THE WAR.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 7, 19 January 1905, Page 1

THE WAR.

. W’ITH THE RUSSIAN CAVALRY. DARINQ.ENGINF, DRIVERS. THF BALTIC FLEET. * . London, Janu’ray. 16. The “ New York Herald ” correspondent who accompanied General M stohenko in bi& recent raid, atatee that he had an. enor , titbua cavalry force. The. ; three columns were commanded by Generftla-Sgmsonoff, Abramoff,'and Tyelschoff. , Their front extended for five miles, atfd . presented a magnificent sight. The country was swept thoroughly of hares, fawns, anfi. other, genfo.'- The Russians had- several juqoubters with the Ohunchnses, one hundred of whom were killed. Japanese flags were captured at.the village of •Shouteze, near the confluence of the Taitse and Liao, rivers. They captured in-a night attack, despite stubborn resistance, three-hundred Japanese. Two Russian officers were killed.

AfteY crossing the. Taitseho’the Cossacks reached old Nuichwang unopposed eh,the 11th. Fifty Japanese who were in a heuse refused to surrender; some were, killed. Many large transports' weje captured and burnt. live hund'rtd metres of railway north of Haicheng were destioyed. The bridge at Taishichao was blown up. The Cbssacks bn the 12th attacked Yingkow, a station where there were nine million roubles’ worth of stores. The Japanese engine-dtiyers displaying great daring and under, a'heavy fire brought up thousands of troops, whose; accurate fire compelled the to retire. • The Russians, claim that they would have captured the station if they had arrived a quarter of an hour earlier, ~

General Oku has despatched 8000 troops from Sanlibeo. . It was reported at Kingkow on Sunday that the Russians had been cgt off. ' . In connection with Geneial Mistchenko’s raid, ttie Japanese declare that owing to an infringement of a, neutral zone they w-jl] not observe the restrictions which the Russians ignore. At Washington thp opinion is expressed that the invasion of a neutral zone is intended to pare the way to Russian occupation of other Chinese territory if Russia is compelled to evacuate Manchuria. Advices from Port Louis (Mauritius) state that Admiral Rozhjestvensky, with -fifteen Russian warships, anchored at Diego Saures, a bay on the north of Madagascar, on December 31st. The volunteer transport Cuban, with 510 men and eight guns, reached Diego Saures on December 30tb.

Colliers are coaling Admiral Foelkereabm’s squadron at Pa~sandave, a port on the north-weet coast of Madagascar. The steamer Irrawaddy landed at Nbseibe Island 4500 packages! for the Russians. | Diego Saures is in the extreml north of Madagascar, while Passani dava and Nossike are some Kfl miles down the west coast. fl The Japanese press France having allowed the fleet to remain twelve Madagascan waters using island as a base for operation claim that it is a serious neutrality. The Russians claim fo ambushed a regiment inflicting heavy loss and the Japanese to Hundreds of fishermen sent to Port Arthur to the mines. A Japanese naval that the condition of warships is better pected. General Nogi held ineiimi ial service at .* honour of the dead, w have death or victory. aMMH had received the .*•' ’ . * but did not desire to the glory ; lie invited share The “Times” Port Arthur status town shows tew signs of ment. Many Russian useless, and applied for the attacks were proceeding, itg the sergeants to commanfl The naval officers were useless 1 during the siege, and were generally in a state of drunkenness. Admiral Makaroff’s death demoralised the navy, rendering it markedly apathetic. Some commanders of forts at the conference held before the capitulation voted for further resistance, but were overruled by General Stoeeeel. Whjn the decision to capitulate became known, the soldiers looted a store containing 5600 bottles of vodka. Terrible orgies followed, and the troops sent to quell them- joined the Three months’ food remained, but the only meat was horses and mules. I General MitchenskZ raiders have regained their ’Jjee. They sustained 300 caeualW-, . General Kuropatki J cla.me that they captured a qt/nvoy itf, 500 ) > • .-•• •' "V' /• -* . 1

carts, besides burning stores at 1 Kingkow. * '• I The commander of a Portuguese I gunboat forbade the Baltic fleet to 1 coal at Tiger Bay, Angola. The fl R ussians thereupon retired. • I The French Foreign Office states 1 that the Baltic fleet is not anchored 1 in Madagascar territorial waters. ~ French correspondents at St. • Petersburg state that the Ozar has finally determined not to pecall the Baltic fleet. J French advices from St, Peters- ■ burg state that it is thought possi- W hie that the raids into Chinese I territory will cause the Powers to 1 intervene and impose peace. The Novoe Vremya’s Java correspondent reports that the Japanese warships have establi *hed a base at Labuan. In order” to conceal their presence the British telegraph office was compelled to cease working for twelve days on pra-tence-ot a breakdown. [Labuan is an island, thirty square, miles in area, lying six mileq from the north-west coast of Borneo. It became British in • 1846, and since 1890 has been administered by the British North Borneo Company.]