Arizona republican., 1904-06-26
Great Japanese and Russian
 Armies Ready to Clash
THE SPRAYING TENSION
Constant Touching of outposts-eon- firmatory Reports, NotiHeard at St. Petersburg, of Thursdays Naval Engagement and Losses.

St. Petersburg. June 25.-The general staff has received the following dis patch from Lieutenant General Salha- rolf, under date of June 25:
 Since the morning of June g t,,e enemy has continued to advance to- ward Kai Chou. Three attachments of cavalry. each consisting of four or five squadrons, led, and were followed by dense lines of infantry, behind which are marching columns of the line. The Japanese outposts toward evening ex- tended along the Kho valley about nine miles south of Senuchen with cavalry posted in rear, The infantry. vita machine guns, held the village O. Motsia Tung on the right flank. There was firing all day long. We had one man wounded.
 1.-The frontier guards under Sub Lieut.. Demeyer, ambuscaded and fired on squadron of Japanese cavalry. l which lost ten of their horses killed. There had been no further advance of the enemy toward Kai Chou up to l o'clock yesterday afternoon since June 21. when movement of Japanese was observed from, KhanaZ on the Siu Yen road, toward Kai Chou, along the l | ing northward to Siakhotung
 ''The Japanese on June % occupis d the village of Sian Diao, but toward 1 evening evacuated the place under pressure by a detachment of our van- guard. The enemy concentrated three i battalions, with six guns and four | sQuadrons of cavalry at Matsiavaitzs, and at dawn of June 23 a detachment Of two guns and two squadrons of cav airy suddenly attacked a company or our vanguard bivouacking at Sian DiaO and forced them to retire. The Jap anese occupied Black mountain. nor h of Sian Diao and also a nass of Sian | Dfao on the Sikhotung road.
 'The Russians concentrated on the heights near Sikhotung. Four com panies with three mountain guns were ordered to move from Sikhotung over l the pass to Sian Diao The Japaness were dislodged from their position by our artillery and our detachment. re- inforced, proceeded at II o'clock in the morning to attack the whole of tke ! enerrys' front. The enemy fell back in utter disorder and Sian Dixo was re- l occupied at l o'clock in the afternoon. ls three officers and fourteen soldiers wounded and one man missing. The l officer commanding the detachment speaks highly of the behavior of our artillery.
 | Some Cossacks on June g prepared
 an ambuscade at Lint Siakhe. about four miles from Selyuchang. A Jap ! anese detachment fell into the ambus- ! cade and lost fifteen killed and wound l ed. Sub-Lieutenant Polozoff. of the Russian force was wounded.
 "At II o'clock in the morning of June
 E2, Russian detachment reconnolter-
 ing three miles to the astward of Al
 Yang Men exchanged shots with the | enemy's vanguard. At about noon the
 Russians advanced and attacked the Japanese on the right flank. dislodging | them from several advanced fortified positions.
 "A Russian detachment at in the afternoon approached the enemy's main position and found it occupied by three regiments of infantry with eighteen 1 guns. The Russians held their positions
 until o'clock. not attacking the Jap
 anese, because of the. latters superior
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