The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-07-30
RUSSIAN FLEET
MENACES TONIC
VLADlVOSTOk SQUADRON IS
SIGHTED AT MOUTH OF
TOXIC BAY.
RUSSIANS LOSE IN LONG FlGNf
DRIVEN BACK NEAR NlUCHWANG
AFTER BATTLE LASTING
FOURTEEN HOURS.
JAPANESE SUFFER- A REVERSE
REPORTED TO HAVE LOST IN
ARTILLERY FIGHT AT
LIAC-IA&G.

Yokohama. July 27.-The v]adivos-
tok squadron was yesterday sighted
at the mouth Of Tol:io bay and devel-
opments arc hourly expected. Great
indignation il EXPRESSED at the sink
ing of the Knight Commander.
auss;aa Attaok Repu'sed.
Niuchwana. July 81. - At 6 O'Clock
SunGay lorntn@ the Russians re-
sumeA thcir attack ON the japanese
position on the heights to the east of
Tatc}lekiao.
The fire of several Russian batteries
checked for some hours the advance
from Tapingshan Of the Japanese left
flank, which, after a fierce fight, cap
tured Na%nghudituen village, two miles
southeast Of Tapingshan. The Rus
SLAMS were compelled to retire to
Tienghauatuen, six miles from their
base. At this point they were
STRENGTHENED by r~einforcements. They
reopened a fire from two batteries and
maintained their position till 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, when the Japanese
right flank made a
Sudden Appearance .
on the hills southeast Of ~Aashihcheao,
and by a tremendous fire forced the
Russians to beat a hurried retreat at
6 o'clock in the evening. The firing
lines of the Japanese extended over a
front of fifteen miles. After two hours
of an inceSsant storm of shot and
shell they swept the last hill and plain
clear of Russians. Only Their did the
firing stop.
After fourteen hours of desperate
fighting, which must have been at
tended with heavy losses Oh both
sides, the position of the Russians at
T%ashihcheao has been rendered I'M
tenable, and they will be compelled to,
retreat toward Haicheng. :
Russians Prepare to Evacuate.
Tien-tsin, July 27.-Inrormation has
been received here to the effect that
the Japanese have not entered Niu-
chwang. The Russian civil admins
tration departed Sunday night and the
destruction Of government property
began Monday morning at the instnce
of the administration.
The fighting reported Sunday took
place between N%iuchwang and Tatche-
kiao and Japanese troops from kai-
chou were engaged. No engagement
has taken place at Tatchekiao.
Driven Back and Routed.
Paris, July 27.-A dispatch to the
Matin from Niuchwang says that
heavy firing continued all day long
on July "a. The battle lasted for six
teen hours. TIL e Russians were
driven back on the east side and were
reported to be utterly routed on the
north. The dispatch says that the
Russians evacuated Niuchwang, Of
which the japanese will probably take
possession July IS.
Rumcr Of Jap Reverse.
London, July q. - A dispatch to q
news agency from Liao-yang reports
heavy artillery fighting there all day
yesterday. The Russian casualties, it
is alleged, were thought not to exceed
forty, while the Japanese are said to
have lost more men. The Japanese
who were attacking the Southern de-
ldCuIlcuI, dNCOluAA6 W Az ASPOAI,
we're forced to retire p~recipitately,.
leaving their dead and wounded on
the field. The dispatch lacks convinc-
ing details and names OF places.
Japs Taking a Rest.
Mukden, July 27.-The nearest Jap
anese outposts have shown no change
for several days past and there are
no signs that they contemplate i'd
vancing.
Japs in Majority.
London, July 27--The Russian army
oficials have compiled an estimate Of
the japanese force in Manchuria, and
a dispatch from st. Petersburg brings
the surprising news that the Russians
agree that $4,000 men and 1,24O guns
of the mikado's forces have already
been landed at the Of HOSTILE
ties.
There are $4,000 additional Japan
csc troops now on the way to the
front or available for immediate SER
vice. making a total of $4,000 men ar
rayed against the Russian forces. BY
autumn it is expected at st. Peters
burg that Japan will be represented
in Manchuria by 100000 troops, fully
equipped.
WTEG7