The War

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1387, 26 July 1905, Page 2

The War

Fighting in Sakhalien A Doubtful Russian Victory Presa Association.—Copyright. London, July 25 General Linevitch reports that two columns forced the Japanese to evacuate thoir positions north of the Ynlanglze, Sakhalien, on the 20th, and to retire to a fortified post west of the Yulangtze.j The Russian!) "experienced great difficulty in attacking, and eventually retreated north. Six thousand Russians at Tnmen are trying to check the Japanese, Tremendous rains have flooded the rivero,and t'he. roads' are knee-deep in triad. ! General Linevitch is freely using Mongolia, despite China's protests., - There are persistent Russian re. i ports that, the Japanese are executing a turning movement in Mongolia, eighty miles fpm the frontier.; Japanese warships on Sunday bombarded the coast in the vicinity of Alexandrovsk and the' mouth of the ArkofE river,