CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3492, 4 March 1905, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

Wap In The Fast.

HEAVY FIGHTING STILL IN PROGRESS. VLADIVOSTOK'S GARRISON. London, fW’rch 2. Karlv on Tuesday morning live companies of infantry surrounded the Japanese outposts at the railway bridge at Shnpangtai, North Shaho, and fierce hand to hand lighting took place in the trenches lasting two hours. The Russians retreated, leaving do dead. An attempt tn break the Russian centre at Evndia.pn on the 25th failed, owing to the swill arrival of reinforccmeat.; who, shouting “ Wo have no more cartridges," lure:! the Japanese near, and Hum volleyed, killing 120. The rest then retreated. The whole Amur territory has been placed under martial lave. The Russians, on the 27th, captured Laolaetkn, near Sandcpu, inflicting groat losses with hand grenades. Artillery fighting continues along the whole front of 80 miles, The Russians state that the Japanese were driven back at Tunsilailing and Ensiling passes. , The Japanese repulsed a senes ol attacks between the railway and the Hunho. The garrison at Vladivostock is estimated at Tokio to number forty thousand. BOTH SIDES FORCING THE PACE. LINEVITCH DRIVEN BACK. London. March 2. The Japanese are hotly bombarding Pntiloff hill with siege guns. It is reported at St. Petersburg that Japanese divisions' arc advancing up the Liao valley and have reached Kalama. The 'Russians are forcing fighting on the west and centre ; the Japanese arc taking the offensive on the cast flank. A bridge destroyed near Tiding was 1,200 yards long. French advices stale that General Linevitch has been driven in and is taking refuge in the centre.