5S persons. Heavy rains are. converting the Ulanchurian roads into quagmires, sr» that it is almost impossible to move artillery. 'Officers engaged in the late- naval fight assert that they sighted women aboard 'the Russian fleet, implying that Admiral Withocft's object was to escape to a neutral port, and not to fight. Siege guns are being- landed ok Dalny. Washington, July J . -In ruspon.se to discreet e-nquiriei . Colonel nay (U.S. Secretary for State) has elicited . information - that neither Russia nor Japan, ia disno-od to entertain mediation over! cres 'from. a Lliird Power. ( Sydney, July 1. Regarding the occupation of <<Yjj-ehti-ling tho Japanese Consul'^ advievs state that the Russians had constructed semi - permanent fortification 5 . which were- surrounded after a stubborn resistance. Besides 70 dead left behind, six Russian officers and S2 men were captured. Japanese • casualties numbered 170. London, July 1. General oko reports haying buried 1554 Russians at Tclcsze. The Japanese captured 16 gunn, 4(5 waggons--, and 958 rifles. • ' * r \ General Nozu feinted to menace General Stackelberg, inducii:pf LJenvral iviiropatkin to weakoit tiie forces guarding the passes. Whoa sufficient -wrro v/ithdrawn Genorab !Sa/M and Xvuroki attacked. They arc novv advancing. S.oping to cut communications nortJt of Liao-yang-, Avhile th« bulk a! the R.usrJan army is in i^hc vicinity , o; 'Ilai-cheng. The fightinr: at Fon-chu-linp; on fcsuiiday and Monday was very severe. Jleven battalions of infantry, twelve aauiidron.s of cavalry, and three bottcries occupied an exceetlinq-]y strongposition dominating tlie Simiu-chon# road. Tho "Russians had spent thi'-e montiis in cons-tructing forts, entrench mm tu. and wire entanglement;-. Three Jananesc columns were utilised. One, making a frontal * attack on Sunday, routed two thousand infantry and "cavalry posted at Weng-chc-puu-tfje. Bonowing the engagement at *iawn, after a severe fitrugglc ■ they socUrod an artillery position enabling <hem •to pour enfilading i)ra on the Ruffian lines. Then the infantry advanced, capturing the heights, and' the Russians broke and fled, leaving W dead on tho fiejd and many more In t-hevalloy. The other, two columns •attacked the "Russian rjght, and after fighthig all Sunday renewed tho , a.;sault at midniyhU dofoating the Kus--sian«, who. reinforced on Monday by three battalions and 16 guns, desperately attempted to retake the pu itions, but were repulsed, retreating in disordor on Simht-chcng. Six Russian oHiccrs and 72 men wore tuk<-ii prison ere.