The San Francisco call., 1904-06-21
.SLAT LOSS
TOTALS TEN
THOUSAND
Awful Slaughter in
the Battle at
TeliSSu.
Japanese Bury More Than
Fifteen Hundred Of the
Foes Dead.
Chinese Report That the Russians
Themselves Removed TrainlOadS
Of Bodies.

TOXIC. June 20-Further reports re-
ceived here show that the blow in
ficted by General Oku upon the Rus
slams in the fighting at Telissu CVafan-
gowl on June Is was more severe than
at first was believed. The number OF
Russian killed in this battle probably
will exceed 1000, and their total losses,
including prisoners. is estimated at TO-
600. The japanese losses are less than
1000, or about One-tenth Of the Russian
total
Up TO June II General Oku had
buried 1916 Russian dead. and he re-
ports that many more dead have been
found.
Chinese who Witnessed the fighting
from the Russian side report that the
Russians removed many dead on the
trains with their wounded. and that
they buried or cremated many cOrpses
in the village Of Huasungkou before
they retreated-
The number Of prisoners and trophies
taken by the Japanese is increasing
General Oku is not yet able to report
the total number Of prisoners
sLAv REPORT OF LOSSES
ST. PETERSBURG. June 2O.-A de-
tailed report OF the Russian losses at
the battle of VafangOw, given out this
afternoon, places the total at 5000
killed or wounded, mostly men who
belonged to the troops forming the
Russian right flank
The Emperor has received the follow
ing dispatch from General KuropatlSin-
Z THE enemy in the direction OF
Saimatzse and Fengwangcheng have
not only stopped but have made a retro
grade movement. They have evacuat-
ed several points toward the north Of
Fengwangcheng. which until recently
they occupied
ssThe movement OF the Japanese
troops toward the Dalime dehle has
been stopped. but a rather important
movement of the japanese forces has
been discovered in the direction OF
Siuyen and Haicheng or SiUyen and
Tashichiao."
RUSSIAN PRAISES THE FOE.
NEWCHWANG. June 20.-A Russian
officer who was wounded in the battle
at VafangOw (Tehssu) told a corre-
spondent that the losses on both sides
were severe. He places the Russian
casualties at 1000 He says no soldiers
in the world could have withstood the
Japanese as they have been fighting
lately. Their artillery fire. he says, IS
rnarvelously effective. The Russians
fought stubbornly. desperately. but
were unable TO withstand the enemy's
dashing persistency-
have been sent north. owing to lack
OF hospitals and surgeons. The Jap
anese buried most OF the Russian dead
after the battle.
II is estimated that the Japanese
force moving northward is 10000
strong. with 10000 men in the aggre-
gate engaged in the operations at Port
Arthur
JAPANESE USING LYDDTTE-
SIMUCHEN. Manchuria, June %
The japanese artillery at the battle OF
Vafangow included heavy siege guns
using lyddite and sweeping the entire
battlefield. The Japanese suffered tre-
mendOus losses in turning the Russian
right. one battalion Of the Twenty
sixth Regiment being annihilated. The
hospital station at NafangOw was re-
peated1y struck by the enemy's shells,
which mutilated the Russian wounded
LIAOYANCi. June ga correspond
ent who spent the night at Aaichens
reports having heard heavy firing to
the southwark and believes il to have
been either an attack upon TashichlaO
or the fleet again bombarding the
coast. near Kaiping- The firing con-
tfnued from 10 O'Clock at night until
. O'Clock in the morning