The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-07-13
Latest War News.

Latest War News.
st. Petersburg, July 5.-The thirteen
by Lieutenant General Count Won
Keller in a reconnaissance in force to
ascertain the strength of the Japanese
columns advance force moving on
LiaO- Yang, came into collision with
the Japanese between Mo- tien and
Feng-Chui passes yesterday. Sharp
fighting resulted and the Russians re-
tired before overwhelming numbers,
after agcertaining the exact strength
losses are officially stated to be 200.
st. Petersburg, July Ga few nighte
ago Admiral Tugo attempted to repeat
the Japanese exploit with the torpedo
boats at Wei Hai-Wei during the Chi
nese war by sending torpedo boat de-
strOyers into the harbOr OF Port Ar
thur for the purpose of sinking ships
at their anchorage, but the attempt
ended in disastrous failure.
Four torpedo boat destroyers, sue
ceeded in creeping into the harbor.
only one escaped. Two were sunk by
the shore batteries and one was Grip
pied. The reckless bravery of the Ja-
panese in going to almost certain de-
structiOn excites nothing but admira-
tiOn here. The channelat Port Arthur
is 80 tortuous and strewn with wreck
age without that evidently it was re-
garded as unnecessary to use boom.
The admiralty has no confirmation
engagement between the Viadivstok
squadron and Japanese warships off
Gensnn. There Is good reason to be-
lieve that the Russian squadron is safe
back in port.
Ia Tone Kiao, July THE Japanese
swarmed over the mountain crests ear
~ this morning and advanced on kiao-
Chou, compelling General Chirkoff,
with the center of the Russian van
guard, to fall back.
A whole brigade of Japanese, with
masses of cavalry, followed and Occu-
pied the village of Manly, driving out
two companies of Russian infantry and
two companies Of CossackB, who were
intrenched there. The Japanese mr.
rived within 8 miles of kiao- Chou.
1t was then nightfall.
General Samsonotf made q heroic at
tempt to check the Japanese, galloping
and inflicting great loss on them, but
fearing his retreat would be cut of, he
fell back and is now holding Kiao-
Chou. General Chirkoff's force is sta
toned southeast Of Kiao- Chou. The
plans of the Japanese remain mystery
to the Russian commanders.
Washington, July IA cable from
Minister Allen at Seoul reports the ex-
istence of a great danger to both bel
he has learned from missionary sur
geon that cholera has crossed Manchu-
ria and appeared at Antung.
Condor, July THE Central News
reports night attack on Japanese out
posts near Lauzisan by force Of Rus
sians under General kashlalinski, in
which o thousand Japanese were killed
and wounded. The attack was made
during darkness and during heavy
inforcemente came up but they were
three timee repulsed. The Japanese
tried fisnking movements but Russian
reinforcements arrived and the Cars
forces were enabled to retire. The
Russian losses were thirteen officers
and three hundred men killed and
wounded.
St. Petersburg, July s,-with the
pvpa 9f lnsa aays Of s
the military authorities here are once
more inclined to believe in. the prOba-
bility of heavy fighting and even in the
possibility of general engagement.
The Japanese columns appear again to
be pushing forward at all points, but
the straRetic plans of the Japanese as
we'll as the location of their main force
and the place where their chief blow
will be struck are still puzzling The
Russian authorities. In a general way
the Japanese seem to be withdrawing
their pressure southwest of Kai- Chou
and Liao-Yang, but to be maintaining
it northeast, as II contemplating COM
bined attack of Ta-Tche-Kiao and
Liay Yang. The success OF the ia
panese flauking operations is discon-
certing the Russians. One by one the
passes in the mountains which the Rus
SLAMS had fortified have been attacked
and captured by the Japanese.
Cheefoo, July 10.-Chinese junkmen
who arrived here to. day from Port Ar
thur cay that on Tuesday, July 5, q
Chinese carrier brought into the town
over 800 Russian dead, two Of whom
were high officials. They state that q
part of the Japanese force advanced to
within miles Of the besieged town,
taking another eastern fort.
st. Petersburg, July II, 6.O9 D. m
Details Of the Russian retirement from
Kai Chou, which is hailed rs a great
victory at Toxic, show, according to
the official report of Lieut.. Gen. Sax
haroff, commander of the eastern army,
that it was little more than q series Of
The Russian losses were
about 200 men. The Toxic report that
ten guns were captured is unfounded.
The Russians retired in perfect order
before Gen. Oku's army, consisting of
four divisions.
Staff Capt. Count Neered, who was
killed, was brother OF the midShip-
man of that name, who was killed at
the time Of the sinking of the Russian
cruiser, Yariag, of Chemul-