The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
FIGHTING OCCURS DAILY.
General Mistchenko Reports Brushes
With the Japanese Vanguard.

General Mistchenko Reports Brushes
With the Japanese Vanguard.
ST PETERSBURG, June 25.-The
general staff has received the following
dispatch from Lieutenant General SAX
haroff, under date Of June 25:
Since the morning of June % the
enemy has continued to advance to-
ward Kaichou. Three detachments 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 Ho Valley. about nine
miles south of Senuchen, with the cav
airy posted in the rear. The infantry,
with machine guns, held the village of
Motsiatung, on the right flank. There
was firing all day long. We had one
man wounded.
The frontier guards under Sub
Lieutenant Demeyer ambuscaded and
fired upon a squadron Of japanese cav
airy. which lost considerably, ten of
their horses being killed.
There had been no further advance
of the enemy toward Kaichou up to
o'clock yesterday afternoon since June
q, when a movement of the Japanese
was observed from Khanza, On the
southern Siuyen road, toward Kali
chou along the mountainous route
from Khanza leading northward to
Siakhotung
The Japanese on June % occupied
the village Of Siandiao, but toward
evening evacuated the place under
pressure by a detachment of our van
guard.
The enemy concentrated three bat
talions, with six guns and four squad
rons of cavalry, at Matsiavaitze, and
at dawn of June % a detachment con-
sisting Of battalion of infantry, two
guns and two squadrons of cavalry
suddenly attacked company of our
vanguard bivouacking at Sandiao and
forced the company to retire. The
japanese occupied Black Mountain,
north of Siandhao, and also the pass
east of Sandiao, on the Sikhotung road.
The Russians concentrated on the
heights near Siakhotung. -Four COM
panies with guns were ordered to move
from Siakhotung over the pass to SIAN
dao. The japanese were dislodged from
y
detachment, reinforced, proceeded at IL
o'clock in the morning to attack the
whole of the enemys front The enemy
fell back in utter disorder. and Sian
diao was reoccuDied at l o'clock in the
afternoon. Our artillery fire forced
back the japanese. who retired precipi-
lately beyond Eritakau.
Our losses were seven soldiers killed,
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 SeIyuchang. A Japa-
nese detachment fell into the ambus-
cade and lost fifteen killed and wound
ed. Sub-Lieutenant Polozoff of the
Russian force was wounded.
"At IL O'clock in the morning of June
% a Russian detachment reconnoiter-
ing three miles TO the eastward of
Aiyangamen 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 o'clock
in the afternoon approached the en-
emys main position and found it occu-
pied by three regiments of infantry
with eighteen guns. The Russians held
their position until o'clock, not at
tacking the japanese because of the
latter's superior force, and not being
attacked. Our detachment then retired
in perfect order toward Saimatsze. Our
losses are Not yet known.
1.-The town of Kwayensian has been
evacuated by the enemy"