RUSSO-JAPANESE CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 155, 5 July 1904, Page 3

RUSSO-JAPANESE CAMPAIGN.

H ' To Liao-yang. \BUSSIAN MEASURES TO STOP ); " JAPAN'S ADVANCE. I ; LONDON, July 3. 1 The Russians have strongly forti--1 fled mountainous poSts parallel with 1 the railway. They are covered with 1 trenches amid entanglements. There ( are live miles oi entrenchments. The v\ latest guns are opposite Liao-yang, V The Russians have occupied the r "* I Ta-lillg Pass, Bouth-east oi Hail eheng,' ■• ! _■ . ; Investing Port Arthur. .CAPTURE OF POUTS BY JAT'AX- ' i ESE. LONDON, July 3. The Japanese on Wednesday captured two small forts ten miles cast of Pont Arthur. Shells from the land and sea are dropping into the town, . A THREE DAYS' ASSAULT, ENDING. (Received July 4, 11.25 p.m.) LONDON, July 4. ; Two divisions, composed of forty (thousand men, were engaged for three days in assailing : the Russian position on the land side of Port Arthur. The assault ended successfully, and the Japanese on the 28th occupied some heights within ten miles of the town. Hundreds of Russian wounded have bom carried into Port Arthur from the north-east, and also by way of Pigeon Bay, on the west side of the Liao-tung Isthmus. JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS. LONDON, July 4. The Japanese hold ten thousand men Id reserve at the Elliote Islands. The sixth division, numbering .twenty thousand troops, was landed :,. fct Kerr Bay on Tuesday/in reedineps 'to reinforce either General Oku at Kai-pdog or General Nozu in his ; ' tattack on Port Arthur. Transports have brought to Dalny oh 1 : independent- artillery brigade, witt heavy siege guns, and provlv" Moos for the eleventh division. ;V Happenings at Sea. V ■ RUSSIAN GUARDSHIP AND DES- ' ' TROYER SUNK. LONDON, July 3. Admiral Togo reports that aßus- . Mian guard ship, rescrnbiimg a battle- > was torpedoed and sunk ; also I ' that a Russian torpedo destroyer Was aumk at the entrance to Port Arthur on Monday night. (Received July 4, 9.50 p.m.), LONDON, July 4. Commander Yamada reports that ' ite 12th torpedo flotilla delivered an Attack on the 27th. Searchlights . revealing their presence the fortß op- • en ad a heavy Are. A two-masted, three-funnelled guardship, believed to be the l Diana, was surrounded and .. torpedoed. An explosion followed, . > Wising enormous volumes of water, arid the guardship was subsequently seen to founder at the foot of Golden Hill. ißuseian torpedo boats and the flotilla exchanged fire, and one of the " Russian vessels was blown up. She rope out of the "water,, fell sideways, and sank. >■ Fourteen Japanese were killed and ' three wounded, but the number of , Russian casualties is unknown, i (Received July 6, .0.82 a.m.) . LONDON, July 5. Junckman report that part ot the '' Japanese (blockading squadron is " midway between Port Arthur ami other part has ap- ■ pearedn» atj-t Arthur, waiting to - intercept \Kusyian squadron if it tries to re->r.

BEZABI|oFF'S ELUSIVE ISHIPS. ; LONDON, July 3. The Vlaifetok st&uulron, under p Admiral Blazon", with which AdF mu«l Kamiia was reported to be ngtotmg, hascapod. - 9 - s( > P-m.) „. . ' LONDON, July 4. Prior to nmg Admiral Kamimura off Iki| tima Admiral Beaafcrazoff sent torpedo flotilla to ■Vladivostok. :,umura, whose force was the super- opened Are. The Russians repik and then retired Ttey were puru to the north-east, , tout, extinguish; their, lights, disappeared. A WILY ATT/i ON GEN-SAN. • ljt .(Received Ji 5, 0.52 a.m.) ~ )NDON, July 4. Admiral Beamhoft is attacking . 0«n-san. but wi,ut effect. The attack was made the hope that Admiral Kamimuriould quit the vi- ; Oloity of the St*a of Korea. A JUNK FJLS A MINE. (Received Ju 4, 9.58 p.m.) pNDON, July 4. A junk sneounied a mine at the mouth of theiao-ho River (at Ylng-kowj on ridaV| aml WWi Wowm up. Twty of the Chinese crew were fcillbd ai twe i ve wounded . A Sepious'ossibility. THE MIKADO'SHNT TO GERMAN. .(Received July;, 0.52 a.m.) „ , LNDON, July 4. ■ Toklos leading urnal hints that 1! the Port Arthusquadron is allowed to refuge , Kiao-chou (a . .German port in Sln-tung) the Mi- •; kado will consider lermany. to be ■.-; ; Russia's ally, and \\\ appeal undor 1 the terms of tho al•''^lliance.