RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 127, 2 June 1904, Page 3

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

On the Peninsula. THE STATE OF AFFAIRJ3 AT i DALNY. ! (Received June 1, 10.34 p.m.) | LONDON, June 1. ) General Oko reports that two hundred and ninety railway carriages are usable at Dalny ; but ail the small railway bridges are destroyed. A number of steam launches are sunk at the mouth of the dock. Bandits pillaged and partly burned the town between the Russian evacuation and Japanese occupation. CAPTDRED ARTILLERY IN GOOD ORDER. LONDON, June 1. The artillery captured hy the Japanese troops in the assault on Nanshan Hill included some naval guns, which have been found to be in excellent condition. WOUNDED GOING HOME. LONDON, Juno 1. Two thousand Japanese soldiers, wounded in the Battle of Kin-chau, are being sent to Japan. A GUNBOAT DESTROYED. (Received June 1, 11.6 p.m.) LONDON, June I. The Russians destroyed the gunboat used in Talien-wan Bay to (bombard the left front of the Japanese during their advance on Nonshan. In Manchuria. THE AWAKENING OF KUROPATKIN. LONDON, May 31. Advices from two sources state that General Kuropatkin has been compelled to move in response to urgent notices regarding feeling in St. Petersburg. The Daily Express states . that he has gone south-east of l.iaojang. It is officially announced that General Kuroki is advancing from Samaki. COSSACK POST DRIVEN BACK. A JAPANESE CHECK. (Received June 1, 11.0 p.m.) LONDON, June 1. The Russian General Stall state that on the night of the 27th Japanese infantry attacked a force of Cossacks at Sha-ogo, compelling ] them to retire, first to Chan-tu Pass 1 and subsequently to Angan-ojien-nek. ' The next day a sharp fight occurred the Japanese infantry losing heavily from shrapnel fire while crossing a valley in close formation. The Cossacks retreated to Sia-motsi in order to avoid being outflanked, losing two , officers and seven men. Russian cavalry on the 30th attacked a considerable force at Vag-en-fau, seventy miles north of Port , Arthur, almost annihilating a Japa- , nese Squadron of cavalry. The Rus- ' fians also attacked' the infantry while i the latter were retiring, when they , were confronted with machine guns. An attempt, however, to out-flank i the Russians was stopped by artil- ( lery. The Russian casualties included one officer and twenty-one men, while • the Japanese losses were considerable. A Naval Reconnaissance. _ i HOT WORK. ] (Received June 1, 10.34 p.m.) LONDON, June 1. ' While reconnoitring oil Port Arthur on the 30tlv a squadron of .Japanese gunboats, destroyers and torpedo boats was exposed to heavy lire from the forts. A shell struck one of the guivbjoatH, killing four men and damaging one ' of the guns. ] The reconnoissance revealed a new i .'.earchlight station and several new i forts. ; Various Items. 1 i SIGNALLERS HANGED. (Received June 1, 10.34 p.m.) LONDON, June 1, Several Chinese have been hanged at Vladivostok for signalling to the , Japanese fleet which is watching outside the harbour. < PREPARING FOR THE WORST. LONDON, June 1. I It is stated that all women and children have been ordered to leave the towns of Liao-yang and Mukder,, and proceed to places beyond thhe sphere of danger. BOER ON RUSSIAN STAFF. LONDON, June 1. A report is current that there is a Boer on the Russian General Staff in the Far East. RUSSIA ORDERS NEW WARSHIPS VIENNA, June 1. Tho Neue Freie Pivsse stales that. Russia has ordered from the shipbuilding yards of a Trieste company live 21-knot armoured cruisers, costing sixty million francs. Two ore to be completed in a year. The vessels will be delivered in an unarmed state, thus avoiding a breach of the neutrality laws. I