The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
(By the Associated Press.)

st. Petersburg, June 2h.-The gen.
eral staff has recei''- The following
dispatch from Lieutenant General SAX
haroff. under date o. June rs:
since the morning of June % the
anemy has continued to advance to-
ward Kai Chau,. Three attachments
OF cavalry, each consisting of four
or five squadrons, led and were fol-
lowed by dense lines 81 infantry be-
hind which are marching columns of
the line The Japanese outpoXts to-
wards evening extended a.W the
Khovalley about nine mi1H~uth of
Senuchen, With the cay.~ posted il.
guns held the Will lIotsiatung on
the right flank. I'll Ie was firing all
day long. We had one man wounded.
1.-THE frontier guards under sub
Lieutenant Demeyer ambuscaded and
airy, which lost considerably, ten OF
their horses being killed.
There had been 10 further advance
of the enemy towards I<ai Chau up to
l O'Clock yesterday afternoon since
JUNE 81, when a movement of the
Japanese was observed from KhanZa,
on the southern Stu Yen road, towards
Kai Chau along the mountainous route
from Khanza leading northward to
Siak Holung.
Sian Diao Occupied.
"Tne Japanese on June q occupied
the village OF Sian Diao, hut tow
evening evacuated the plat"
pressure by Getachme~ an
guard.
"The enemy concentrated three bat
tahons ~ ~n~ four squad
ro"- 'Hvalry -dtsiaVaitse ara
L3- 25 Diet" INT consisting of a
battalion of infantry. two guns and
two squ2 of cavalry suddenly at
tackeI company of our vanguards
Div king at Sian Diao and forced
company to retire. The Japanese
occupied BlarG mountain, north OF
Sian Diao, and also the pass east of
Sian Di3o on the Siakoholung road.
The Russians concentrated on the
heights near Siakoholung. Four COM
panies with three mountain guns We're
ordered to move from Siakoholung
over the Pass to Sian Diao. The Jap
anese were dislodged from their posi-
ton by our artillery, and our detach-
ment, reinforced, proceeded at eleven
O'Clock in the morning to attack the
whole of the enemy's front. The enc
my fell back in utter disorder and Sian
Diao was re-occupied at one O'Clock in
the afternoon. Our artillery fire forced
DdCh the JdtlCilleSe, WHO I0lIIeu pre-
cipitately beyond Eritakau.
"Our losses were seven soldiers kill
ed three officers and fourteen soldiers
wounded and one missing. The Of
flcer commanding the detachment
speaks highly of the behavior of our
artillery.
Japanese Fall into Ambuscade.
"Some Cossacks on June % prepar-
ed an ambuscade at Lintsiallhe about
four miles from Seluchang. A Japa-
nese detachment fell into the ambus-
cade and lost fifteen killed or wound
ed. b-Lieutenant POloZoff, of the
Russian force, was wounded.
AT eleven o'clock in the morning
of June 2, a Russian detachment re-
connoitering three miles to the east
ward of All Yangmen exchanged shots
with the enemy'S vanguard. AT about
noon the Russians advanced and at
tackled the Japanese on the right flank
diSlodging them from several advanced
fortified positions.
"a Russian detachment at five
o'clock in the afternoon approached
the enemy's main position and found
it occupied by three regiments of in
fantry with eighteen guns. The Rus
slams held their positions until nine
o'clock, not attacking the japanese
because of the latter's superior force,
and not being attacked. Our detach-
ment then retired in perfect order to-
wards Siamatsze. Our losses are not
yet known.
"The town of Kwayensian has been
evacuated by the enemy"