THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, 19 July 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

THE JAPS SITLL AGGRESSIVE. The Japanese began an offensive movement on tho IBth along tho Siuzen and Taschiehiao, and have occupied Kashikau. They aro also concentrated in force at Sunstaste before the Talieng Pass, and strongly hold an advanced position at Liagunshan. A Reuter message states that the Japanese captured the British steamer Shippington on the ground that she was laden with contraband. Tho Vladivostok fleet has again appeared in the Korean Straits. Japan is daily despatching reinforcements to Manchuria and Liaotung. BANISHED. The newspaper Berliner Tageblatt states the Grand Duke Boris has been banished to Archangel for slashing General Kuropatkin in the face with a sword when he ordered him to expel a number of women who were in his camp. JAPS DRIVEN BACK. Three hundred Russians at Tingkow escaped with great difficulty. Telegrams from Mukden state the Russian right flank at Port Arthur has assumed the offensive. The third and fourth divisions drove the Japanese back and occupied the east Psaftk ;j pf thu Lunsuntan - valley heights. 4 The. newspaper Yremya says the 'attaclc oh Port Arthur on the 10th and 11th was brilliantly repulsed, General Dock pursuing the Japanese to Nonalin, their losses being enormous, the Russians losing 1000., Russia is considering whether,, in view of the war, it will be advisable to hold the Nijni Novgorod Pair. The Japanese are incensed at Turkey allowing the St. Petersburg and Smolensk, which are really commerce destroying cruisers to pass through tho Dardanelles. The Japanese headquarters staff deny the report that 80,000 casualties occurred on the 10th and 11th, declaring that not a shot was fired on either date at Port Arthur, Russian cruisers delayed the British steamer Dragoman in the Rtd Sea. The Times says the Russian cruisers are taking little trouble to stand well with neutrals, and complains that the character of the steamer Saint Petersburg is highly equivocal Though she is now exercising her rights as a warship, she may resume the part of a merchant vessel is she experiences difficulty in coaling. Japanese troops appeared at Tyhindjin in connection with General Kuroki’s attempt to envelop Mukden.