The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-28
RUSSIANS ROUTED
AFTER 6.HOUR FIGHT.


The prisoners confessed 1t is believed
that one OF them is colonel on the ia
panese general staff and that the other
is an orderly. Both men were sent TO st.
Petersburg.
Narva. also referred TO as Ivan-Gorod.
is a Russian fortress and seaport, 100
miles by rail west OF ST. Petersburg, on
the Narva river. eight miles above its en-
trance into the Gulf Of Finland.
A RUSSIAN COMPLAINT.
ST. Petersburg, June 2S.-The Novoe
vreyma today, calling attention To the
statement that Don Jaime de Bourbon
was an eyewitness TO the killing Of
Russian wounded at Vafangow, declared
that something should be done quialSly 10
prevent the war degenerating into the
senseless brutality which the Japanese
practice indicates The paper urges the
Russian newspaper correspondents In the
field TO show up the authors OF these
brutalities and secure the evidence OF
every witness and photographs In order
that The Hague convention may be In
voked
The sudden cessation OF newspaper
despa tches from the theatre OF war tends
70 confirm the belief that the armies are
critics take the view that a big battle 10
imminent. although the Novoe Yremya's
expert thinks that pitched battle now
is more attractive 10 the japanese gener-
ais than 70 Gen. Kuropatxin, saying that
the latter does not need precipitancy as
Russian reinforcements continue 10 ar
rive, but II the japanese want a battle
they must hasten as only fortnight re-
mains before the rains set In.
AN EXPERT VIEW.
The army organ. whose comment wrs
written before the arrival OF Lieut.. Gen
Eakharoff's despatch last night. points
out the difficult mountainous country
through which Gen Kuroki's columns
are moving and finds I'm Gen. Oku's with
drawal southwark either that the japan
ese are trying to draw of part OF Kuro-
patkin's army OF their decision in view OF
the near approach OF the rainy season. TO
arrest their further advance.
In the latter case. the enemy would he
able 10 hold the greater part Of the Lao
TunR peninsula until the resumption OF
active operations IN August
All the papers consider almost mex
pucable the failure 10 receive further re-
ports from Toxic OF the sea fight on Port
Arthur and are reproducing with great
prominence dispatches from German pa
pars to the effect that Admiral Togo I'm
his officials reports Old not claim positive
ly 20 have sunk a Russian battleship or
20 have crippled two other vessels
General Indignation n manifested over
the alleged mistranslations Of the reports
OF Admiral Togo.
CORRESPONDENT KILLED.
Tien Tsin. June Sit T. reported that
Edward +. knight. correspondent of tho
London Morning Post with the Japanese
army. was killed al Wafangtien.
Several ensagenents between fhe Rus
sian and japanese forces have been re-
ported ~ having occurred at or near Wa
fantien, that town being occupied by the
japanese June ~ and ID a. possible that
II The report of Mr.. knights death be
true he was killed IN one of these battles
Spectators az one Of the engagements
state that they saw three horsemen ap-
pear on hili, ore ~ whom resembied
eithsr an American or British attache.
This man fell from his horse when the
REssisna ne1 and was evidently killed