The San Francisco call., 1904-06-07
HGaVyArtilI0ryFiril
Is Heard Near
LiaOyang.
Another Combat Is Being
Wag0d in Vicinity
Of Port Arthur.
Russians Report RumOr Of Disaster
to WarShipS of Admiral
TOgO'S Fleet.

LONDON, June IA dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph. dated Shengtaitse.
Monday. says that heavy artillery fr-
ing was heard that morning in the di-
rectiOn of Tahwan, east Of Liaoyang.
T1ENTSIN, June IA telegram this
morning from YinkOw announces that
Etzel Of the London Telegraph was
shot dead at Tienchwangtai last night
by imperial troops.
Heavy firing was heard at New
chWang this morning coming from the
direction Of Liaoyang.
The Russians have evacuated Sin
mintung (abOut 30 miles west Of Nfnk-
den) and its vicinity. IL Is said that the
troops which were at Sinmintung are
joining troops on the road to Mukdeu.
FIRING AT PORT ARTHUR.
CHEFU. June Z. 1O:45 a. m.-The cor
respondent of the Associated Press AT
Tengchow cables that there was firing
at Port Arthur last night. beginning at
1880 O'Clock and continuing for
several hours. A junk arriving during
the night from Dalny reports that
there was heavy firing all day yester-
day in the vicinity Of Port Arthur
When the junk left Dalny on Monday
morning all was quiet there. The ar
rivals on the junk deny the story OF the
sinking Of a japanese ship of Talien-
wan.
Russian reports vary regarding the
sinking Of a japanese vessel on Talien-
wan. 1t Is believed IL was a merchant
man.
RUMOR OF NAVAL DISASTER.
LIAOYANG, June ST is nersist-
emily reported here that the Port Ar
thur squadron made a sOrtie shortly
before dawn on Saturday. with the tor
pedo boat destroyers leading, and
found the Japanese fleet quite unsus-
pecting the presence Of hostile war
ships, with the result that four Of the
japanese ships were sunk during the
attack.
Details have been received here OF
two smart outpost fights, one on Lao
tung and the other in Southern Man
churia. The former occurred on the
morning of June at Yantsiantur. east
of Nafangow. twenty-five miles above
KinchOu- The Russian force consisted
of an infantry regiment. some artillery,
several companies OF COssacks and a
squad OF dragons. The enemy was
discovered in the valley or Pwytsiantuo.
The Russians brought up a battery.
opened FIRE and cleared the Japanese
out Of the valley. Then the Russian
guns were moved to a more favorable
position. The Japanese taking advan-
tage Of this. fired a few shots. The
Russian losses were Colonel Sereda and
seventeen men wounded. Both sides
retained their positions.
BATTLE NEAR TAKUSHAN.
The other fight was between Major
General Mistchenko's Cossacks and the
japanese advance posts along the
river Kolendzy. north Of Takushan. II
lasted from the evening OF June until
late the following day. A company of
Cossacks tried to cut of detachment
of japanese posted on the heights at
Ladziapudzy. but the enemy brought
up reinfOrcements and the Russians
were reinforced by five companies OF
COssacks.
Finally 5000 Japanese were engaged.
including artillery. The COssacks re-
peatedly drove the enemy from tho
entrenchments. In one case the Jap
anese fed across the river. but re.
turned with more reinforcements ana
the Russians drew of. The COssacks'
commander, Colonel StarkOff, was kill
ed and two officers and nine men were
wounded. The COssacks carried the
body of their commander to Siuyen.