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Manawatu Herald, 2 July 1904, Page 2

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ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR.; The Times’ Tokio correspondent, referring to the Japanese attack on the outworks to the extreme east of Port Arthur, states that by evening they had driven the Russians in confusion from the heights along Pungni River to Keekwan (probably Chikwan) forts. The Japanese casualties were 100. The Russians lost two machine guns, a quantity of rifles, ammunition, and left forty dead on the field. THE ADVANCE ON LIAOYANG. The news sent by Reuter’s Tokio correspondent of the capture of the Ohikwanshan, Chitanshan and Soohtoshan forts by the Japanese is accepted with reserve, though it is probable that the Japanese have captured three of the outlying heights where there were fieldworks. The Times says that if the- Japanese captured the positions, as alleged, their siege guns would be able to »fii , e upon the town and docks, and threaten the north-western defences from the rear. RUSSIAN BATTLESHIPS PUT OUT OF ACTION. The Minister for Marine at St; Petersburg states the battleship sank on the 23rd was the Sevastopol. The Peresviet is ashore and the Diana irreparably damaged. Owing to the swift Japanese advance, the Russians at Taschiobiao, fearing that they would be intercepted, are retreating rapidly. The roads from Haicheng art almost impassable, owing to the terrific rains.