The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-05-25
SQUADRON WIPED OUT.

LONDON, May %. -A \ Tokyo dis.
patch says General KuroH has report
ed that section of Japanese infantry
encountered and defeated 200 Cossacks
at ToutaOkou eight miles northeast of
Kuangtien. The CoSsacks fled to All
youngpinemen, leaving twenty dead
The Japanese sustained no losses
Additional details of the fight at
Wangchiatun, near Takushan, indicate
that the squadron of Cossacks was al
most annihilated by the japanese in
fantry, which surrounded and com
pletely routed the enemy. All the Rus
sian officers were killed. wounded or
captured. Natives report that some Of
the COssacks escaped on foot, abandon
ing their equipment Many killed or
wounded were found on the battlefield
Paris report says the japanese
have been defeated, with terrible loss,
in battle near Kinchau. The report
says the japanese lost 5000 men, the
Russians 5000. No details are given,
There are two places of that name in
the zone Of active war operations, and
the Japs have been trying to force a
landing at both. One is south of New
chwang; the other is on the Port Ar
thur railroad, just north of the be-
sieged port.
A report from Liaoyang says there is
continual skirmishing between the Rus
sian cavalry and the Japanese Cos
sacks are harassing the japanese in
the hills and byroads, generally driving
them back.
The general plan of the japanese has
not been divulged. They are apparent
ly marking time, awaiting the arrival
Of reserves from Korea who have been
delayed owing TO the impassability Of
the roads.
A typhoon is raging off the coast.
A St Petersburg report says the pre-
vailing opinion at the headquarters OF
the general staff is that the withdraw
al of the japanese upon Fengwang-
cheng means that the enemy has de-
cided TO devote himself primarily to
operations against Port Arthur and
that the present object OF General Ku-
rOki, with the first army, supported by
General Nadya, with the third army,
now landing near Takushan, is TO
watch General Kuropatkin and pre-
vent a move southwark, which would
take General Oku and the second army,
on the Liaotung peninsula, in the rear.
A Newchwang report says the Japa-
nese land operations directed against
Port Arthur are meeting with little
success. Generals Stoessel and Fock
continue to make we'll directed and
desperate sorties against the advance
of the japanese, who are fighting with
q stubborn determination almost un-
known in history.
Several hundred have been killed |
during the last few days.
Japanese re-enforcements are arriv- |
ing daily at Pitsewo and POlandien.
A Russian torpedo fotilla is cruising
off Port Arthur.
1t is the intention of the Japanese
to reduce the Russian fortress at all |
costs before undertaking a general adj |
vance on Liaoyang, where the Russian |
army is concentrated.
The west wall Of Llaoyang has been |
pulled down and the material Utilized |
in constructing covered trenches and |
fortifcations extending from the noun
tains on the Fengwangcheng road to
the Lao river. Thousands of Chinese
anchors have been conveyed to Lao
yang TO be used in anchoring pontoon
bridges.
Probably the greatest battle Of the
war will be fought in the vicinity of
where General Kuropatkin
is determined to check the japanese
advance.