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The capture of Dalny is denied.
Two battles have taken place south of Liaoyang. It is reported that the Russians have been defeated and are retreating.
100,000 of the Moscow Reserves are leav ing for Manchuria.
LONDON, 13th May.
It is reported that Admiral Alexieff has telegraphed to S. Petersburg that the Russians have totally destroyed Dalny.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
The destroyer Aotaka was damaged in part of her engines, but is safe.
The flotillas casualties are three wounded and two killed. No other damage was done.
Tokyo, 8th May.
General Kurokil reports that our cavalry is dispersing the enemy. Our infantry detachment occupied Fenghwangcheng on the 6th instant. The enemy before evacuating burnt [their] ammunition. The enemy's refugees continue to come out of the adjoining forests and villages The natives say the Russian wounded were passing Fenghwangcheng on litters on the 2nd instant to the amount of 800 their total casualties probably exceed 3.000. Our army landed at [a point in] Liaotung reports our detachment repulsing a small body of the enemy. On the 6th instant they occupied Pulantien, and destroyed the railway and tele- | graph. The communication to Port Arthur was cut.
and surrender. LONDON, 13th May. The Japanese Loan has been an immense success. The subscription was closed yesterday.
LONDON, 14th May. Seventeen miles of the railway between Port Arthur and the North have been des- troyed by the Japanese.
JAPANESE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.
Tokyo. May 12th, 11.35 a.m.
On the morning of 10th inst. 200 Russian The Japanese Consul has kindly put the cavalry attacked Anju. The Japanese garrison following at our disposal :-
stubbornly resisted. One company rein- Tokyo, 6th May. forcement arrived on the afternoon from General Kuroki reports that on the 3rd May Pingyang. The enemy fled on the morning the Japanese mounted scouts, after a severe of the 11th. when further Japanese reinforce
The hand-to-hand fight near Fenghwangcheng, drovements arrived from north and sonth. the Russian horsemen towards Fenghwang cheng.
The Chinese say that on the 1st May about 2,000 Russian infantry, posted on a hill east of Fenghwangcheng, fired upon 300 of their com- rades retreating from the Yalu. mistaking them for the and 100 men were wounded and 70 killed. The rest fled in disorder. abandoning
enemy,
the commissariat carts.
Officers taken prisoners state that the only bodies that retreated in order on the 1st May were five or six infantry battalions and two artillery companies.
200 more Russians killed or wounded were found left on the field.
Tokyo, 6th May. 6 p.m. Admiral Hosoya reports that the serenth detached fleet, the twentieth torpedo flotilla, the Hongkong Maru and Nippon Maru arrived at 5.30 a.m. on the 5th May at Liaotung. Some of the enemy's sentinels were seen on the top of a hill adjoining the coast and were driven away by our fire.
The Naval Brigade, under Captain Nomoto.
Japanese casualties were four killed and six wounded. The enemy's casualties were over fifty. A non-commissioned officer taken pri- soner said the enemy consisted of 500 Cossacks.
Tokyo, 13th May. Admiral Kataoka reports that the third fleet arrived at Kerr Bay near Talienwan on the morning of the 12th inst, The Itsukushima, Nisshin, and Miyako undertook the demonstra- tive bombardment while torpedo-boat flotillas were engaged sweeping and sounding the sea. An officer with four men lauded and destroyed the telegraph, Some of the Russian mines were discovered; three were successfully des troyed, but the fourth exploded prematurely wrecking the torpedo-boat No. 48, in which seven were killed and seven wounded. No other damage was done on our site,
Tokyo. 15th May. General Kuroki reports that our detach- ment occupied Kuantiencheng on the 7th instant. Another infantry detachment pursued on the 11th the enemy's cavalry retreating from Chinliencheng and captured two privates and a lieutenant, who is a son of General Honvali.
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TELEGRAMS TO SHANGHAI,
[May 16, 1904
was probably affected through silencing the Russian artillery on the left flank. The sub- sequent pursuit of the enemy was very hot work.
**It is gathered from different sources that the Yalu operations, extending over about five miles, were effected most satisfactorily and promptly, almost BS if they were only manœuvres, which reflects great credit on the previous reconnaissances. The Russians reopened their resistance at Chiuliencheng on the 1st instant, the Japanese victory being made complete by a furious attack on the enemy from three sides in the afternoon. Twenty guns were captured with all their waggons, over twenty officers, including a Colonel of Cavalry, and many men. It appears that the Russian artillery fire was effective at 7,500 metres (over 8,000 yards); their bravery may be admitted, but their fire was not very well aimed; on the other hand. the ex- cellence of the Japanese heavy artillery was fully borne out by its effect on the enemy, and the Japanese martial spirit is running higher than ever, as reported by Generi Kuroki. The naval detachment co-operated with the army from a point four miles lower down the river. This harmonious co-operation greatly expedited the general operations.
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The Russian forces numbered 30,000, with 48 guns, with a front extending four miles. It has transpired that the Russian forces engaged consisted of their picked corps. while the casualties ou both sides—700 Japanese and over *800 Russians-imply that it was a very hot
engagement.
The operations beyond the Yalu were con. tinued from dawn to yesterday evening with unrelaxing intensity. The Russians will now be compelled to retire to Fenghwangcheng vit the main road along the Yalu."
