TO-DAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12863, 23 May 1905, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

RUSSIAN EEINFORCEarENTS. Received May 23, 7.20 a.m. London, May 22. The Times' correspondent witlh tho 'Japanese head'qtuarters reports tibat ' the recent fighting consisted of iJattrtol '-affairs forty miles- south of thetanain position. Tho Fourth Army Corps, inclu'dwig many recruits, has roinforce|d the Rlussiaais. Th'ooig'h the . railway has Ijleon qfpenicd to iMichlfn/g, the bridges a'nfd porj maxuent way northwands are seriously } damaged, and the work of repairs is ! slow and laborious. '! Tfhe Supreme Prize Co/lfcrt at St. Petersburg confiscated cotton aawi fooams of wood mcludeid in the cargo captured with the stcam'er Calohas. After inquiries as to the further jdestination of the machinery "it releasod I the steamer aiild the rest of H/he cargo-