THE WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7801, 18 April 1905, Page 3

THE WAR.

FACETIOUS ROZHDESTVESSKY. HIS LAST CABLE. BRITISH SPYING. LONDON. April 10

I|j: A St. Petersburg telegram to L'j§* ! Echo de Paris says that Admiral 5j " Hozhdestvensky's last cable read : I '■'■',.'•' I shall not again telegraph, before the battle. If beaten Togo wijl - te.l you ; if victorious 1 will ani» . Bounce it." ~£ The newspaper Petit Parisien rc■|p ports that the warships Bogutyr, ts' Kossia, and Gromoboi have been re- ''•>'.. paired, and are ready to leave Vladivostok lo assist Admiral H07.1i- ~ destvensky. Many collier* have arrived al Uoug Kottg and are awaiting onk-M, which .will be opened at Anioy. The Russians arc aiming to establish a base in. tho Pescadores Islands for coaling and final prepare tions. The newspaper Novoe Vrcioya characterises the action of the British .warship Ipbig=nia, in reporting tho .whereabouts ef ' Admiiol Hozhdestyensky, as spying in the interests tA a benevolent neutrality. 41 General Linevitcb reports that Cossacks on April 10th discovered a force cf Japanese at the Uun-ho Valley, and turned their position on two sideA The Japanese fled westward.

NORTHWARD, STILL NORTHWARD. JAPANESE OCCUPATIONS. (Received April 17, 9.32 p.m.) LONDON, April 17. General Oyania reports that Japanese from Stinking are driving the enemy northwards, and on Friday occupied Vingching, 35 miles north of Skinking. A detachment of the same force, co-operating with cavalry, occupied Vachiatzu, 14 raiUs north-cast of Ueishohmu. A regiment of infantry, six sotnias of cavalry, and a battery near Pachiatzu letrcatvd in confusion through Peling Pass, northward.

THE IATOERM FLEET. AVOIDS SHIPPING. A STOPPAGE EXPECTED. (Received April 17, 10.26 p.m.) LONDON, April 17. The steamer Marmoras reports .that die sighted five Russian battleships in eight degrees south, and 92 east, on the 3rd. This, coupled «- .with other reports, shows that the yessels steered Sue east to avoid the shipping, and then went through the Straits of Malacca. Advices from Saigon on Saturday state it is believed that Admired Rozhdcstvcnsky intends to re-victual on the coast ot Annam.

A USE STEP. SAFETY IN NUMBERS. FIRING HEARD. VISITING ANNAM. (Received April 17, 10.2t>p.m.) LONDON, April 17. Le Matin's St. "Petersburg correspondent reports that Admiral RozhUestvensky intends awaiting the arrival of Vice-Adroiral Diebogatoff's squadron before meeting Admiral TTogo.

The steamer Tclnmachus> arrived aV Hongkong, reports that she heard firing when 150 miles northward of Natuna Islands on Wednesday. The North German Lloyd's steamer Prinz Heinrieh has arrived at Singapore The Captain states he -Sighted at noon on Friday eighteen RozWestvetufey's vessels at Kamenan'ff Bay, Amtam. He says that possibly there were more .warships inside the harbour.

cuttdig off Kim CHUNCHUSES ON THE MOVE. CONFUSION IN THE RUSSIAN LINES. (Received April 17, 10.36 p.m.) LONDON, April 17. 'Advices from Kungchuling state *that a large Japanese force Is going towards Kirin, beyond the reach •of the Russian outposts. A large force of Chunchuses is also •proceeding north, beyond the reach' %of the Kussiaff right. The Japanese are driving the villagers into the Russian lines, causing great confusion.