The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28

SharpshOOterS, constituting our van
posts. which slowly started northward.
Reinforced by two companies the en-
emy at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon
occupied Tuinpu. The sharpshooters
retired north toward Phakhessan,
twenty-five miles north of Seluchen.
Our losses were Lieutenant Oglobeff
and five sharpshooters wounded.
ATTACK STRETCHER BEARERS.
"On June % about battalion of Jap
anese infantry, marching out from
Tungoputze. five miles northwest of
Seluchen, along the Road to the Mao
tien Pass, Was repulsed by two COM
panies of our sharpshooters Outposted
near Tafanku. The sharpshooters fell
back. FIRST on Urtungti and then upon
KontsiaputZe. Captain Yangchukov-
sky, in command of one company of
the sharpshooters, was wounded. His
wounds were dressed by DR.. Rysch
kof Of the Red Cross. and Captain
Yangchul1ovsky was being carried to
the rear on a stretcher when the Jap
anese rushed on from the flank. Three
stretcher bearers were wounded and
captured and Captain Yangchukovsky
and DR.. Ryschkoff were also captured.
We rad also two sharpshooters killed
and Lieutenant Serpukhovitinoff and
thirteen sharpshooters wounded.
During the night of June % the en-
emy. a regiment of infantry and regi-
ment of cavalry strong, remained at
Tuinpu.
AT o'clock on the morning Of June
26 a Japanese battalion marched along
the Siuyen-H -Haicheng road from Stok-
hodza in the direction of Vandzia-
Iaudza The enemy's infantry and
mourted guns followed the vanguard
at midday.
The enemy also resumed the ad-
vance on the morning of June 26 from
Tuinpu in the direction of Ikhakhehun,
along the main road to the Maotien de-
file through Urluhdi and the road to
the Madiapudze Pass, turning our
right. The enemy was located in the
Maotien Pass.
AT least a regiment of infantry, with
artillery, was ordered to proceed along
the main road to Liaoyang. This de-
tachment reached Tidiavaiza at a. m.
We have received no other report re-
garding this movement
BATTLE OF JUNE %.
Following are the details of the re-
connaissance of the Japanese forces
made by a Russian detachment on June
% at Aiyangtienmen: At 10;30 a. m.
the cavalry of our advance guard drove
the enemy from the trenches of their
advanced positions. At 1:20 p. m. four
Russian guns of the mountain horse ar
tillery had been placed in position
against the enemy's right flank, which
they bombarded with great success. the
enemy retiring. The serried ranks of
the japanese troops developed a violent
fusiIlade, which, however, was almost
without result.
AT this moment our infantry came
up and four companies were thrown
against the right flank of the enemy'k
position, one company being held in re-
serve to protect our right flank, against
which two japanese companies were
advancing. The enemy fell back under
the energetic pressure of our fire for a
distance Of two or three miles, evacu-
ating their positions at p. m.
AT the moment that our Cossack
battery approached the enemy's princi-
Ddl DOSlliOn II Was eADDSEQ " Tie tOll-
centrated- fire of eighteen mounted
guns, and within few minutes eight
Cossacks were killed and twenty were
wounded. The gunners at that time
had the shelter of the nearest stone
building, but our companies continued
to repulse the enemy until the main
position of the enemy was reached.
when three regiments of Japanese in
fantry were discovered. Having ascer-
tanned the strength Of the enemy the
commander of our detachment deter
mined to stop the advance and ordered
the mountain battery not to change its
position, in order not to expose it to
unnecessary losses.
DARKNESS ENDS FIGHT.
"The enemy's right flank took the Of
fensive at p. m. Our two companies
of sharpshooters and a company of
cavalry, commanded by Second Captain
Cerderberg, having dismounted, put the
Japanese battalion in full retreat by
we'll sustained point blank volleys.
which inflicted considerable losses.
THE fight continued until nightfall.
Thanks to the darkness, we were able
to move our guns. A vacillating ad-
vance of the enemy's infantry was
checked by the fire of our sharpshoot-
ers and the fight ended at 9 p. M"
''Our losses were Staff Lieutenant
Colonel Romeiko Gouki, Lieutenant
Colonel Yakovalef, Lieutenant of Co.'S
sacks Newton, Second Lieutenant of
Cossacks Nikolaieff. Second Lieutenant
Schifloslxi and Second Lieutenant Hoff-
man and twenty-six men killed and
fifty-three men wounded, seven of
them seriously.