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RUSSIAN TACTICS RIDICULED BY JAPS. Three hundred Russians occupied Hauhou, forty miles north of Genian, evicting the Korean garrison, three thousand Russians, part of the \nju force, following them. The Japanese ridicule the Russian movement in Eastern Korea, expres* sing the wish that the column was not worth cutting off. Conflicting St Petersburg reports allege that General Stossel sortied and rescued a train with munitions and supplies whereof he had been advised by wireless telegraphy. The Russians broke the line of Japanese barring the road, forcing them to retreat. The Japanese lost one thousand and the Russians one hundred and fifty. THE WORLD’S MARITIME IN DANGER. Foreigners at Tokio are asking whether Russia, because of war, is warranted in mining the whole world’s maritime fairway in the Gulf of Pechili. The Japanese surrounded and routed a squadron of Russian cavalry at Wangchiotun, six miles north of Takushan on Friday. There were many Russian casualties and a Eus> sian captain was made prisoner. There were no Japanese casualties. The preparation of the Baltic fleet is proceeding with great vigour. will probably leave in two and on different routes for a rendezvous.
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Manawatu Herald, 24 May 1904, Page 2
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