THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, 12 July 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

JAPS LOSE A CRUISER.

Commander Takahashi, of the Kaimou (which struck a mine and was sunk at Talienwan) ordered the crew into the boats, but he himself declined to leave the bridge. It is presumed he was drowned. The accident occurred during a dense fog. An official report at Tokio states that three officers and nineteen men disappeared with the Kaimon. JAPS CAPTURE ANOTHER POSITION. The Japanese, on Monday, captured the Lunghwangtung heights, six miles to the eastward of Port Arthur, According to the Chinese, 100 Russians were killed and 40 wounded, whilst fifty casualties occurred amongst the coolies sent to fetch killed. Guns will shortly be mounted on Wolfe mountain, from which the Japanese will be able to shell Port Arthur. A RUSSIAN SORTIE. A Chinese refugee asserts that the Japanese, Utilising by-pa'ths, on the sth, occupied the slopes of Talcushan mountain, the summit of which is three miles from Port Arthur. Another divsiotl is noW advancing on Russian fort number sixteen, on the main line of defence. • Admiral Skrydloff reports that a torpedo flotilla, on the stb, bombarded Gensan, setting fire to the barracks. He claims that Admiral Bezabrazoff subsequently sank two Japanese torpedobra. Mr Kruger has sent £SO in aid of the Russian wounded. BRITISHERS NOT WANTED. The British squadron at Wei-hai-wai has unexpectedly left. It is reported that they were instructed to leave the Gulf of Pechili- They are now anchored in Yanching Bay. The sloop of war Espiegle, under a mistaken interpretation of the British Consul’s message, anchored in Niuchwang river, but returns to Ohingwangtoo, as the Russians objected to her presence. The sloop, pending'her departure, took anchorage at the mouth of the river. The Russians oppose her re-entry.

HOW THE RUSSIAN FLEET ESCAPED.

A Vladivostock despatch dealing with the recent naval operations states that Admiral Togo was stationed in the Korean Straits with a force thrice as strong as Admiral Bezabrazoffs. They had concealed a strong flotil'a of torpedoers at Tsushima with directions that at any cost they were to delay the Russians until tne battleships arrived. When the Russians detected the superiority of the enemy, however, they rapidly retreated northwards, the Japanese firing shells which fell a mile short. When the torpedoers attacked at first it seemed as if the Russians were badly trapped since the torpedoers were excellently placed for cutting them off, but the attack was too extended, enabling the Russians to slip through the cordon while the Japanese were trying to combine for a united dash. General Sakharoff states that the Japanese along their whole front, from the sea to the valley of the river Ohiustan, are outflanking and compelling the Russian posts to retire.

The Latest.

GERMANY UNEASY. Much uneasiness is felt in , Berlin respecting the despatch of the,Berlin Far East squadron to an unknown destination, especially since it Js rumoured Britain has strongly protested at Stamboul (Constantinople) against the passage of the Dardanelles by the Russian volunteer fleet RUSSIANS RETBBAT BEFORE JAPS. General Sakaharoff reports a slow Russian retreat on Thursday, the Japanese cavalry on the right flank and a general advance compelling a withdrawal towards Kaiping, whither two Japanese infantry divisions and a brigade of cavalry were advancing on Friday.