Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-08
RUSSIANS FALL BACK
Japanese Brigade Advances
Close to Kaichow.
PORT ARTHUR is NOW HGMNED IN
AdmiraI Bexobraxoff Reports THAI
Two Torpedo Boats of the EN-
emy Were Sunk by Vlad-
iyOntOk Fleet.

LONDON, July S.--A Tatchekao dis
patch says that the Japanese in force
have swarmed over the mountain
crests and advanced on Kaichow, COM
polling General Chirikoff, with the GEN.
ter of the Russian vanguard, to fall
back.
A whole brigade of Japanese, with
masses Of cavalry, followed and occu-
pied the village of Nantay, driving out
two companies Of Russian infantry and
two companies of Cossacks who were
lntrenched there. The japanese have
arrived within five miles of Kaichow,
and both hold a strong position.
General Samsonof made heroic at
tempt to check the Japanese, galloping
out with guns to shell the Japanese left
and inflicting great loss on them. But,
fearing his retreat would be cut off,
he fell back and is now holding Kai-
chow. General Chirikoffs force is sta
toned southeast of Kaichow. The
plans of the japanese remain mys-
terry to the Russian commanders.
There is no doubt that the appear
}ance Of the Japanese so close to Kali
chow is one of the most crucial fea-
lures Of the present situation. This
leaves an opportunity either for Wig
orous defense of Kaichow, bringing
south for this purpose General Kuro-
patkin, who is still at Tatchekiao, or
for the Russians to evacuate Kaichow
without serious resistance, probably
concentrating at Tatchekdao. at which
is the end of the branch railroad con-
meeting Newchwang with the main line
and apparently the last place where a
stand could be successfully made to
prevent the Japanese from pushing
across the peninsula, seizing New
chwang and Yinkow and establishing
a new base on the west coast of the
peninsula.
The fact that the Japanese outposts
are gradually being pushed out along
the whole front, even to the north of
Liaoyang, makes Aghting q possibility
almost anywhere along the railroad.
A Chefu dispatch says that in the
fighting which occurred for the posses
sion of one of the hills northeast of
Port Arthur the Russians lost, accord
iang to Chinese reports, 100 men killed
and fifty wounded. Fifty Chinese were
sent out to bring in the Russian dead
land wounded
Chinese say the entrance to the har-
Dor to Port Arthur is unsafe for the
passage of vessels One Russian war
ship was slightly damaged while COM
ing out recently as a result Of striking
a sunken wreck, and two other war
ships collided in the entrance and had
to undergo repairs.
Vice Admiral Skrydloff has reported
TO st. Petersburg that the Russian
cruisers from Vladivostok, commanded
by Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff, met a
Japanese squadron, consisting Of three
battleships, four protected cruisers and
torpedo boats, in the Korean gulf and
turned back. The japanese pursued
the Russians, the battleships and cruis-
ers firing on them without result. Jap
tRnese torpedo boats then attacked the
Russians, which returned the attack,
and Admiral BezobrazoR believes that
two Of the enemy's torpedo boats were
sunk by the Russian fire. The Rus
slams sustained no damage.
A Chefu dispatch says that Chinese
who have arrived there from Port Ar
thur say the Japanese forces have
formed complete Gordon around the
land side of the town and that they
are occupying all the commanding
hills. including Wolf mountain, with,
in a radius Of seven miles of the forti-
hcations.
The Chinese say also that two large
waRships are missing from the squad
ron which went out from Port Arthur
and that the Russian battleship Sevas.
topol has been damaged.
The Japanese bombarded Port Arthur
from the sea on June 80, but did no
damage to the town.
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