JAPAN AND RUSSIA.
A FIVE HOURS' PiSHT. RUSSIANS CONCENTRATING ON MUKDEN. FURTHER RUSSIAN MOBILISATION. THE BALTIC FLEET. United Proas Association — By Electric Telegraph— Copyright (Received June 8, 8.42 a.m) LONDON, Jum 7. General Kuropatkin reports that a five %ours' fight took place eighteen miles west of Fengwangcheng. The Japanese ■were prevented from crossing the valley. General Kuropatkin, and his staff are between Haicheng and Taschiehao. The Russians have evacuated Sinminting,. and are joining the troops on the road to Mukden. N The Czar hag ordered the mobilisation of the First Army Corps, stationed in St Petersburg and the neighbourhood. General Meyendorff will be in command. The " Times," in a special article, says, that there are numerous proofs of the Improbability of the Baltic fleet going to the Far East during the present year, as many of its vessels will not be finished in time.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8031, 8 June 1904, Page 3
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