RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12867, 27 May 1905, Page 2

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

RO2^HESTV|E.NSKY STM TO r JH'E FORCE, , (' RUSSIAN LAINfI SUCOESS^S, United Press Association. I—By1 — By Electric . Telegraph.— Copyright. London, May, 26. ' 'Admiral Avellan (Kussian Minister ' for iNavfal Affairs), interviewed, stated ' that Admiral Itozhdestvensky, (although u-nwey, continued in .command. ' [ He intended to force an engagement. < General Linevitch reports that tlio Russians dislodged the Japanese from the > -heights of 'Nantocihondge - and Shandaohe, on the left bank of tho Liao Biver. . the Japanese losingscores of men. The Daily. Mall's Shanghai correspondent states that, seven of the Exist siian .volunteer Jleet cruisers and threo colliers anchored outside IWaisung, to the north of Sharigfoai, on Thujrsd'ay afternoon. Other accounts say that one, Russian -cruiser accompainying the other cruisers and , the colliers left and steamed northwards. It is surmised the vessels intend to divert the attention of the Japanese from the main fleet or to facilitate the) escape of three Russian vessels interned at Shanghai. A Hanover firm has supplied Russia with a large number of automobiles suitable for service in Manchuria.