The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-29
DRIVE RUSSIANS
OUT OF THE PASS
japanese Arms Are Successful
i'm Another Protracted
Battle
special cable to The Globe

SPECIAL cable TO Inc GLOBE
TOKYO, June 2S.-The Japanese
army which landed at Takushan and
has since been advancing northward,
drove five Russian battalions and two
regiments of artillery, with sixteen
guns yesterday out of Fen Shut pass,
twenty-three miles northwest of Stu
yam. The fighting was severe and last
ed seven hours The Japanese had
100 casualties, including Maj. Oba kill
ed.
The government is annoyed at the
report that Field Marshal Oyama has
been appointed viceroy of Manchuria,
his appointment being to the supreme
command of the forces, and not being
political.
Defeat Was Serious
Special Cable to The Globe
ITEM TSIN, June 2S.-Gen. Plug,
Alexieff's chief of staff, secretly adj
mits that a serious naval defeat was
sustained off Port Arthur on the night
of June %. Rear Admiral Without left
the port with the entire available fleet,
consisting of six battleships, five
cruisers and fourteen destroyers. The
vessels previously sunk by the Japa-
nese to blockade the harbor proved an
immaterial hindrance.
The plan was to effect a junction
with Admiral Skrydloff's squadron
from Vladivostok, but the Japanese
fleet under Togo intercepted and a
night battle enSUed. The Russian bat
tleships Peresviet and Sebastopol, the
cruiser Diana and three destroyers
were crippled. 1t is believed the Jap
anese losses were one battleShip, two
cruisers and five destroyers. Suisse
Quently the Japanese began Simulta-
neously a bombardment and land at
tack on Port Arthur, but We're re-
pulsed.
Russian Ship Stranded
Special Cable to The Globe
TOKYO, June 2S.-Another Russian
warship is reported to have been
stranded off Tiger Rock after the re-
cent naval battle at Port Arthur.
Fight Two Days
HAI-TCHENG, June 2S.-The total
losses in the Dalin hill fight are not
yet known. Eighty wounded have ar
rived here, and on Sunday last hos
pital train with 200 passed, going to
Liau-yang. The fighting lasted the
whole of June 26 and 81, and the Jap
anese successfully pushed the Rus
slams from three positions, occupying
retired.
Wounded Russians, recounting the
two day fight, say that the Japanese
again demonstrated their reliance on
their artillery and that they were
greatly superior, both in number of
men and in guns. On the second day
of the fight they brought up a heavy
battery which silenced the lighter
Russian guns and caused severe loss.
The Japanese artillery practice, how
ever, was inaccurate, and they several
times shelled empty positions or shot
over the Russian columns. The fight
started at dawn, ten miles southwest
Of Dalin hill.
Russians outfIanked
A Russian rife brigade held the po-
sition until noon in the face of heavy
artillery fire, but the Russians were
finally outfanked by infantry and cav
airy, the Japanese actually getting
field battery in the rear of the Russian
position. Then the brigade fell back.
The Dalin hill fight continued from
4 o'clock until dark. The Japanese
worked furiously all night and en-
placed two batteries on the vacated
Russian position.
The fighting was resumed at a. m.
on June 81. The Russians silenced the
two Japanese batteries, but the Jap
anese brought up train of big guns
and silenced the lighter Russian ar
tillery, which was again running out
of ammunition, and the Russians were
once more forced to retire. The Jap
anese cavalry and infantry, threaten
ing to surround the Russian position,
forced a general retreat. The Russians
carried off all their guns and got revenge
on the japanese cavalry column, which
was caught in close formation and was
shelled with terrific effect, being forced
to scatter.