WAR IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 83, 12 April 1904, Page 3

WAR IN THE EAST.

! 'RUSSIAN ULAN OF OPERATIONS. [ THE I'KJirr FOR TIIK YA-LU. LONDON, April 10. Router's agency at St. Petersburg reports that though (bmt'ral Kuropatkin's lirst line of defence is near Feng-wan-cheng, tile Russians will hold An-tung or Shabot/.e, commanding the l'ekiii road, as long us possible. The Ya-lu liver, is a thousand yards wide at Yon-g-ham-pho. Russian sharpshooters occupy the inlands which dot the river in places. THK CIIKMI'L-PIM) IXCIDKXT. LONMO.Y, April 10. Admiral l T rius haw not replied to the protests of tin? commanders of tire Varvag ami Korietz that the Japs committed a breach of the neutrality laws, as the Russians fought outside Cheinul-pho harbour. BKLUAGUUEO POUT ARTfIUH. ANOTHER ATTACK STALLED OFF. t (KeCrived April 11, I i.7 p.m.) LUX DON", April 11. Admiral MakarofY, in charge of the Russian naval forces, frustrated a fresh attempt to surprise Port Arthur The Japanese vessels withdrew on tho searchlights disclosing their approach. A MOVIXM SQrAI'UOW LOXDOX, April 1.1. Admiral Wireninss' division has arrived at Cherbourg and sailed for tho Baltic* xni-cmvAXu uktxfoticf.D. (Received April 11, 31..'i7 p.m.) LONDON, April 11. | Two thousand Russian artillery,t with sixty guns, arrived at Niuchwang on Thursday. HKIRMISinXO ON TIIK YA-LU. REPORTS OF RI'SSTAN LOSSES. (Received April 12, 0.D9 p.m.) LONDON, April li. Reports from Mukden, received at Tien-tsin, state that two trains have passed conveying to Harbin many Russians saiti to have l>een wounded in an engagement, on the Ya-lu. Advices from Ying-kow state that | a number oi Japanese crossed the Ya-lu an<d had a skirmish with the Russians eastward of Ta-tung-kan.