The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-07
kUROPATKlN REPORTS.


st Petersburg, June 6. -Grmeral
kuropatkin telegrapha to the emperor
under date Of June as follows: "Ful,
Ter reports give particulars of the af.
fair near WafenRkau station May so.
A detachment of Russian cavalry. cOa,
sisting Of dragons, Cossack5 and
mounted chasseura with battery, on
heir way from Vdnzalon were inform.
I'd that two companies of the frontier
guard were engaged with the enemy
occupying a position near the village
IT Iond1iatun. A portion Of our cav,
airy advanced toward Wafengkan
while two squadrons of lragoons were
ent 70 support the frontier guard and
one company Of chasseurs was sent
TO pr,tect and reconnolter on our
iank in the valley Of Fu Chan After
accomplishing this mission the chas.
ours and The company Of CoGsacka
formed the right flank Of our position
Towards O'Clock the enemy be.
ran to debouch in considerable force
from Lutaiatun with the object of at
lacking our advance line Two com
oanie3 Of Siberian Cogsacks crossed
he railway In front Of the cavalry and
Etacbel squadron of the japanese
llVance Guard, almost entirely de
atroyng II in n hand to hand fight
They afterwards encountered the fire
If the Japanese infantry Two squad
runs Of our cavalry ana a battery of
machine guns hurried up ana then re
firing lrcW after them the second
aqua Iron Of Japanese cavalry This
squadron FOIL we'd until /; came in
contact with the detachment Of chas
teuls who succeeded In firing eight
Eolles at fixed range into the squad
ron ami then fen back having suffered
considerable loss"
while rctroatinR 10 the left the
Japanese squadron came under the
Ere of a company Of the frontier guard
which had advanced and the squadron
retired in disorder Our Dragons
came mp At this moment bnt owing t.
top graphical conditions they coulI
not participate rs part Of our front
bat hro1 on the enemy from the
heights north Of lWsiatun
discovering our cnleayor To turn
their left the japanese retired on
Va ir second posiii1 Our battery got
into position and opened a successful
fire on the Japaneeo infantry and ma.
chine guns Meanwhile The movement
Of the cnemys Infantry towards lat
siatun was observed, and subsequent
ly about 2 m dense lines Of infan
try were seen occupying the crest OF
he heights which had bocu previously
coupled by the DRAGONS
Oar losses were Lieut. Won Meyer
seriously wounded, Lieut. Brandt
slightly wounded, three men killed
and forty wounded.
IT appears from a report found ON
the body Of japanese unn-commis
toned officer that the Fourteenth dra
goons alone lost seventy men
"Onr Cossacks were Cred upon by
the japanese infantry occupying
fortifod position on the heights near
.hc village Of KhotsiaputSc. eighteen
miles from Fens Wang chan1
AT the outset the Japanese attempt
cd to advance across the valley uf
Koaulindzvpho but were slupped hl
the accurate FIRE from our field gun
which ;he Cossacbs had succeeded in
bringing into position
The Coesacls lismouu.cd an
with tbr all of rein. rcoments and
fire Of two guns forced the laplnesa
TO abandon their position and retire
under the cover Of their supports
The engagement lasted from 1 p. DAB
mill 6 D. m.
ON the japanese side ~ compan
les took part. far having arrived
as reinforccmcnts. The en're9chments
II the enemy were we'll constructed
aa perrec.ly masked
"Cu- cavalry worked the guns ad
Their fire contributed prir
cipal to our success Our losses /
were tNc gall Mt Ccssacbs chief Stra
Eoa. killed two officers slightly I
sounded. and twe bruised.