JAPANESE ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR.
RUISSHAiNIriI DRIVEN' IN CONFUSION FROM THE HEIGHTS.
THE RUSSIAN' LINES TURNED,
(Received this day 1.30 p.m.)
LONDON", June 30. The Times Toikip ooiTespondent referrinig to tine Japaniese aittadki on the earthworks! ait the extreme east of Port Arthur states that by evening they had driven tihe Russians in confusion from the heights along Pungni river to tihe Keekwan (probably Clhikwaa) forts. The Japanese advanced westward from Pintu to Saoting lull, land then assailed a line of eminences despite a st.reniiito(Uis resistancei This places' tihe Japanese in rear of Tuiahorgtsze, whioh is strongly fortified, virtually tuiraing bhie J{iuissia)n lines. The Japameae casualties numbered 100. The Russiaaiia lost two madhine ipina, ai large quantity of rifles, and ammunition. They also left forty dead ou the field.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10651, 1 July 1904, Page 2
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