Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-29
COSSACKS OPEN FIRE
Russian Advance Encounters
Japs on Yalu River.
BOTH SAY "THE ENEMY RETREATED'
Japanese Omcer Says When Block
ing of Port Arthur Was Found to
BE Failure Crews Blew I'D
S~hipS-Japs Lose D~estroyers.

BE FAILURE crews blew UU
ShipS-Japs Lose D~estrOyers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 29.-A dis
patch received here from Liaoyang
saws that Chinese ON the Yalu river re
port that an advance guard of Russian
cavalry which has penetrated Korea for
n distance of about 200 versts across
the river had an encounter with a de-
| tacllment of Japanese and that the Jap
anese We're compelled TO retreat and
fed, leaving their horses, which were
seized by Cossacks. General Linevitch
dispatched cavalry and a body Of in
fantry in pursuit and with an order to
occupy northern Korea.
A Tokyo dispatch says: "a number
of the enemy's cavalry appeared at a
point 700 meters north of Pingyang,
Korea. Our infantry fred upon them,
causing them TO retreat."
1t is also reported that Korean sol
diers on the Hamgyeng frontier have
been attacked and dispersed by Rus
sian troops.
A Seoul dispatch says details of a
EMIL AlS III lis ehS FdON thoN MY
Russian cavalrymen approached the
north gate Of the Japanese camp and
fired at a distance of 1000 meters. A
sharp fusillade took place, and the Rus
sians retired. All foreigners are safe.
A Chefu dispatch says: 1.-THE Japa-
nese sailors that arrived here are from
the Jinsen Mnru and the Bushiu Maru,
two of the five merchant vessels with
which Vice Admiral Togo attempted to
block the entrance to Port Arthur on
the morning of the oath. Lieutenant
Saito commanded the Jinsen Maru and
Lieutenant Tarisakl the Bushiu Maru.
Each steamer was manned by thirty
men, twenty-nine of whom are here.
One man of Lieutenant Saito's COM
mand was killed while lowering a boat
on the Jinsen Maru. The details of
how the steamers We're taken into the
entrance TO the harbor and sunk are
being withheld by the sailors, but Lieu
tenant Saito stated that they got so
close to the Russian battleship Retvizan
that had they been armed with rifles
they could have fired into her crew.
when it was found that the scheme
was q failure they dropped anchor, and
the crews crowded into the remaining
boats. They then blew up the steam
ers."
The car has received the following
from Viceroy Alexeieff:
1.-The Retvizan has repealed several
attacks by the enemy's torpedo boats,
two Of which are believed to have been
sunk by her in the open sea. Our tor
pedo boats, under Captain of the First
Rank Matussevitch and Captain of the
Second Rank Prince Lieven, encounter
ed, unsupported, and pursued the n e
my's torpedo boat flotilla. They sight
ed ITO large warships. Later in the
morning the cruisers Baycn, Diana,
AsSold and Noyik were sent out to pre-
vent the Japanese cruisers from pursu-
ing Il portion of our returning torpedo
beat fotilla. One of our torpedo boats,
which was cut off by four Japanese
cruisers, sought shelter in Dove bay.
where 1t was subjected to n long dis
lance fire by the enemy"
Tokyo dispatches say that as the.
campaign progresses it seems that the
chances arc growing simmer for a
great pitched battle on the open sea be-
tween the fleets of modern battlesliips
which the world has long awaited. 1t is
believed here that the Russians lack the
strength to assume the offensive and
that they will probably stick to Port
Arthur ~doggedly to await a sea and