The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-28
The Japanese Advance Continues.

st. Petersburg, June 25.-The general
staff has received the following de-
spatch from Lieutenant General Saka
roff under date of June %:
Since the morning of June % the ell
emy has continued to advance toward
Kai-Chau. Three detachments of cav
airy, 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 Senu-Chen, with
the cavalry posted in the rear. The
infantry with the machine guns held
the village Of Molsiatung on the right
flank. There was firing all day long
We had one man wounded.
THE frontier guards under sub-Lieu.
tenant Demeyer ambusued and fired
on a squadron of Japanese cavalry
which lost considerably, ten of their
horses being killed.
There had been no further advance
of the enemy towards Kai-Chau up to
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon since
June q, when movement of the Jap
anese was served from Khanza, on the
southern Stu Yen road towards Kai
Chau along the mountainous route
from Khanza leading northward to
Siakholung.
THE japanese on June % occupied
the village of Sian Diao, but toward
evening evacuated the place under
pressure by a detachment of our van
guard.
The enemy centered three battaIions
with six guns and four SquadronS of
cavalry at Matcsiavailse and at dawn
of June % a detachment consisting of
a battalion of infantry, two guns and
two squadrons of cavalry suddenly at
tackled company of our van guards
bivouacking at Sian Diao and forced
the company to retire. The japanese
occupied Black mountain north OF
Sian Diano and also the pass east OF
Sian Diano on the Siakhotung road.
The Russians concentrated on the
heights near Siakhotung.
Four companies with three mountain
guns were ordered to move from Siak-
hotung over the pass to Sian Diao. The
Japanese were dislodged- from their
position by our artillery, and our de.
tachment, reinforced, proceeded at II
O'Clock in the morning to attack the
whole of the enemy's front. The enc
my fell back in utter disorder and Sian
Diao was re-occupied at 1 o'clock in
the afternoon. Our artillery fire fore
ed back the japanese, who retired pre-
cipitately beyond Erltaku.
Our losses were seven soldiers kill
ed, three officers and fourteen soldiers
wounded and one man missing. The
officer commanding the detachment
speaks highly of the behavior of our
artillery.
Some Cossacks on June % prepared
an ambuscade at Lintsiakhe. about
four miles from Selyuchang. A Jap
anese detachment fell into the ambus-
cade and lost fifteen killed or wounded.
Sub-Lieutenant Polozoff of the Russian
force was wounded.
"At = o'clock in the morning Of June
22nd. a Russian detachment reconnoit-
ering three miles to the eastward CT
Aiyangmen exchanged shots with til
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 O'Clock
in the afternoon approached the enc
my'S main position and found it occu-
pied by three regiments of infantry,
with eighteen guns. The Russians held
their Positions until nine O'Clock, not
attacking the Japanese because Of the
latters superior force and not being
attacked. Our detachment then retired
in perfect order towards Saimatze.
our losses are not yet known. The
town of Kwayensian has been evac-
uated by the enemy