The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-17
JAPS AMBUSHED
AND SLAUGHTERED
Twelve Hundred of General
Kuroki's Force Caught
in a Trap.
RUSSIANS ALSO Get TRAPPED
Unconfirmed Rumor of a Great
Naval Engagement Off
Port Arthur.
VIadivostok Fleet Goes to Port Ar
thur, Has Fight and Then
Returns to Start.
ing Point.
RUSSIANS ALSO Get TRAPPED

st. Petersburg, June IA great
naval battle has taken place off Port
Arthur, it is reported here. Two Rus
sian and four Japanese warships
were sunk, the report declares. No
confirmation of the rumor is obtaina-
BILE.
Hai-Cheng, Manchuria, June IA
Two battallons of Japanese troops,
the advance guard of General Kuro-
ki's army, was wiped out Of existence
on June by the Russians in an am
buscade Oh the road between here and
Feng- Wang Cheng. Not a man was
lost to the Russian force.
Opened % Murderous Fire.
The ambush was laid in a ravine,
about thirty miles southeast of here.
A large force of japanese preceded by
the two Inflated battalions, consisting
of about 200 men, moved out in the
early morning. The Russians had
strong force posted in the ravine and
the battaliOns were in it before their
enemies were discovered.
When the Japanese were we'll in the
ravine the Russians opened murder
Gus rife and artillery fire on them.
The firing was at close range and SO
quick was the work on the part of the
cZar's men that in a few moments
only one Or two Japanese We're not
killed or not wounded. The main
Japanese force tried to outfank the
Russian troops, but the latter drew
off without losing a man. The Jap
anese, closing in, found the ravine va
cant, save for their own dead and
wounded.
Details of the Saimatze Battle.
Liao-Yang, June 10.-Two Russian
battalions of infantry squadron Of
Cossacks and one battery Of artillery
were engaged near SaimatZe June Z
against two Japanese regiments of in
fantry, with artillery, but with no
cavalry. The Russian losses were 100.
The Russian force at Saimatze was
commanded by General Erhotf, who
engaged the Japanese advance at
a. m. on June Z. The Russian in
fantry advanced steadily, pushing the
Japanese from their position, but their
attack gradually developed strength,
and the Russians, finding themselves
in the presence of an overwhelming
force, retired in good order. Their
losses were three officers and about
100 men killed Or wounded. Russian
oh inl No Tan ncf
The fighting continued until 3 p. m.
yIndivostok at Port Arthur.
London, June 1.-THE Standards
correspondent at st. Petersburg tele-
graphs that dispatches have been re-
ceived from Admiral Skrydloff stat
ing that On Tuesday last he moved
with the VladivOstok squadron toward
Port Arthur and arrived within thirty
miles of that place. There he ran into
a fog and found several japanese tor
pedo-bO and two battleshipS con-
fronting him.
The Japanese attacked iercely and
inflicted some damage. The Russians
returned the japanese fire, but as none
of the Port Arthur ships appeared, as
Skrydloff had expected, they returned
to Vladiyostok. which they reached at
s o'clock yesterday morning.
Japs Trap Russians.
New Chwang, June 14.-Information
has been received here through here
tofore reliable channels that part of
the Japanese force left at u-Lan-Tien
to checkmate the Russians southwark
movement to relieve Port Arthur was
attacked southeast of Shungnmao
Saturday. After slight fighting the
Japanese made a false retreat, the
Russians hotly following them, when
the Japanese made flank movement,
catching the Russians in a trap The
Russians losses are placed at 500 men.
They then fell back on Kai-chou and
began to retreat along the Baimatgu-
Tsaichou road.
Kuropatkin Retires Northward.
London, June IA telegram from
st. Petersburg states that the Rus
slams have evacuated Lao Yang and
that General Kuropatkin has moved
his headquarters from Lao Yang to
Mukden, indicating that the army he
commands is retiring northward.
A dispatch from Chefoo states that
Chinese arriving there from Port Ar
thur say a battle was fought within
seven miles of the inners forts last
Wednesday. The japanese fleets ly-
ing off the east coast of the Lao Yang
peninsula supported the army in the