The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-08-03
RUSSIANS
RETREAT FROM
HA|CHENC.
Continued from page One.


Gen. Kuroki has teIegraphed that IN
the two days hghting at Yanstsuling ana
yushulintxu, his losses were six oricers
ru,ad 1s officers wounded and $50 men
Killed and wounded.
RUSSIANS CONCENTRATING,
q, pater.burg Aug. s.-Gen. Kuropat-
kin's armies are now concentrating upon
LAO Yang falling back respectively upon
Anchanshan. Aandiansian and Anping, as
predicted In the dispatches of The AS
sociated Press These three points form
q ring OF closely knit defenees around
Lao Yang and enable Cen Kuropatkn
70 risk a general engagement. The only
cause for anxiety is Anping, and Gen.
Kuropaskm's words that he hoped the
troops would hold that place indicate a
.rnissfvins. The Japanese evideuEsS
reafixed the advantage of attacking this
point and directed thcir strongest advty
along the saasatzi-IAao Yang line.
A brlef Telegram from Gen. Knropatkiri,
received this morning, reports the evacua-
ton of HsAcheng. and declares the Ja-
spaneye dtd not continue the attack toward
lIAao Yang. August ]. adding that they
were evidently unable 70 follow up their
advantage of the previous day. owing 10
ths stubborn resistance of the Russians
coupled with the tropical heat
The general Says tho soldiers threw
AWAY their overcoats and equipments.
and adds THAI everything possible was
done TO relieve than. but. nevertheless.
there was q great number OF deaths from
sunstruks. He does not specify the
casualties of the hattie and makes no
imsnfion OF tho loss Of guns.
sroRnnNG OF PORT ARTHUR
st petersburg, Aug. 3-The frst Rus
rsian report Of tho storming operations at
Povt Arthur has tust been feceived from
the consul Of Raas1a Mt Che Foo. dated
tod4y. II says q general attack began
Saturday with the japanese In immense
forca There were two days OF bonn
bardment OF unprecedented violence. The
Japanese at the time Of sending this die
patch, the consul adds, had everywhere
been repulsed with great loss. The
J8panoGe casua1eies possibly reached 20
700, but TIM Russian losses were insisn1fl-
cant
The consul further reports that the
Russians have an abundance OF ammuni-
ton The telegram does not mention ma
val operations but IL Is considered possi-
bio that the Russian warships parttci-
pated In shelifng the besaegers from the
sea.
The exact date OF the events reported
In this telegram 10 not clear as the meth
Cd OF transmission In not disclosed. II
n possible that II was by q wireless mes
saxe reporting events which have oc-
curred since last Saturday. On the Other
hand. the message may have gone by
Junk to Che Foo, in which oaSe IL re-
fers to events Of a week ago and practi
cally covers the reports mentioned IL
The Associated Press dispatches from
Che Foo. In either case the reports hAv'
been received with considerable exulta'
ton after the pesshnistio ramory spreat
abroad from foreign sources last week.
II seams apparent that tho Japanes'
advance against Cen. Kuropatkfn wa.
timed to occur simuk neously with th'
assault upon Port Arthur.
JAPs LOSE A CRUISER
Rome. Aug. e-The Giornaie DItan 70
day pubiished In an extra adttion des
paSch from Toxic announcing that th'
'Japanese arrnored cruiser kasuka, Nor
merly the argentine warship NvadaTa
end purchased In pt1ly.) had been sunk
ine announcement caused q great sensa
'tton hace.
Tfs Kasuga was one of two arunore'
ycr1dserv psrcfnssd BY japan from Argen
TIM, 5usk previous to the outbreak Of tn
war wath nains1a- she wns Of 100 ton
ldsspasosp0nt. carried a crew of 800 offi
IosrS and men and mounted one Zen Incl
j0un. two Ashk inoh. fourteen six inch
Hn dve fup6 and eight snAller rapid Dir
GunsL 6hs had six tnuhes OF nickel-stee
DoRCED TO RErREAT.
s1yuudpn. Anx. "a dsgpatch fromyH Hal
bChenS under dsks OF August Q. says tha
Ia coussQuenoe of the desperate hshtfn'
}of ths last few DAYS and the Japanes
-, -nrs,s,s% a. swsc,,as~ Ta, chem
jAnd I'M back on AnShanehan
TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS.
tgIn order 70 avoid complications whic
ssmaaf1t have She cffpct Of extending III
assa c< war, Husae has made paCti'
concession 20 Great Britain In connectio
with the DArdaneiles question. Replyin
TO Brtksh representa- atons regarding III
,closurs Of the Dardanelles TO vessels {
The volunteer feet intended for warlih
uses az ven az warships. Count BenckeI
dorm. the Rnssian ambassador 20 Gree
Britain II 10 learned has advised Foreig
Secretary Lansdowne that his govern
ment consents TO waive 'fne right to sen
ships through the straights during tf
present war. but at the same time Rui
Gia makes no concession In relation
the general principle involved and n
serves TO herself the right TO take sue
action AZ she deems proper when the va
with Japan terminates.
The British government would like
complete settlement OF the principle b,
Russia does ont propose to negotiate o
this subject ~ avoidabie. while the war
IN progress.
Beyond preliminary ~rinouncemer
from Count Benckendorff TO the effe'
that Russia will make a response TO u
British protest against the sinking OF u
British steamer Knight Commander
the vladivostok squadron when the r
port OF Admiral Jessen reaches 81. p
tersburg. the foreign office here has r
ceived nothing on the subject.
GBTs ALARMING NEWS.
o. Petersburg. Aug 3. b:S p NH
correspondent OF the Associated Pre-
nears that Emperor Nicholas has just r
ceived a telegram at Peterhof containir
alarming news
II is also reported that viceroy Ale
Jeff. who had gone 10 Hardin on his w'
20 vladivstok. returned 90 LAO Ysr
yesterday and conferred with Gen. kur
patkin. regarding the situation.
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