Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Movement From Mukden
on Gen. kurOki'S
Army.
CALLING RESERVES
Reported Japanese Bat
t1eship is on the
Rocks.

st. Petersburg. June 1.-the Assoc
ciated Press is informed Gen. Kuro-
patlin is reversing Gen. Kurokfs
thanking movement north Of Saimat-
sza by sending troops from Mukden
to turn Kuroki's right wing. The ar
my reserve men of st. Petersburg are
being called out today.
y rumor is current at the admiralty
that the japanese battleship Yashima
is on the rocks near Port Arthur.
Take Sui Yen.
st. Petersburg, June II. THE Jap
anese have taken Siu-Yen, driving out
the Russians. The enemy appears To
be advancing on Hai-Chcng.
London, June IL. - That there is
fighting going on in the vicinity of
Port Arthur is almost certain, but
authoritatic reports are not III hands
The rumor is that the Japanese are
attacking by water and land.
Jap Consul Makes Discovery.
London. June 1.-The Daily Nails
Chefoo correspondent says: The. Jap
anese consul has discovered that a
wireless telegraph apparatus is at
tached in the night time to the Rus
sian consular flag staff here and that
the consulate is communication with
Port Arthur"
Reports From Toxic.
Washington, June 11.-Thc follow
III
the Japanese legation from 1OkiOs
dated June 10: General Kuroki re-
ports that detachment of our troops
occupied Saimchih on June Z. Our
casualties were three killed aIH twen-
ty-fOur men wounded. The enemy left
on the battlefield twenty-three killed,
besides two officers and five men who
were made prisoner. General kurokfA
army. cooperating with the forces
that landed at Taku-Shan, occupied
Siuruen on June s, driving the enemy
toward Tomucheng and Kaiping. The
enemy consisted of 1000 cavalry and
six guns. Our casualties were three
men killed, one lieutenant, one SUBJ
lieutenant and twenty-eight men slight
ly wounded" ..4AI
Reports the siu-Yen Fighting.
st. Petersburg. June 1.-THE ems
peror has received from General KurO-
patkin the following telegram, dated
June .: June Z the japanese slowly
continued their march toward Siu-Yen
by the Takushan and Feng-Wang-
Cheng roads. Their advance guard did
mot fn.-a
south and east of Siu-Yen. On the
morning of June n Japanese infantry
brigade, two mountain batteries and
five squadrons of cavalry, marched
against Siu-Yen. About IL o'clock the
Japanese appeared before the town ON
the south side. but were checked by
a very successful fire from our bat
teries.
Russian Artillery Effective.
Japanese infantry then began adj
vancing against the town from the
east by the Feng-Wang- -Cheng road,
and came i'll contact with the COssacks
holding the pass. After two hours
fighting the Cossacks were obliged to
retire, and our artillery opened fire
along the pass, not allowing the jap
mOmePt a japanese mountain battery
arrived and took u position to tha
south, but after firing few rounds
was silenced by our battery.
thanking Movement Wins the Fight.
I'm the course of the fight flank
ing movement by several battalions oe
Japanese infantry was observed north
east of Siu-Yen, threatening our line
Of retreat. Consequently our COssacks
gradually Withdrew five miles from
keeping up their fire from a
battery on dense column of the en-
emy at a range Of GOO yards. The
fire slackened about in the after
noon. Among our losses were Chere.
missineff, chief of COssacks; Cornet
and Lieutenant Colonel
Possokhoff. To all appearances the
Cossacks were engaged with troops OF
the Tenth division.
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