Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-07-02
RUSSIANS AGAIN DEFEATED
COMPELLED TO RETREAT NORTH
WARD FROM TATcHEk,Ao
There Were $4,000 Russians
Few Days Aso-Japanese ill.,.
General kurOki Attack Them--o....
Jap General, oku viii Nj.
Attack Now.

81 petersburg, June 2S.-A r
rs in circulation here to the effoot :,
the Russian forces have been dasa".
ed at Tatchekiao and comnelIad ~
treat northward. At the war oeo
is stated that no report of such aot,au
has been received, but none Of tbo ~
hclals in charge would deny that snoh
battle might have been fought
1t is known that there wera FIN.
$4,000 Russians at Tatchekiao H..
Thursday, and that the entire Jananooo
army under General Kuroki was NAV
ing northward to attack them.
Liaoyang, June 27.-1ne second Ion
anese army, under General Oku l.
withdrawing all along the line havina
apparently abandoned the intention Of
effecting juncture with General Kuro.
ki's army.
The Japanese report of the loss Of
three Russian ships at Port Arthur
has not been made public here. tbough
the authorities have allowed to be
printed a statement that the souad.
ron had made a sortie, and also the
news of the loss of the Japanese for.
pedo boat destroyers. Some of the pa.
pers have even commented with salts.
faction on the prospect of the fight in
the open sea, where the merits of the
two fleets will be fairly tested.
An official explanation of the SUD-
preston of the japanese report is that
the admiralty is unwilling to unneces.
sarily alarm the public by the circula.
ton of such statements, entirely on the
authority of the enemy and in the alb.
sence of definite advices from the
commander at Port Arthur. 1t is also
suggested that there has been fight
and that the Japanese have minimizea
their own losses and magnifed those
of the Russians with a view of effect
ing the new loan which it is understood
Japan is negotiating.
Mine Version Advanced.
On the other hand, according to
foreign naval attache, the admiralty
admitted that Rear Admiral Witsoeft
(the naval commander at Port Arthur
lost one battleship and two cruisers,
but in the absence of details there was
an inclination to believe that the ships
struck mines, the admiralty not be-
lieving, in the face of the lessons
taught by the injuries to the Retvizan
and to the Czarevitch. that Admiral
Witsoeft would have remained in the
outer roads at night thus inviting the
dash by the Japanese destroyers.
In high court and army and naval
circles, where the report of the Port
Arthur affair has been freely circu-
lated, the. Japanese version is received
with considerable reserve.
The officials do not attempt to dis
guise the seriousness of and the far
reaching consequences which might re-
suit from the loss of three of the PORT
Arthur warships, but they profess 10
be more inclined to believe that the
vessels were lost in open fighting RAIN
er than as the result of a torpedo al
tack. Should this be the case, they
say, the Japanese could not have es'
capped without material loss and the
Gripping of one or two of their battie,
ships, enough to assure command VI
the sea to the Baltic squadron.
Fleets May Be United.
There is much speculation tonlsn'
as to. whether the Vladivostok squau'
ron might not have gone out and PEI,
haps be on the eve of joining the run
Arthur fleet. A telegram from Fiaul,
vostok, dated June 25, which has OeeA
received here, does not mention .no
squadron, but it is easily concelVap1
that such mention might be suppressed
for strategic reasons.
A general tension is evident III enO
city tonight. There are many runO.
afloat, and every one is realizing ina
most important news may be- xpec'7N
at any moment. -
1t is reported that serious 'a
fight has taken place near TatcneAiaS
in which the Russians were defea'eS
No confirmation of this report Is "
tainable.