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Tokyo, 2nd May; -From later advices it is learnt that the soldiers on board the Kinshiu Maru burned all documents removed their uniforms and hadges, and after firing volleys, gave three cheers for the Emperor and for Japan.
Torpedo-boats escorted the Kinchiu Maru on her outward voyage, but could not do it on the return voyage owing to the bad weather, and this caused the disaster. The distance between the Kinshia Muru when she was stopped and the land was sixteen miles."
Tokyo. 3rd May.-The latest returns show was then ordered to land. The ebb-tide
that the casualties in the Imperial Guards Divi. preventing the boats approach to the shore,
sion were less numerous than in the others, the they waded breast-deep for 1.000 metres and
whole list being little longer than the former gained the shore at 7.22 a.m. Immediately We take the following from the issue of the estimate of seven hundred. The capture at one marching, they reached the heights and hoisted N.-C. Daily News.
stroke of twenty guns in the Russian artillery their flag.
Peking. 2nd May.-The Russians are build-base at Kiuliencheng was largely due to the Meanwhile the cruisers Akagi, Oshima anding three pontoons near Hsinmintun. They Twelfth Division, which advanced via Sukuchin, Cho ai approached the shore on the flank of have bought a hundred or more junks at New- the point from which the Japanese crossed the the landing-place for the purpose of divertingchwang, and are using the materials in the con- Yalu in the China-Japan War. Contrary to the the enemy. The Akagi found 100 of the
Russian belief of its impossibility, the Twelfth enemy and dispersed them.
Division skilfully forded the Ai Kiang, a tribu- tary which enters the Yalu east of Chiulien- cheng."
The transports arrived at 8.5 a.m. with the first echelon of the Second Army, who, seeing the Japanese flag at the top of the hill, imme- diately commenced landing, which they effected splendidly, despite the deep water. They are now building a pontoon.
struction of a branch railway between Niucha. tun and the forts at Yingkou, and have com. pelled the Chinese local officials to repair the main road between Hsinmintun and Moukden. The Russian forces on the west bank of the Liao river are increasing day by day."
Tokyo. 2nd May-Six Russian posts have been established west of Liao by a Colonel with 1.000 men, the proposed neutrality of the terri- tory west of the Liao being actually broken.*
[In this connection we may note that a Hsin- cedented numbers of Russian soldiery have again gun to invade Chinese neutral territory west
of the Liao river.-ED. D.P.]
Tokyo, 7th May. Admiral Togo reports that the combined fleet effected on the 3rd May the third blocking operation against Port Arthur. The gunboatsmintun native despatch states that of late unpre- Akagi and Chokai and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th destroyer flotillas, and the 9th, 10th and 14th torpedo-boat flotillas. with steamers. started out on the 2nd instant. A strong wind Peking. 2nd May.-The Russians are build- soon arising greatly hampered the movement | ing new forts, in the hills west and north of The Commander ordered a stop in the operation; Dalny city, and have dug mines on both sides but the order did not reach, and eight steamers of the wharf." proceeded and made a dash for the harbour, despite the enemy's search-light, fortress-fire, observation mines, and mechanical mines.
Five steamers gained the harbour mouth. especially the Mikawa-maru and the Totomi muru, who, breaking the boom, reached the
further inside.
The entrance is considered effectively blocked, at least for cruisers and battleships.
Three other steamers were sunk before reach- ing the mouth.
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Tokyo, 2nd May.-It is learnt on good authority that the Japanese passage of
the Talu. the artillery operations. and the occupation of the highlands near Chinliencheng were carried out according to the prearranged scheme of operations. The prompt occupation of Chiuliencheng was largely due to the superiority of the Japanese artillery coupled with the experience gained in the China-Japan War. The Russian guns, like the French, are excellent, but too light. As to the
Tokyo. 3rd May. -All non-combatants have evacuated Dalny, and all official documents and articles of valus have been sent away from the city. It is learned at Tokyo that the guns on board the disabled vessels at Port Arthur have been transferred to the land defences."
Tokyo, 3rd May. The Emperor, in his message, says that he warmly appreciates the distinguished services of General" Kuroki and Rear-Admiral Hosoya."
Tokyo. 3rd May.-The Japanese newspapers are exceedingly gratified at the destruction of one corner of the Muscovite pyramid, but urge that the completion of the work is still a long way off, and it would be a mistake to be over- sanguine."
Tokyo, 6th May.-The Japanese officers and scouts marched on the third of May to Tang. shangcheng [rather more than half-way between Chiuliencheng and Fonghwangcheng], after a serious engagement with Russian cavalry, and are pressing on to Fenghwangcheng. Accord ing to a native report, the Russian infantry at Tangshangcheng on the 1st instant opened fire On the Russian infantry retreating from Kiulienchenr. mistaking them for Japanese, Guards, who took the centre, and whose casual-resulting in 100 being killed and 70 wounded." ties are therefore more numerous, behaved "Tokyo. 6th May. The N. Y. K. S. Kagá splendidly. The major. who was wounded, Maru ran aground on the 4th instant at the heads the whole list of casualties. The taking naval landing base, but was got off the next of the key of the position near Chiuliencheng day."
Our flotillas remained till morning and occupation of Chiulienchêng. the Imperial rescued half of the crews of the sunken
steamers.
Torpedo-boat No. 67 had her steampipe hit and disabled, but was towed away by torpedo boat No. 70.
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