The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-27
Russian Army Has Been Rolled
Back on the Fortress.
Swept from Northern Defenses
in Five Hours Battle.
GUN BOATS TAKE PART.
Japanese on West and Russian
on East Side of Peninsula.
Admiral Togo Has Established
a Complete Blockade.
Final Investment of Russian
Gibraltar Is Completed.
GUN BOATS TAKE PART

Toxic. May 27, noon.-The Japa-
nese troops have swept all the Rus
SLAMS from their defenses west of Ia
lien Wan bay. Its is now Improbable
that the latter will be capable OF Of
fering any further resistance in the
territory north of Port Arthur.
Toxic, May 27.-After five hours of
desperate lighting the Japanese cap
tured Kin Chou yesterday evening
Ninquan Lin, a stronghold of the
r. enemy, was taken later after a hot
fight. An artillery duel still con-
tinues. A Russian gunboat bonn
barded the Japanese left flank from
TaIien bay, while the Japanese war
ships worked with the army from
Kin Chou bay.
Vice Admiral Togo has now estab-
ltshed a complete blockade around
the southern end of the Lao Tung
peninsula This completely envelops
Port Arthur from the seaward and
probably marks the opening OF the
final investment of the town and its
fortihcatiOns.
Russians Claim Three Submarines.
New Chwang, May 27.-The Russian
authorities here declare that Jap
anese battleship has been sunk by q
submarine boat and that three crafts
of this class are now at Port Arthur
and another en- route to VladiVoStok
by rail- A French priest, just arrived
from Mukden, says 10000 Russian
troops are stationed there and that an
army of 100 600 men is at Lao Yang
with heavy reinfOrcements arriving
everv day Feng Ling KetO, who was
deported by the Russians in July last
and escaped, has recently returned ana
has gathered 8 900 brigands near kwan
Ling and is harassing his old enemies.
COssacIxs Lose Their Horses.
eral staff has received the following,
dated May 25, from Lieut. General
Sakharoff: There is no change in the
general situation in the Feng Wang
Cheng district.
''Our cavalry report that the Japa-
nese are constructing forti1catons
around Feng Wang Cheng, where
they have a force of 5000 infantry
and 1000 cavalry, with 36 field guns.
The Japanese advance guard has
advanced to twenty-five miles north
of the All river, their front being
turned toward Saimatse and kuan-
tiansian. They are effecting no otheR
movement north of the All river.
1T is reported a great many Japa-
nese cavalry horses have become ex-
hausted and are broken down.
ION May % our scouts near Pit
sewO and in the Kwantung peninsula
ascertained that Japanese outposts oc-
cupied the heights two miles south of
the station of Wafandian. Three miles
in their rear were two squadronS of
cavalry of the line. Two and a half
companies of the Twelfth infantry
protected both TANKS by infantry
screens of forty men each. Further
southwark. infantry and cavalry were
disposed among the villages bordering
on the railway.
About Poiandien 5000 troops of
all arms and five guns are concen-
trated In the neighbOrhoOd of Pit
sewo and further south the japanese
continue landing, the troops marching
thence toward Kin Chow with cover
ing detachments thrown ou- on the
west.
According to Chinese reports. a
battle took place at Kin Chow May IS
in which the Japanese lost 700 men
The Russian losses were not so great
"A Japanese landing at Taku Shan
began five days ago, and it is reported
6,OOO trops, principally infantry, were
landed, but this has not been verified
The troops landed are marching from
Taku Shan northwest to Stu Yen and
southwest toward Port Arthur
"One of our sOtnias encountered a
japanese detachment on the night Of
May 20 at SitkOuchintse, and caused
great CONSERVATION among the Japa-
nese, who opened a wild fire against
the coSsac cks. In the darkness they
fired upon their own men.
on May p a Russian reconnoiter-
ing party got behind the Japanes
army near Tansanchintse, on the
Raln road from Sakhedza to Lao
AAng, and found a japanese detach-
@A-cl4t , ~ StLOn&. Inc russian scouts
watched for sixteen hours. during
which at least $4,000 Chinese and Ko7
Tean coolies passed, together with 9OO
carts L ne japanese finally discovered
and attacked the Russian scouts all
of whose horses were killed Tba
foot" On
An Artillery Duel.
London, May PA dispatch from
TOXIC TO the Central News dated to-
day says: -
The lighting which eliminated in
the japanese occupation of Kin Cboi1
was particularly confined to an arti1-
1ery duel, which, beginning at dawn of
May 26, continued without interrnissio,1
for five hours. II
Three japanese warships in. E<{,
Chou bay co-operated, frine ,1itt
heavy guns on the Russian positions
A Russian gunbOat in Talien Wan IA
also Joined in the fight bomba rdirs-
the left flank of the Japanese army.
Kin Chou castle was occupied I,x-
the japanese at 20 minutes past four
o'clock this morning
Later the Russians were driven
from their positions on the southern
heights. The japanese are now in Dur-
suit of the retreating Russians
The Fighting Near Port Arthur.
London. May 27.-Baron Hayashi.
the Japanese minister, discussing the
recent fighting north of Port Arthur.
said today:
KIN Chou will be occupied as a first
base. The neighboring hills viii be
strongly fortified in order that they